30 Mar

Microsoft uses carrot and stick with Exchange Online admins

Some Exchange Online users who have the RPS feature turned off by Microsoft can now have it re-enabled – at least until September when the

Author rabih
30 Mar

The most important email conversation you will ever have

Webinar Business email compromise (BEC) is possibly the worst of cybercrimes because it abuses trust. It feeds on relationships carefully nurtured over decades and erodes

Author rabih
30 Mar

Warning: Your wireless networks may leak data thanks to Wi-Fi spec ambiguity

Ambiguity in the Wi-Fi specification has left the wireless networking stacks in various operating systems vulnerable to several attacks that have the potential to expose

Author rabih
30 Mar

Another year, another North Korean malware-spreading, crypto-stealing gang named

Google Cloud’s recently acquired security outfit Mandiant has named a new nasty from North Korea: a cyber crime gang it calls APT43 and accuses of

Author rabih
30 Mar

Smugglers busted sneaking tech into China

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is still months away – circle September 19 on your calendar, me hearties! – but The Register has found

Author rabih
30 Mar

Malware disguised as Tor browser steals $400k in cryptocash

Clipboard-injector malware disguised as Tor browser installers has been used to steal about $400,000 in cryptocurrency from nearly 16,000 users worldwide so far in 2023,

Author rabih
29 Mar

How You May be Sharing Private Information Online Without Even Knowing

When I started my job as Cybermum – over 10 years ago – it was quite common to strategise ways to prevent your private information

Author rabih
29 Mar

Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious

Microsoft’s at-times-glitchy Defender service is again causing headaches for IT admins by flagging legitimate URLs as malicious. Users are complaining that sites like Zoom and

Author rabih
29 Mar

EU mandated messaging platform love-in is easier said than done: Cambridge boffins

By March 2024, instant messaging and real-time media apps operated by large tech platforms in Europe will be required to communicate with other services, per

Author rabih
29 Mar

FTX cryptovillain Sam Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials

US authorities have charged FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF) with attempting to bribe Chinese officials with $40 million worth of cryptocurrency in exchange for

Author rabih
29 Mar

DDoS DNS attacks are old-school, unsophisticated … and they’re back

Sponsored Feature Ransomware may currently be the biggest bogeyman for cybersecurity pros, law enforcement, and governments, but it shouldn’t divert us from more traditional, but

Author rabih
29 Mar

China urges Apple to improve security and privacy

Senior Chinese government officials have urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to improve the security and privacy features of his company’s products. China’s National Development and

Author rabih
28 Mar

Protecting Your Parents from Scams with Our New Family Plans

As people get into their 70s, they stand to lose more to fraud than any other age group—which makes a strong case for protecting the

Author rabih
28 Mar

Apple patches all the iThings, including iOS 15 hole under attack right now

Happy belated Patch Tuesday from Cupertino: Apple has issued security updates for almost every piece of code it slings – including a fix for a

Author rabih
28 Mar

President Biden kind of mostly bans commercial spyware from US govt

US president Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order on the “prohibition on use by the United States government of commercial spyware that poses

Author rabih
28 Mar

Apple patches all the iThings, including an iOS 15 hole under attack right now

Happy belated Patch Tuesday from Cupertino: Apple has issued security updates for almost every piece of code it slings – including a fix for a

Author rabih
28 Mar

Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle

Google Chat histories handed over by the web giant in ongoing Android antitrust litigation reveal the biz has been systematically destroying evidence, according to those

Author rabih
28 Mar

US president Biden kind of mostly bans commercial spyware

US president Joe Biden on Monday issued an Executive Order on Prohibition on Use by the United States Government of Commercial Spyware that Poses Risks

Author rabih
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