Cybersecurity News
5 Steps to Securing Your Network Perimeter
Ekaterina Kilyusheva, head of the Information Security Analytics Research Group at Positive Technologies, offers a blueprint for locking up the fortress.
27 September 2021
Women, Minorities Are Hacked More Than Others
Income level, education and being part of a disadvantaged population all contribute to cybercrime outcomes, a survey suggests.
27 September 2021
EU: Russia Behind ‘Ghostwriter’ Campaign Targeting Germany
It's not the first time that the disinformation/spearphishing campaign, which originally smeared NATO, has been linked to Russia.
27 September 2021
Google releases emergency fix to plug zero‑day hole in Chrome
The emergency release comes a mere three days after Google’s previous update that plugged another 19 security loopholes
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27 September 2021
3.8 Billion Users’ Combined Clubhouse, Facebook Data Up for Sale
Combined cache of data likely to fuel rash of account takeover, smishing attacks, experts warn.
27 September 2021
Exchange/Outlook Autodiscover Bug Spills $100K+ Email Passwords
Hundreds of thousands of email credentials, many of which double as Active Directory domain credentials, came through to credential-trapping domains in clear text.
24 September 2021
New Guidelines on Remote Assessments
Today, the Council has published “PCI SSC Remote Assessment Guidelines and Procedures”. These Guidelines define the principles and procedures for the appropriate use of remote assessments for PCI SSC standards when an onsite assessment is not possible. Here we interview Emma Sutcliffe, SVP Standards Officer on how the industry can use these guidelines to support secure remote assessment practices.
24 September 2021
TangleBot Malware Reaches Deep into Android Device Functions
The mobile baddie grants itself access to almost everything, enabling spying, data-harvesting, stalking and fraud attacks, among others.
24 September 2021
Critical Cisco Bugs Allow Code Execution on Wireless, SD-WAN
Unauthenticated cyberattackers can also wreak havoc on networking device configurations.
24 September 2021
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET unmasks FamousSparrow APT group – Stopping cloud data leaks – European cybercrime ring busted
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24 September 2021
Apple Patches 3 More Zero-Days Under Active Attack
One of the bugs, which affects macOS as well as older versions of iPhones, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
24 September 2021
FBI arrests 75-year-old for allegedly placing pipe bombs outside phone, carrier stores
The suspect was reportedly upset over handsets being used to spread "immoral content."24 September 2021
REvil Affiliates Confirm: Leadership Were Cheating Dirtbags
After news of REvil's rip-off-the-affiliates backdoor & double chats, affiliates fumed, reiterating prior claims against the gang in "Hackers Court."
23 September 2021
5 Tips for Achieving Better Cybersecurity Risk Management
Casey Ellis, founder, CTO and chairman of Bugcrowd, discusses a roadmap for lowering risk from cyberattacks most effectively.
23 September 2021
100M IoT Devices Exposed By Zero-Day Bug
A high-severity vulnerability could cause system crashes, knocking out sensors, medical equipment and more.
23 September 2021
Bug in macOS Finder allows remote code execution
While Apple did issue a patch for the vulnerability, it seems that the fix can be easily circumvented
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23 September 2021
FamousSparrow APT Wings in to Spy on Hotels, Governments
A custom "SparrowDoor" backdoor has allowed the attackers to collect data from targets around the globe.
23 September 2021
Lawsuits, Indictments Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story
In October 2016, media outlets reported that data collected by some of the world's most renowned cybersecurity experts had identified frequent and unexplained communications between an email server used by the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions. Those publications set off speculation about a possible secret back-channel of communications, as well as a series of lawsuits and investigations that culminated last week with the indictment of the same former federal cybercrime prosecutor who brought the data to the attention of the FBI five years ago.23 September 2021
Google Report Spotlights Uptick in Controversial ‘Geofence Warrants’ by Police
Digital privacy rights defenders contend that geofencing warrants grab data on everyone near a crime, without cause.
23 September 2021
Acronis Offers up to $5,000 to Users Who Spot Bugs in Its Cyber Protection Products
Once available only to the cybersecurity community, Acronis has opened its bug-hunting program to the public and aims to double the total bounties paid.
23 September 2021