20 Sep

Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers

Signal has adopted a new key agreement protocol in an effort to keep encrypted Signal chat messages protected from any future quantum computers. Quantum computers

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20 Sep

International Criminal Court hacked amid Russia investigations

The International Criminal Court said criminals breached its IT systems last week but it isn’t over yet, with the ICC saying the “cybersecurity incident” is

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20 Sep

Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first

The ongoing face-off between Washington and Beijing over technology and security issues has taken a new twist, with China accusing the US of hacking into

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20 Sep

Get Yourself AI-powered Scam Protection That Spots and Block Scams in Real Time

The tables have turned. Now you can use AI to spot and block scam texts before they do you harm.  You might have heard how

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20 Sep

UK admits ‘spy clause’ can’t be used for scanning encrypted chat – it’s not ‘feasible’

Comment Sanity appears to have prevailed in the debate over the UK’s Online Safety Bill after the government agreed to ditch proposals – at least

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20 Sep

Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers

Two Indian nationals each received 41-month prison sentences for their involvement in $1.2 million worth of robocall scams targeting the elderly, according to the district

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20 Sep

Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in ‘massive’ pirated Avaya licenses scam

A sysadmin and his partner pleaded guilty this week to being part of a “massive” international ring that sold software licenses worth $88 million for

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20 Sep

Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims

Singapore officials announced on Monday that next month they will deliver a consultation paper detailing a split liability scheme that will mean both consumers and

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20 Sep

Broaden your cyber security knowhow at CyberThreat 2023

Sponsored Post Cyber security remains a top three priority for most, if not all, organisations. The risks associated with failure to implement adequate defences were

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20 Sep

Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam

Cavium, a maker of semiconductors acquired in 2018 by Marvell, was allegedly identified in documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden as a vendor of

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19 Sep

Marvell disputes claim that Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam

Cavium, a maker of semiconductors acquired in 2018 by Marvell, was allegedly identified in documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden as a vendor of

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19 Sep

Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow

A Russian national helped smuggle, via shell companies in Hong Kong, more than $1.6 million in microelectronics to Moscow potentially to support its war against

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19 Sep

Exploring Winrar Vulnerability (CVE-2023-38831)

Authored by Neil Tyagi On 23 August 2023, NIST disclosed a critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-38831. It is related to an RCE vulnerability in WinRAR before

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19 Sep

The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing ‘widescale disruption’

The Clorox Company, makers of bleach and other household cleaning products, doesn’t expect operations to return to normal until near month end as it combs

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19 Sep

Australia to build six ‘cyber shields’ to defend its shores

Australia will build “six cyber shields around our nation” declared home affairs minister Clare O’Neill yesterday, as part of a national cyber security strategy. Detailed

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18 Sep

Thousands of Juniper Junos firewalls still open to hijacks, exploit code available to all

About 79 percent of public-facing Juniper SRX firewalls remain vulnerable to a single security flaw can allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code on

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18 Sep

Former CIO accuses Penn State of faking cybersecurity compliance

Last October, Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) was sued by a former chief information officer for allegedly falsifying government security compliance reports. The lawsuit [PDF],

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18 Sep

Microsoft worker accidentally exposes 38TB of sensitive data in GitHub blunder

A Microsoft employee accidentally exposed 38 terabytes of private data while publishing a bucket of open-source AI training data on GitHub, according to Wiz security

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