Cybersecurity News
Academics find crypto bugs in 306 popular Android apps, none get patched
Only 18 of 306 app developers replied to the research team, only 8 engaged with the team after the first email.08 September 2020
France, Japan, New Zealand warn of sudden spike in Emotet attacks
Emotet activity has ramped up to new levels in September 2020, alarming some cyber-security agencies.07 September 2020
Chilean bank shuts down all branches following ransomware attack
All BancoEstado branches will remain closed on Monday, September 7, and possibly more days.07 September 2020
How Zero Trust and SASE Can Redefine Network Defenses for Remote Workforces
The SASE model for remote access and security coupled with Zero Trust can help redefine network and perimeter defenses when a traditional “perimeter” no longer exists.
07 September 2020
CEOs Could Be Held Personally Liable for Cyberattacks that Kill
As IT systems, IoT and operational technology converge, attacks on cyber-physical systems in industrial, healthcare and other scenarios will come with dire consequences, Gartner predicts.
07 September 2020
Money from bank hacks rarely gets laundered through cryptocurrencies
SWIFT: "Identified cases of laundering through cryptocurrencies remain relatively small compared to the volumes of cash laundered through traditional methods."07 September 2020
Webmaster forum database exposed data of 800,000 users
A database belonging to Digital Point exposed user email addresses, names, and more.07 September 2020
TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children’s content and more
With TikTok being all the rage especially with teens, we look at a feature that gives parents greater control over how their children interact with the app
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07 September 2020
Most cyber-security reports only focus on the cool threats
Academics: Only 82 of the 629 commercial cyber-security reports (13%) published in the last decade discuss a threat to civil society, with the rest focusing on cybercrime, nation-state hackers, economic espionage.06 September 2020
Millions of WordPress sites are being probed & attacked with recent plugin bug
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin has triggered an internet-wide hacking spree.06 September 2020
Malware gang uses .NET library to generate Excel docs that bypass security checks
They were still Excel documents. Just not your typical Excel files. Enough to trick some security systems, though.05 September 2020
Name That Toon: Mask Out
Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.
05 September 2020
White House publishes a cyber-security rulebook for space systems
Nothing in it about protecting thermal exhaust ports, though.04 September 2020
How Cybercriminals Take the Fun Out of Gaming
It's all fun and games until someone loses their V-Bucks, right? Here's how cyberattackers are cheating the gaming biz -- and winning big.
04 September 2020
DDoS Attacks on Education Escalate in 2020
The number of DDoS attacks affecting educational resources was far higher between February and June 2020 compared with 2019.04 September 2020
Threema E2EE chat app to go 'fully open source' within months
Threema follows in the footsteps of Signal and Wickr and opens its apps' codebase.04 September 2020
Warner Music Group Admits Breach
The months-long breach hit financial details for customers.04 September 2020
Social Media: Thwarting The Phishing-Data Goldmine
Cybercriminals can use social media in many ways in order to trick employees.
04 September 2020
Collection of Metadata -- as Done by the NSA -- Likely Unconstitutional, US Court Suggests
A ruling in an appeal by four men convicted of material support for terrorism finds that the National Security Agency's metadata collection program not only violated the prevailing law at the time but was also likely unconstitutional.04 September 2020
Vulnerability Disclosure: Ethical Hackers Seek Best Practices
Cybersecurity researchers Brian Gorenc and Dustin Childs talk about the biggest vulnerability disclosure challenges in IoT and the industrial vertical.
04 September 2020