A Teen Took Control of Teslas by Hacking a Third-Party App
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:29:31 +0000
Plus: Open source sabotage, Ukrainian website hacks, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Russia Takes Down REvil Hackers—as Ukraine Tensions Mount
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:17:29 +0000
Over a dozen alleged members of the notorious ransomware group have been arrested, but the Kremlin’s critics are wary of the underlying motivation.
Read moreNorth Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400M in Crypto Last Year
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000
The regime had a “banner year,” thanks to skyrocketing cryptocurrency values and a new generation of vulnerable startups.
Read moreNSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:00:18 +0000
The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools.
Read moreApple’s Private Relay Roils Telecoms Around the World
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:31:20 +0000
Security experts say there’s little reason for the criticism from Europe’s mobile operators and US limitations over the VPN-like iCloud tool.
Read moreAnydesk Software Exploited to Spread Babuk Ransomware
Credit to Author: Preksha Saxena| Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:02:35 +0000
We generally see that ransomware attacks are deployed through exploits, unsolicited malicious emails (malspam), or malicious Microsoft Office…
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Read moreGoogle finds a nation-state level of attacks on iPhone
Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 03:31:00 -0800
When it comes to mobile security, users are routinely warned to be extremely careful, avoid suspicious links, emails, and attachments. But the growth of no-click attacks sidesteps these soft defenses.
Google recently drilled into one such attack, which happened to have hit an iPhone. “We assess this to be one of the most technically sophisticated exploits we’ve ever seen, further demonstrating that the capabilities (one vendor) provides rival those previously thought to be accessible to only a handful of nation states,” said the Google advisory.
Windows security in ’22 — you need more than just antivirus software
Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:10:00 -0800
Do you need antivirus in 2022 — especially when some options now come with a cryptominer built in?
Several antivirus vendors — some options free, others, paid — have begun bundling their antivirus products with software that generates virtual currency. Of all of the requirements for antivirus, using excess cycles on your computer to generate crypto-coins is not on my list of must-haves.
Recently, Krebs on Security noted that both Norton Antivirus and Avira have told users that versions of their respective software now include a cryptominer. While it’s not enabled by default, it still gives me pause; antivirus is supposed to protect us from such potentially unwanted software, and these two vendors are now including it in their wares.
How to choose a SaaS management platform
Credit to Author: Keith Shaw| Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0800
The flood of remote workers at the start of the global pandemic in early 2020 had companies scrambling to find new software for communicating and collaborating with remote workers. Many turned to software-as-a-service (SaaS) options.
It was an obvious choice. Under the SaaS model, applications are hosted and maintained by a third-party vendor and delivered to employees over the internet, making them easy to deploy remotely.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint brings remote deployment to iOS
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:45:00 -0800
With the latest Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) preview for iOS, Microsoft has taken another step that should make life easier for IT administrators who need to secure remote iOS devices at the endpoint.
Endpoint protection without the user friction
The MDE preview includes a new capability to install Defender for Endpoint remotely and automatically on any devices enrolled in the service. The company first announced its intention to deliver the feature last month.
In practice, this seems relatively friction-free.