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.

Author rabih
15 Apr

Star loses $500,000 NFT after crooks exploit Rarible market

Miscreants exploited a now-fixed design flaw in the Rarible NFT marketplace to steal a non-fungible token from Taiwanese singer and actor Jay Chou and sell

Author rabih
15 Apr

Cybercriminals do their homework for latest banking scam

A new social engineering scam is making the rounds, and this one is particularly insidious: It tricks users into sending money to what they think

Author rabih
15 Apr

Cybercriminals are doing their homework in latest banking scam

A new social engineering scam is making the rounds, and this one is particularly insidious: It tricks users into sending money to what they think

Author rabih
15 Apr

Google issues third emergency fix for Chrome this year

Google is issuing fixes for two vulnerabilities in its Chrome web browser, including one flaw that is already being exploited in the wild. The emergency

Author rabih
15 Apr

North Korea’s Lazarus cyber-gang caught ‘spying’ on chemical sector companies

North Korea’s Lazarus cybercrime gang is now breaking into chemical sector companies’ networks to spy on them, according to Symantec’s threat intel team. While the

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14 Apr

Cisco’s Webex app phoned home audio telemetry even when muted

Boffins at two US universities have found that muting popular native video-conferencing apps fails to disable device microphones – and that these apps have the

Author rabih
14 Apr

Microsoft-led move takes down ZLoader botnet domains

Microsoft has announced a months-long effort to take control of 65 domains that the ZLoader criminal botnet gang has been using as command-and-control servers. The

Author rabih
14 Apr

Threat group builds custom malware to attack industrial systems

Hackers have created custom tools to control a range of industrial control system (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices, marking the latest

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14 Apr

Microsoft details how China-linked crew’s malware hides scheduled Windows tasks

The China-linked Hafnium cyber-gang is using a strain of malware to maintain a persistent presence in compromised Windows systems by creating hidden tasks that maintain

Author rabih
14 Apr

Don’t let ransomware crooks spend months in your network – like this govt agency did

Lockbit ransomware operators spent nearly six months in a government agency’s network, deleting logs and using Chrome to download hacking tools, before eventually deploying extortionware,

Author rabih
14 Apr

Don’t let ransomware crooks spend months on your network – like this govt agency did

Lockbit ransomware operators spent nearly six months in a government agency’s network, deleting logs and using Chrome to download hacking tools, before eventually deploying extortionware,

Author rabih
13 Apr

Apache says Struts 2 security bug wasn’t fully fixed in 2020

Apache has taken another shot at fixing a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its Struts 2 framework for Java applications – because the first

Author rabih
13 Apr

Taiwan, China square off over chip tech espionage laws

Trouble is brewing over moves by Taiwan to prevent China from gaining access to its chip technology, as the island nation proposes tougher laws to

Author rabih
13 Apr

Enemybot botnet uses Gafgyt source code with a sprinkling of Mirai

A prolific threat group known for deploying distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and cryptomining attacks is running a new botnet that is built using the Linux-based Gafgyt source

Author rabih
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