Graham CLULEY June 18, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial UK-based gym chain Total Fitness has been accused of sloppy security, following the discovery of an unsecured database containing the images of 470,000 members and staff – all accessible to anyone on the internet, no password required. A […]
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A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users’ private messages for detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the privacy-focused messaging service of the same name. “Mandating mass scanning of private communications fundamentally undermines […]
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Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users with free or pirated versions of commercial software to deliver a malware loader called Hijack Loader, which then deploys an information stealer known as Vidar Stealer. “Adversaries had managed to trick users into downloading password-protected archive files containing trojanized copies of a Cisco Webex Meetings App (ptService.exe),” Trellix security […]
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Seventy percent of enterprises are prioritizing investment in SaaS security by establishing dedicated teams to secure SaaS applications, as part of a growing trend of maturity in this field of cybersecurity, according to a new survey released this month by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Despite economic instability and major job cuts in 2023, organizations […]
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There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st century. They don’t align incentives well. And they are being […]
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Graham CLULEY June 18, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial A US court has found a Nigerian national guilty of charges related to a US $1.5 million business email compromise (BEC) scam and could face the rest of his life in prison as a consequence. 35-year-old Ebuka Raphael […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads. Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that’s capable of downloading and executing more malicious programs as well as a utility to propagate the malware via SSH, […]
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VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-37079 & CVE-2024-37080 (CVSS scores: 9.8) – Multiple heap-overflow vulnerabilities in the implementation of the DCE/RPC protocol that could […]
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The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the extradition of two men from Malaysia for their alleged involvement in a mobile malware campaign targeting citizens in the country since June 2023. The unnamed individuals, aged 26 and 47, engaged in scams that tricked unsuspecting users into downloading malicious apps onto their Android devices via phishing […]
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