13 May

‘Peacetime in cyberspace is a chaotic environment’ says senior US advisor

Black Hat Asia Cyber war has become an emerged aspect of broader armed conflicts, commencing before the first shot is fired, cybersecurity expert Kenneth Geers

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13 May

Iran-linked Cobalt Mirage extracts money, info from US orgs – report

The Iran-linked Cobalt Mirage crew is running attacks against America for both financial gain and for cyber-espionage purposes, according to Secureworks’ threat intelligence team. The

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13 May

What’s a Parent to Do? Closing the Protection Gap between You and Your Children.

Hands down, children look to their parents to keep them safe online more than anyone else, which begs the question—what’s a parent to do? Our

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13 May

Researchers find 134 flaws in the way Word, PDFs, handle scripts

Black Hat Asia Security researchers have devised a tool that detects flaws in the way apps like Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat process JavaScript, and

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13 May

To predict the targets of Chinese malware, look at the target of Chinese laws

Black Hat Asia Keep an eye on new Chinese government policies, if you want to anticipate malware attacks, a threat intelligence analyst suggested at the

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13 May

Anatomy of a campaign to inject JavaScript into compromised WordPress sites

A years-long campaign by miscreants to insert malicious JavaScript into vulnerable WordPress sites, so that visitors are redirected to scam websites, has been documented by

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12 May

5 Tips For Creating Bulletproof Passwords

While biometric tools like facial ID and fingerprints have become more common when it comes to securing our data and devices, strong passwords still play

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12 May

If you’ve got Intel inside, you probably need to get these security patches inside, too

Intel has disclosed high-severity bugs in its firmware that’s used in datacenter servers, workstations, mobile devices, storage products, and other gear. These flaws can be

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12 May

Ransomware the final nail in coffin for small university

A December attack against a long-standing college in Illinois has pushed the institution to permanently close.  After 157 years, Lincoln College, the rural university with

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12 May

Life Behind the Screens of Parents, Tweens, and Teens: McAfee’s Connected Family Study

How do parents and children connect and protect themselves online? We spoke with thousands of them around the world to find out. In December 2021

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12 May

APT gang ‘Sidewinder’ goes on two-year attack spree across Asia

Black Hat Asia The advanced persistent threat gang known as SideWinder has gone on an attack spree in the last two years, conducting almost 1,000

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12 May

It’s time to kick China off social media, says tech governance expert

Black Hat Asia The time has come to remove Chinese voices from global social media, according to Samir Saran, president of Delhi-based think tank Observer

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12 May

Europe proposes tackling child abuse by killing privacy, strong encryption

Proposed Europe regulations that purport to curb child abuse by imposing mass surveillance would be a “disaster” for digital privacy and strong encryption, say cybersecurity

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12 May

Ukraine war a sorting hat for cyber-governance loyalties: Black Hat founder Jeff Moss

Black Hat Asia The war in Ukraine, and the Declaration for the Future of the Internet signed by 60 nations in late April, should be

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11 May

6 Ways to Help Your Kids Deal with Haters and Harassers Online

Imagine, if you will, a person goes online each day with the sole mission to trigger confrontation and provoke conflict. Sounds bizarre and exhausting, doesn’t

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11 May

Five Eyes turn spotlight on MSPs: Potential weak links in IT supply-chain security

Miscreants are targeting managed service providers (MSPs) to break into their customers’ networks and deploy ransomware, steal data, and spy on them, the Five Eyes

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11 May

Fresh ransomware samples indicate REvil is back

New ransomware samples analyzed by Secureworks’ threat intelligence team are the latest indication that high-profile ransomware operation REvil is once again up and running after

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11 May

Yahoo Japan strives for universal passwordless authentication

Yahoo Japan has revealed that it plans to go passwordless, and that 30 million of its 50 million monthly active users have already stopped using

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