21 Apr

YouTube terminates account for Hong Kong’s presumed next head of government

YouTube has blocked the campaign account of Hong Kong’s only candidate for the Special Administrative Region’s (SAR) head of government, John Lee Ka-chiu, citing US

Author rabih
21 Apr

Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world

More than a year after essentially being shut down, the notorious Emotet malware operation is showing a strong resurgence. In a March threat index, Check

Author rabih
21 Apr

Five Eyes nations fear wave of Russian attacks against critical infrastructure

The Five Eyes nations’ cybersecurity agencies this week urged critical infrastructure to be ready for attacks by crews backed by or sympathetic to the Kremlin

Author rabih
20 Apr

AWS’s Log4j patches blew holes in its own security

Amazon Web Services has updated its Log4j security patches after it was discovered the original fixes made customer deployments vulnerable to container escape and privilege

Author rabih
20 Apr

Oracle already wins ‘crypto bug of the year’ with Java digital signature bypass

Java versions 15 to 18 contain a flaw in its ECDSA signature validation that makes it trivial for miscreants to digitally sign files and other

Author rabih
20 Apr

Russian-linked Shuckworm crew ramps up Ukraine attacks

A Russian-linked threat group that has almost exclusively targeted Ukraine since it first appeared on the scene in 2014 is deploying multiple variants of its

Author rabih
20 Apr

$625 Million Stolen in Latest Crypto Attack: 5 Tips on How to Use Digital Currency Safely

Cryptocurrency is all the rage these days and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. As more people dive into the nitty-gritty

Author rabih
20 Apr

Criminals adopting new methods to bypass improved defenses, says Zscaler

The number of phishing attacks worldwide jumped 29 percent last year as threat actors countered stronger enterprise defenses with newer methods, according to researchers with

Author rabih
20 Apr

US warns North Korean Lazarus gang rising against cryptocurrency outfits

The North Korean-based criminal group Lazarus is expanding its attacks into the blockchain and crypto space, three agencies of the US government have warned. The

Author rabih
20 Apr

US warns North Korean Lazarus gang rises against cryptocurrency outfits

The North Korean-based criminal group Lazarus is expanding its attacks into the blockchain and crypto space, three agencies of the US government have warned. The

Author rabih
20 Apr

Google tracked record 58 exploited-in-the-wild zero-day security holes in 2021

Google’s bug hunters say they spotted 58 zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild last year, which is the most-ever recorded since its Project Zero

Author rabih
19 Apr

Kaspersky cracks Yanluowang ransomware, offers free decryptor

Kaspersky has found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang ransomware encryption algorithm and, as a result, released a free decryptor tool to help victims of this

Author rabih
19 Apr

ESET uncovers vulnerabilities in Lenovo laptops

Got a Lenovo laptop? You might need to do a swift bit of patching judging by the latest set of vulnerabilities uncovered by security researchers

Author rabih
19 Apr

Funky Pigeon pauses all orders after ‘security incident’

British retailer WH Smith has confirmed that Funky Pigeon, its online greetings card and gift subsidiary, has halted all further orders after a “security incident.”

Author rabih
18 Apr

UK Prime Minister, Catalan groups ‘targeted by NSO Pegasus spyware’

Citizen Lab has reported finding suspected surveillance software on devices associated with both the UK Prime Minister’s Office and what was formerly called the British

Author rabih
18 Apr

Microsoft ups bug bounties 30% for cloud lines, pays more for ‘scenario-based’ exploits

In Brief Microsoft will pay more — up to $26,000 more — for “high-impact” bugs in its Office 365 products via its bug bounty program. The

Author rabih
18 Apr

What Are Browser Cookies and How Do I Manage Them?

As an avid internet surfer, you’ve most likely heard of cookies. No, we’re not talking about the ones filled with chocolate chips. We’re talking about

Author rabih
15 Apr

Feds offer $5m reward for info on North Korean cyber crooks

The US government offered a reward up to $5 million for information that helps disrupt North Korea’s cryptocurrency theft, cyber-espionage, and other illicit state-backed activities.

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