16 Sep

Top 10 COVID-19 Scams: How to Stay Protected

The COVID-19 pandemic flipped the world on its head in so many ways. Offices and schools stood empty while living rooms were transformed into classrooms

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16 Sep

Computer and data scientists should be as highly regarded as ‘warriors’ says top UK cybergeneral

DSEI 2021 Military computer scientists ought to be treated with the same regard as pilots and warship captains, the head of the Army’s cyber command

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16 Sep

De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data’s dirty little secret

Feature Publishing data of all kinds offers big benefits for government, academic, and business users. Regulators demand that we make that data anonymous to deliver

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16 Sep

It’s time to delete that hunter2 password from your Microsoft account, says IT giant

From this week, Microsoft won’t require you, or your password manager, to come up with strings of letters, numbers, and special characters forming a silly

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16 Sep

This is AUKUS for China – US, UK, Australia reveal defence tech-sharing pact

Australia, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom have signed a new defence and technology-sharing pact. Dubbed AUKUS, the headline item of the

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15 Sep

Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes actively exploited zero‑day and 85 other flaws

The most recent Patch Tuesday includes a fix for the previously disclosed and actively exploited remote code execution flaw in MSHTML. The arrival of the

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15 Sep

Executive Spotlight: Q&A with SVP of Global Channels, Kathleen Curry

For this week’s executive spotlight, I’m highlighting Kathleen Curry, senior vice president, Global Enterprise Channels at McAfee Enterprise. Curry was named one of CRN’s 2021 Channel

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15 Sep

Ransomware crims saying ‘We’ll burn your data if you get a negotiator’ can’t be legally paid off anyway

A couple of ransomware gangs have threatened to start deleting files if targeted companies call in professional negotiators to help lower prices for decryption tools.

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15 Sep

Ex-US intel, military trio were cyber-mercenaries for UAE, say prosecutors

Three former US intelligence and military operatives broke America’s weapons export and computer security laws by, among other things, helping the United Arab Emirates hijack

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15 Sep

Operation ‘Harvest’: A Deep Dive into a Long-term Campaign

A special thanks to our Professional Services’ IR team, ShadowServer, for historical context on C2 domains, and Thomas Roccia/Leandro Velasco for malware analysis support. Executive

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15 Sep

McAfee Defender’s Blog: Operation Harvest

Summary McAfee Enterprise’s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) team provided deep insight into a long-term campaign Operation Harvest. In the blog, they detail the MITRE Tactics

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15 Sep

Microsoft’s end-of-summer software security cleanse crushes more than 80 bugs

Patch Tuesday For its September Patch Tuesday, Microsoft churned out fixes for 66 vulnerabilities alongside 20 Chromium security bugs in Microsoft Edge. Affected products include:

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14 Sep

Krita art app users targeted by ransomware posing as paid ‘collaboration’ opportunities

Krita, an open-source cross-platform digital painting application, has become the latest victim of ransomware – but rather than being attacked directly, its name is being

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14 Sep

Security bods boost Apple iPhone hardware attack research with iTimed toolkit

A trio of researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) have released what they describe as a “novel research toolkit” for Apple’s iDevices –

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14 Sep

Brits open doors for tech-enabled fraudsters because they ‘don’t want to seem rude’

Brits are too polite to tell phone scammers to “get stuffed”, “take a hike” or “sling yer ‘ook” when they impersonate so-called “trusted organisations” such

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14 Sep

Thousands of internet-connected databases contain high or critical CVEs, says report by cloud security biz

After spending five years poring over port scan results, infosec firm Imperva reckons there’s about 12,000 vulnerability-containing databases accessible through the internet. The study also

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14 Sep

What is a cyberattack surface and how can you reduce it?

Discover the best ways to mitigate your organization’s attack surface, in order to maximize cybersecurity. In almost all coverage of modern breaches you’ll hear mention

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14 Sep

ExpressVPN bought for $1bn by Brit biz with an intriguing history in adware

UK-headquartered Kape Technologies announced on Monday it has acquired ExpressVPN in a $936m (£675m) cash and stocks deal, a move it claims will double its

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