US passes the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act – and why not?
Cryptographic agility: the ability and the willingness to change quickly when needed.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 30, 2022
- December 30, 2022
The horror! The horror! NOTEPAD gets tabbed editing (very briefly)
Is there a special meaning of “don’t” that means “go right ahead”?
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 30, 2022
Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!
KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today. That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Heck, I’ve been doing this so long I briefly forgot which birthday this was! Thanks to your readership and support, I […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsQR Code Scam
An enterprising individual made fake parking tickets with a QR code for easy payment.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 29, 2022
Twitter data of “+400 million unique users” up for sale – what to do?
If the crooks have connected up your phone number and your Twitter handle… what could go wrong?
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsFIN7 threat actor updated its ransomware activity
Researchers from PRODAFT reveal that the infamous FIN7 threat actor updated its ransomware activities and provide a unique view into the structure of the group. Learn how to protect against it. The post FIN7 threat actor updated its ransomware activity appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 28, 2022
Critical “10-out-of-10” Linux kernel SMB hole – should you worry?
It’s serious, it’s critical, and you could call it severe… but in HHGttG terminology, it’s probably “mostly harmless”.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsLastPass Breach
Last August, LastPass reported a security breach, saying that no customer information—or passwords—were compromised. Turns out the full story is worse: While no customer data was accessed during the August 2022 incident, some source code and technical information were stolen from our development environment and used to target another employee, obtaining credentials and keys which […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 27, 2022
PrivateLoader PPI Service Found Distributing Info-Stealing RisePro Malware
The pay-per-install (PPI) malware downloader service known as PrivateLoader is being used to distribute a previously documented information-stealing malware dubbed RisePro. Flashpoint spotted the newly identified stealer on December 13, 2022, after it discovered “several sets of logs” exfiltrated using the malware on an illicit cybercrime marketplace called Russian Market. A C++-based malware,
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