Cybersecurity News
LinkedIn, Instagram Vulnerable to Preview-Link RCE Security Woes
Popular chat apps, including LINE, Slack, Twitter DMs and others, can also leak location data and share private info with third-party servers.
27 October 2020
Majority of Microsoft 365 Admins Don’t Enable MFA
Beyond admins, researchers say that 97 percent of all total Microsoft 365 users do not use multi-factor authentication.
27 October 2020
5 Human Factors That Affect Secure Software Development
With the move to remote work, it's especially important to understand how to support, discourage, and monitor conditions for development teams.27 October 2020
Code42 Incydr Series: Secure Data in the Age of Remote Work
With Code42 Incydr, you can keep tabs on when and where your data is going — without restricting where or how your employees want to collaborate and work.
27 October 2020
Holiday Shopping Craze, COVID-19 Spur Retail Security Storm
Veracode's Chris Eng discusses the cyber threats facing shoppers who are going online due to the pandemic and the imminent holiday season.
27 October 2020
Google Boots 21 Bogus Gaming Apps from Play Marketplace
Android apps packed with malware from HiddenAds family downloaded 8 million times from the online marketplace.
27 October 2020
Google Mending Another Crack in Widevine
For the second time in as many years, Google is working to fix a weakness in its Widevine digital rights management (DRM) technology used by online streaming sites like Disney, Hulu and Netflix to prevent their content from being pirated.26 October 2020
Hacker steals $24 million from cryptocurrency service 'Harvest Finance'
Hacker returned $2.5 million while Harvest Finance authors put out a $100,000 reward for anyone who can return the rest of the funds.26 October 2020
Microsoft IE Browser Death March Hastens
Internet Explorer redirects more traffic to Edge Chromium browser as Microsoft warns of the upcoming demise of the once dominant browser.
26 October 2020
Neural Networks Help Users Pick More-Secure Passwords
Typically, blocklists are used to prevent users from picking easily guessable patterns, but a small neural network can do the same job and suggests that complex password requirements are not necessary.26 October 2020
Cybercriminals Extort Psychotherapy Patients Following Vastaamo Breach
An attacker is running a Tor site to leak the session notes of 300 patients at Vastaamo, a Finnish psychotherapy facility.26 October 2020
‘Among Us’ Mobile Game Under Siege by Attackers
Ongoing attacks on the wildly popular game Among Us are testing developers’ ability to keep up.
26 October 2020
Adware found in 21 Android apps with more than 7 million downloads
Six of the 21 apps are still available on the Google Play Store.26 October 2020
New Report Links Cybersecurity and Sustainability
Some have also created the role of chief sustainability officer, according to Kaspersky.26 October 2020
Containerd Bug Exposes Cloud Account Credentials
The flaw (CVE-2020-15157) is located in the container image-pulling process.
26 October 2020
Teach Your Employees Well: How to Spot Smishing & Vishing Scams
One of the best ways to keep employees from falling victim to these social-engineering attacks is to teach them the signs.
26 October 2020
Over 100 irrigation systems left exposed online without a password
More than half of the exposed systems are located inside Israel.26 October 2020
Vastaamo Breach: Hackers Blackmailing Psychotherapy Patients
Cybercriminals have already reportedly posted the details of 300 Vastaamo patients - and are threatening to release the data of others unless a ransom is paid.
26 October 2020
‘Among Us’ players hit by major spam attack
In-game chats were flooded with messages from somebody who tried to coerce players into subscribing to a dubious YouTube channel
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26 October 2020
Nando’s Hackers Feast on Customer Accounts
Multiple chicken diners said their usernames and passwords were stolen and the accounts used to place high-volume orders.
26 October 2020