09 Nov

VMware warns of three critical holes in remote-control tool

VMware has revealed a terrible trio of critical-rated flaws in Workspace ONE Assist for Windows – a product used by IT and help desk staff

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09 Nov

Microsoft squashes six security bugs already exploited in the wild

Patch Tuesday November’s Patch Tuesday also falls on election day in the US, so let’s hope that democracy fares better than Microsoft, which reported six

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08 Nov

Swiss Re wants government bail out as cybercrime insurance costs spike

As insurance companies struggle to stay afloat amid rising cyber claims, Swiss Re has recommended a public-private partnership insurance scheme with one option being a

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08 Nov

Robin Banks crooks back at the table with fresh phish from Russia

Robin Banks, the phishing-as-a-service (PHaaS) platform that was kicked off Cloudflare for malicious activity, is back in action with a Russian service provider and new

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08 Nov

Experian, T-Mobile US settle data spills for mere $16m

Experian and T-Mobile US have reached separate settlements with 40 states in America following a pair of data security breaches in 2012 and 2015. The

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08 Nov

Is stopping ransomware Mission Impossible?

Webinar In April this year the Costa Rican Government declared a national emergency because of a ransomware attack that brought the Ministry of Finance to

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08 Nov

FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only ‘limited’ DDoS success

Pro-Russia hacktivists’ recent spate of network-flooding bot traffic aimed at US critical infrastructure targets, while annoying, have had “limited success,” according to the FBI. Historically,

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07 Nov

Feds find Silk Road thief’s $1b+ Bitcoin stash in popcorn tin, hidden safe

A crook who stole more than 50,000 Bitcoins from the dark web souk Silk Road in 2012 has pleaded guilty and lost the lot, with

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07 Nov

All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you’re electing

Misinformation related to tomorrow’s US midterm elections hasn’t slowed, according to security researchers.  This includes more misleading election ads on Google, as well “alternate facts”

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07 Nov

Microsoft hits the switch on password-free smartphone authentication

Microsoft is rolling out another way for smartphone and tablet users to protect themselves from phishing attacks as post-pandemic hybrid work pulls more and more

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07 Nov

Oh, look: More malware in the Google Play store

in brief A quartet of malware-laden Android apps from a single developer have been caught with malicious code more than once, yet the infected apps

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07 Nov

Can confidential computing stop the next crypto heist?

The theft of billions of dollars in cryptocurrency over recent months could have been prevented, and confidential computing is a key to the security fix.

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07 Nov

Japan officially joins NATO’s cyber defense center

Japan’s Ministry of Defence (JMOD) announced on Friday that it has formally joined NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). #JMOD will formally join

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07 Nov

How Cyberbullying Looks In Australia in 2022

There’s no doubt that cyber bullying ranks towards the top of most parents ‘worry list’. As a mum of 4, I can tell you it

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07 Nov

China is likely stockpiling and deploying vulnerabilities, says Microsoft

Microsoft has asserted that China’s offensive cyber capabilities have improved, thanks to a law that has allowed Beijing to create an arsenal of unreported software

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07 Nov

Red Cross seeks digital equivalent of its emblems to mark some tech as off-limits in war

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) wants to devise a digital equivalent of its emblems (the red cross and red crescent), to signify

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07 Nov

Breached health insurer won’t pay ransom to protect customers, warns of more attacks

Australian health insurer Medibank – which spent October discovering a security incident was worse than it first thought – has announced it will not pay

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04 Nov

SolarWinds reaches $26m settlement with shareholders, expects SEC action

SolarWinds has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit, and it’s also expecting to be slapped with an enforcement action by Uncle

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