Cybersecurity News
Biden Campaign Hires 2 Top Cybersecurity Executives
The campaign has filled the positions of CISO and CTO in the runup to the 2020 presidential election.10 July 2020
Google Bans Stalkerware Ads – With a Loophole
Starting in August Google is banning ads of products or services promoting stalkerware.
10 July 2020
Amazon tells employees to remove TikTok from their phones due to security risk
Accessing the TikTok website from work laptops is still allowed, according to an internal email Amazon sent to employees today.10 July 2020
Smartwatch Hack Could Trick Dementia Patients into Overdosing
Attackers could hack the smartwatch and send dementia patients alerts for taking their medication.
10 July 2020
Zoom to Patch Zero-Day Vulnerability in Windows 7
The flaw also affects older versions of the operating system, even if they're fully patched.10 July 2020
As Offices Reopen, Hardware from Home Threatens Security
Devices out of sight for the past several months could spell trouble when employees bring them back to work.
10 July 2020
4 Security Tips as the July 15 Tax-Day Extension Draws Near
We're continuing to see cybercriminals take advantage of COVID-19, and the extension of Tax Day will be the next technique used in their sophisticated method of attacks.10 July 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Up close with the Evilnum group and its eponymous malware – A severe flaw in networking gear – Router firmware under the microscope
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10 July 2020
Report: Most Popular Home Routers Have ‘Critical’ Flaws
Common devices from Netgear, Linksys, D-Link and others contain serious security vulnerabilities that even updates don’t fix.
10 July 2020
Black Hat USA Debuts Cyber-Physical Systems Briefings Track
Discover how to defend systems where computers monitor, manage, and control a physical process.10 July 2020
Backdoor accounts discovered in 29 FTTH devices from Chinese vendor C-Data
The backdoor accounts grant access to a secret Telnet admin account running on the devices' external WAN interface.10 July 2020
Smartwatch tracker for the vulnerable can be hacked to send medication alerts
API issues could be exploited to make calls, spy on users, send fake messages, and more.10 July 2020
KingComposer patches XSS flaw impacting 100,000 WordPress websites
The vulnerability could be exploited to execute malicious payloads in visitor browsers.10 July 2020
Using Adversarial Machine Learning, Researchers Look to Foil Facial Recognition
For privacy-seeking users, good news: Computer scientists are finding more ways to thwart facial and image recognition. But there's also bad news: Gains will likely be short-lived.09 July 2020
Huge DDoS Attack Launched Against Cloudflare in Late June
The 754 million packets-per-second peak was part of a four-day attack involving more than 316,000 sending addresses.09 July 2020
Google bans stalkerware ads
New Google Ads policy that bans stalkerware enters into effect on August 11.09 July 2020
Up Close with Evilnum, the APT Group Behind the Malware
The group behind Evilnum malware, which continues to target financial institutions, appears to be testing new techniques.09 July 2020
Omdia Research Launches Page On Dark Reading
Data and insight from a leading cybersecurity research and analysis team will broaden the information available to security professionals and technology vendors.09 July 2020
Microsoft Warns on OAuth Attacks Against Cloud App Users
Application-based attacks that use the passwordless "log in with..." feature common to cloud services are on the rise.
09 July 2020
'Joker' Android Malware Pulls Another Trick to Land on Google's Play Store
Authors of the malware, which signs up mobile users for premium services, are repeatedly finding ways to bypass app review checks.09 July 2020