Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:05:35 +0000
Law enforcement has seized an underground marketplace trading in SSNs and other personal data. We take a look at how they did it.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 09:53:19 +0000
A Tim Hortons app has been flagged for managing to violate Canada’s privacy laws. We offer some advice to avoid becoming tangled in app woes.
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Credit to Author: Don Ovid Ladores| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000
Trend Micro Research observed the resurgence of the Cuba ransomware group that launched a new malware variant using different infection techniques compared to past iterations. We discuss our initial findings in this report.
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:47:44 +0000
The Ransomware Task Force’s five priority recommendations, issued last year, have all seen encouraging progress from governments.
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:26:16 +0000
Prometheus ransomware contained a weak random number generator that inspired researchers to try and build a one-size-fits-all decryptor.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:49:50 +0000
Here’s how 144 recent attacks actually went down in real life. Don’t let this happen to you!
Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:50:10 +0000
It’s called pre-hijacking, and it’s a new class of attack against online accounts.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:10:14 +0000
Apple’s iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It’s only the beginning.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:58:56 +0000
Netflix has a new documentary series airing next week — “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet” — in which Yours Truly apparently has a decent amount of screen time. The debut episode explores the far-too-common harassment tactic of “swatting” — wherein fake bomb threats or hostage situations are phoned in to police as part of a scheme to trick them into visiting potentially deadly force on a target’s address.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:26:56 +0000
Apple’s published some numbers about the number of apps blocked from getting into the App store, along with other security news from the WWDC
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