22 Dec

Zerobot malware now shooting for Apache systems

The Zerobot botnet, first detected earlier this month, is expanding the types of Internet of Things (IoT) devices it can compromise by going after Apache

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22 Dec

It’s time to fill those cloud security gaps

Sponsored Feature When software vulnerabilities and zero days moved up the enterprise worry list 15 years ago, nobody imagined the world would one day end

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22 Dec

Fraudulent ‘popunder’ Google Ad campaign generated millions of dollars

Scammers using Google Ads, stolen blog articles, and a “popunder” ad scheme on adult websites pulled in more than $275,000 a day by generating millions

Author rabih
22 Dec

Apple accused of censoring apps in Hong Kong and Russia to maintain market access

Apple has been accused of selling out human rights for the sake of profit by cooperating with authoritarian censorship demands in China and Russia, according

Author rabih
22 Dec

Godfather malware makes banking apps an offer they can’t refuse

Crooks are using an Android banking Trojan dubbed Godfather to steal from banking and cryptocurrency exchange app users in 16 countries, according to Group-IB security

Author rabih
22 Dec

The Best Way To Protect Your Online Identity

For many Aussies, identity theft was always something that happened to other people. People on TV, usually. But the recent spate of data breaches at

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22 Dec

Being one of the 1% sucks if you’re a Rackspace user

As the Rackspace email fiasco approaches week three with the company’s hosted Exchange customers’ data in limbo, Rackspace execs still won’t put an exact number

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21 Dec

Microsoft fixes Hyper-V VM problem caused by Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has pushed out an emergency fix for a problem in Windows Server caused by patch updates that made it impossible for some organizations to

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21 Dec

UK’s Guardian newspaper breaks news of ransomware attack on itself

UK broadsheet media outlet The Guardian has become the victim of a ransomware attack which seems to have taken out a large chunk of office-based

Author rabih
21 Dec

NASA infosec again falls short of required US government standard

The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published its annual audit of the aerospace agency’s infosec capabilities and practices, which earned an overall rating

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21 Dec

Malicious PyPI package found posing as a SentinelOne SDK

Threat researchers have found a rapidly updated malicious Python package on PyPI masquerading as a legitimate software-development kit (SDK) from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, but actually

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21 Dec

Parental control apps prove easy to beat by kids and crims

Parental control apps may do more harm than good, according to researchers who found 18 bugs in eight Android apps with more than 20 million

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21 Dec

Cisco’s Talos security bods predict new wave of Excel Hell

It took a few years and one temporary halt, but in July Microsoft finally began blocking certain macros by default in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint,

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20 Dec

Swatting suspects charged with subverting Ring doorbell cams and calling cops

Two men have been charged with an alleged week-long US swatting spree in which they used stolen Yahoo email credentials to break into Ring door

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20 Dec

Big Apple locals hire Russians to game New York’s taxi system

Two men have been charged for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to manipulate the taxi dispatch system at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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20 Dec

Local criminals hire Russians to game New York’s taxi system

Two men have been charged for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to manipulate the taxi dispatch system at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Author rabih
20 Dec

Microsoft reports macOS Gatekeeper has an ‘Achilles’ heel

Security researchers at Microsoft have discovered a bug in macOS that lets malicious apps bypass Apple’s Gatekeeper security software “for initial access by malware and

Author rabih
20 Dec

Simplifying digital sovereignty in a multi-cloud world

Sponsored Feature Sovereignty has traditionally been defined as the ability for a state to rule itself and its subjects, and it’s been on the agenda

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