In what’s a new phishing technique, it has been demonstrated that the Application Mode feature in Chromium-based web browsers can be abused to create “realistic desktop phishing applications.” Application Mode is designed to offer native-like experiences in a manner that causes the website to be launched in a separate browser window, while also displaying the […]
Cyber NewsA brief walk down memory lane: Ransomware is not a new threat Ransomware’s first documented attack was relatively rudimentary. It was delivered via floppy disk containing a malware program in 1989 that told its victims to pay $189 in ransom to a PO Box in Panama. Today ransomware criminals are significantly more sophisticated, thanks to advances in […]
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Cyber NewsIn yet another case of bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack, the operators of the BlackByte ransomware are leveraging a flaw in a legitimate Windows driver to bypass security solutions. “The evasion technique supports disabling a whopping list of over 1,000 drivers on which security products rely to provide protection,” Sophos threat researcher Andreas […]
Cyber NewsThe infosec conference named after the UK’s calling code returned this year with a focus on building a healthy community.
Cyber NewsExploit allows unsigned and unnotarized macOS applications to bypass Gatekeeper and other security, without notifying the user.
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Cyber NewsJoe Sullivan schemed to hide a 2016 breach of 57 million users’ information shortly after he was hired. The post Former Uber CSO found guilty of obstruction in attempted data breach cover-up appeared first on TechRepublic.
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