01 May

Open source programming language R patches gnarly arbitrary code exec flaw

The open source R programming language has patched an arbitrary code execution hole that scored a preliminary CVSS severity rating of 8.8 out of 10.

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30 Apr

Cyber-bastard jailed for stealing psychotherapy files, blackmailing patients

A cyber-thief who snatched tens of thousands of patients’ sensitive records from a psychotherapy clinic before blackmailing them and then leaking their files online has

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30 Apr

UnitedHealth CEO: ‘Decision to pay ransom was mine’

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will tell US lawmakers Wednesday the cybercriminals who hit Change Healthcare with ransomware used stolen credentials to remotely access a Citrix

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30 Apr

NSA guy who tried and failed to spy for Russia gets 262 months in the slammer

A former NSA employee has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to do freelance as a Russian spy. In his trial yesterday,

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30 Apr

NSA employee who tried and failed to spy for Russia gets 262 months in the slammer

A former NSA employee has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to do freelance as a Russian spy. In his trial yesterday,

Author rabih
30 Apr

European Commission starts formal probe of Meta over election misinformation

The European Commission has launched formal proceedings against Meta, alleging failure to properly monitor distribution by “foreign actors” of political misinformation before June’s European elections.

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30 Apr

MDR: Unlocking the power of enterprise-grade security for businesses of all sizes

In this day and age, technology and business are inextricably linked. Digital transformation has ushered in unparalleled opportunities for organizations that act with agility in

Author rabih
30 Apr

Apple’s ‘incredibly private’ Safari is not so private in Europe

Apple’s grudging accommodation of European antitrust rules by allowing third-party app stores on iPhones has left users of its Safari browser exposed to potential web

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29 Apr

AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US fined $200M for selling off people’s location info

The FCC on Monday fined four major US telcos almost $200 million for “illegally” selling subscribers’ location information to data brokers. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and

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29 Apr

Google blocked 2.3M apps from Play Store last year for breaking the G law

Google says it stopped 2.28 million Android apps from being published in its official Play Store last year because they violated security rules. The stat

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29 Apr

Why space exploration is important for Earth and its future: Q&A with David Eicher

With Starmus Earth: The Future of Our Home Planet around the corner, we sat down with David Eicher, the Astronomy Magazine editor-in-chief and one of

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29 Apr

London Drugs closes all of its pharmacies following ‘cybersecurity incident’

Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all of its stores until further notice following a “cybersecurity incident.” On Sunday, the British Columbia-based giant with

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29 Apr

The Darkgate Menace: Leveraging Autohotkey & Attempt to Evade Smartscreen

Authored by Yashvi Shah, Lakshya Mathur and Preksha Saxena McAfee Labs has recently uncovered a novel infection chain associated with DarkGate malware. This chain commences

Author rabih
29 Apr

France willing to buy key Atos assets to keep them French

The French government has tabled an offer to buy key assets of ailing IT giant Atos after the company late last week almost doubled its

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29 Apr

UK lays down fresh legislation banning crummy default device passwords

Smart device manufacturers will have to play by new rules in the UK as of today, with laws coming into force to make it more

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29 Apr

Watchdog reveals lingering Google Privacy Sandbox worries

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) still has privacy and competition concerns about Google’s Privacy Sandbox advertising toolkit, which explains why the ad giant

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29 Apr

The next step up for high-impact identity authorization

Sponsored Feature As business enters the 2020s, organizations find themselves protecting fast-expanding digital estates using security concepts that are decades old. The computing industry is

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29 Apr

Discord dismantles Spy.pet site that snooped on millions of users

Infosec in brief They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, and that appears to have been true in the case of Discord data harvesting site

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