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US Sues TikTok Over Child Safety and Data Security Claims

The Indiana court said TikTok promoted age-restricted content regardless of a user’s age

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Apple Introduces New Data Protections to Increase Cloud Security

The new features will be globally available in 2023, but one of them already is for some US users

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  • December 8, 2022

Researchers Uncover Darknet Service Allowing Hackers to Trojonize Legit Android Apps

Researchers have shed light on a new hybrid malware campaign targeting both Android and Windows operating systems in a bid to expand its pool of victims. The attacks entail the use of different malware such as ERMAC, Erbium, Aurora, and Laplas, according to a ThreatFabric report shared with The Hacker News. “This campaign resulted in thousands of victims,” the Dutch cybersecurity […]

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Apple Introduces New Data Protections to Increase Cloud Security

The new features will be globally available in 2023, but one of them already is for some US users

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Metaparasites: The cybercriminals who rip each other off

Researchers at Sophos have investigated so-called “metaparasites” – the scammers who scam other scammers.

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Metaparasites: The cybercriminals who rip each other off

Researchers at Sophos have investigated so-called “metaparasites” – the scammers who scam other scammers.

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#BHEU: Time for Cyber Pros to Shape the Industry’s Future

Jen Ellis urges the cyber industry to take a leading role in shaping its future, during Black Hat Europe 2022

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Leaked Signing Keys Are Being Used to Sign Malware

A bunch of Android OEM signing keys have been leaked or stolen, and they are actively being used to sign malware. Łukasz Siewierski, a member of Google’s Android Security Team, has a post on the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (AVPI) issue tracker detailing leaked platform certificate keys that are actively being used to sign malware. […]

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  • December 8, 2022

Explorations in the spam folder–Holiday Edition

Watch ThreatWise TV: Explorations in the spam folder The spam folder: that dark and disregarded corner of every email account, full of too-good-to-be-true offers, unexpected shipments, and supposedly free giveaways. You’re right to ignore this folder; few good things come from exploring it. But every once in a while one of these misleading, and sometimes […]

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