Amid Sweeping Change, Cyber Defenders Face Escalating Visibility — and PressureWhy cyber teams are now front and center for business enablement within organizations, and the significant...
Day: September 28, 2022
Lazarus Lures Aspiring Crypto Pros With Fake Exchange Job Postings
Lazarus Lures Aspiring Crypto Pros With Fake Exchange Job PostingsPreviously observed using fake Coinbase jobs, the North Korea-sponsored APT has expanded into using Crypo.com gigs as...
USA adds two more Chinese carriers to ‘probably a national security threat’ list
USA adds two more Chinese carriers to 'probably a national security threat' listPacific Network Corp and China Unicom join the likes of Huawei, Hytera, Hikvision on...
Look who’s fallen foul of Europe’s data retention rules. France and Germany
Look who's fallen foul of Europe's data retention rules. France and Germany'Indiscriminate' preemptive harvesting of personal info a big no-no. What a novel concept On Tuesday,...
ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomware
ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomwareDoesn't make cents, makes bigger bucks instead ... probably ChromeLoader – the malware that exploded onto...
WAAP it out for application security
WAAP it out for application securityAPIs are everywhere, and WAAP can help you protect them Webinar The latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) states that applications...
‘I Don’t Care About Cookies’ extension sold to Avast
'I Don't Care About Cookies' extension sold to AvastUsers of cookie-warning-buster add-on already forking off due to privacy concerns The lone developer of anti-cookie-warning browser add-on...
Malwarebytes blocks Google, YouTube as malware
Malwarebytes blocks Google, YouTube as malwareSounds like fair comment Updated Google and its Youtube domains are being flagged as malicious by Malwarebytes as of Wednesday morning,...
San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor ‘significant events’
San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor 'significant events'All eyes on you, and you, and you San Francisco police are now set to use...
Alert: 15-year-old Python tarfile flaw lurks in ‘over 350,000’ code projects
Alert: 15-year-old Python tarfile flaw lurks in 'over 350,000' code projectsOh cool, a 5,500-day security hole At least 350,000 open source projects are believed to be...
Fake sites fool Zoom users into downloading deadly code
Fake sites fool Zoom users into downloading deadly codeAh, the human touch Beware the Zoom site you don't recognize, as a criminal gang is creating multiple...
Cambodian authorities crack down on cyber slavery amid international pressure
Cambodian authorities crack down on cyber slavery amid international pressureLured by fake jobs, victims are isolated abroad and forced to carry out crypto and romance scams,...
Check out this Android spyware, says Microsoft, the home of a gazillion Windows flaws
Check out this Android spyware, says Microsoft, the home of a gazillion Windows flawsWhile issuing an emergency patch for Endpoint Configuration Manager Data-stealing spyware disguised as...
Privacy watchdog steps up fight against Europol’s hoarding of personal data
Privacy watchdog steps up fight against Europol's hoarding of personal dataIf you could stop storing records on people unconnected to any crimes, that would be great...
Iran blocks Whatsapp, Instagram as citizens protest death of Mahsa Amini
Iran blocks Whatsapp, Instagram as citizens protest death of Mahsa AminiAlso: New 'magnet of threats' attackers and FBI has details on Iran's online incursion into Albania...
Significant customer data exposed in attack on Australian telco
Significant customer data exposed in attack on Australian telcoSubscribers have questions – like 'When were you going to tell us?' Updated Australian telecommunications company Optus has...
Open up, it’s the IRS. We’re here about the crypto tax you dodged
Open up, it's the IRS. We're here about the crypto tax you dodged'At least ten' people didn't declare coin income. Wow, what a bust The IRS...
Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades, targets Veeam backup software
Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades, targets Veeam backup software'One of the most dangerous and active malware developers operating at the moment' Crooks spreading the Noberus ransomware...
India seeks verified IDs to register email accounts
India seeks verified IDs to register email accountsPLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more! Asia...
An expert guide to securing APIs
An expert guide to securing APIsHow Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) can help you sleep at night Webinar The application programming interface (API) has been...
How do you run rings around ransomware?
How do you run rings around ransomware?Build data resilience in the cloud first Webinar It's critical to protect data from infection or exposure to ransomware. The...
SQL Server admins warned about Fargo ransomware
SQL Server admins warned about Fargo ransomwareFrom a city in North Dakota with a crime problem to file-scrambling nasty Organizations are being warned about a wave...
Ukraine fears ‘massive’ Russian cyberattacks on power, infrastructure
Ukraine fears 'massive' Russian cyberattacks on power, infrastructureWill those be before or after the nuke strikes Putin keeps banging on about? Russia plans to conduct "massive...
China’s infosec researchers obeyed Beijing and stopped reporting vulns … or did they?
China's infosec researchers obeyed Beijing and stopped reporting vulns ... or did they?Report finds increase in anonymous vuln reports The number of vulnerability reports provided by...
What’s Microsoft been up to? A quick tour of Windows 11 22H2’s security features
What's Microsoft been up to? A quick tour of Windows 11 22H2's security featuresSome requirements to be aware of In brief As it rolled out a...
Microsoft says it’s boosted phishing protection in Windows 11 22H2
Microsoft says it's boosted phishing protection in Windows 11 22H2Security tool warns admins, users when a password is used on an untrusted site or stored locally...
Meta busts first Chinese campaign prodding US midterms
Meta busts first Chinese campaign prodding US midtermsRussian cybercriminals were also caught targeting Europe with anti-Ukraine messages Meta says it has disrupted a misinformation network targeting...
Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stole
Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stoleIf you're gonna force everyone to register an account, at least protect that data,...
Sophos fixes critical firewall hole exploited by miscreants
Sophos fixes critical firewall hole exploited by miscreantsCode-injection bug in your network security... mmm, yum yum A critical code-injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall has been fixed...
A question of identity
A question of identityHow Incode creates trust by keeping data private and secure Video There's no getting away from it, identity is key - the prima...