23 Jul

Google reportedly in talks to buy infosec outfit Wiz for $23B

Ask any techie to name who leads the market for OSes, databases, networks or ERP and the answers are clear: Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, and SAP.

Author rabih
23 Jul

Google’s plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles

Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies – the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them

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22 Jul

Global cops power down world’s ‘most prolific’ DDoS dealership

A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as the world’s most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law

Author rabih
22 Jul

LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack

Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an “unprecedented” ransomware attack on Friday.

Author rabih
22 Jul

Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns

A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.

Author rabih
22 Jul

Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away

Oracle has agreed to cough up $115 million to settle a two-year class action lawsuit that alleged misuse of user data. The legal agreement “delivers

Author rabih
22 Jul

EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft

Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This

Author rabih
22 Jul

Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure

Flying under the radar on Clownstrike day last week, two members of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) hacktivist crew are the latest additions

Author rabih
22 Jul

Cursed tapes: Exploiting the EvilVideo vulnerability on Telegram for Android

ESET Research ESET researchers discovered a zero-day Telegram for Android exploit that allows sending malicious files disguised as videos Lukas Stefanko 22 Jul 2024  • 

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22 Jul

Cellebrite got into Trump shooter’s Samsung device in just 40 minutes

Infosec in brief Unable to access the Samsung smartphone of the deceased Trump shooter for clues, the FBI turned to a familiar – if controversial

Author rabih
21 Jul

CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes

CrowdStrike’s now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines. Red Hat in

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21 Jul

How adware exposed victims to kernel-level threats – Week in Security with Tony Anscombe

Video A purported ad blocker marketed as a security solution leverages a Microsoft-signed driver that inadvertently exposes victims to dangerous threats 21 Jul 2024 This

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19 Jul

UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe

Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las

Author rabih
19 Jul

CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear

Kettle If you’re an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can’t have been a lot of fun. What’s likely millions of systems

Author rabih
19 Jul

CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world

Updated An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows globally. The Register has found numerous accounts of Windows 10

Author rabih
19 Jul

Beyond the blue screen of death: Why software updates matter

Digital Security The widespread IT outages triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update have put software updates in the spotlight. Here’s why you shouldn’t dread them.

Author rabih
19 Jul

The complexities of cybersecurity update processes

Digital Security If a software update process fails, it can lead to catastrophic consequences, as seen today with widespread blue screens of death blamed on

Author rabih
19 Jul

CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world

Breaking An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows. The Register has found numerous accounts of Windows 10 PCs

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