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An active extortion scam is targeting website owners and admins worldwide, claiming to have hacked their servers and demanding $2,500 not to leak data. [...]
Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on his fully patched Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 smartphones, enabling anyone with physical access to the device to unlock it. [...]
Plus: CISA has a flowchart for patching, privacy campaign goes after face search engine In Brief A suspected member of the notorious international LockBit ransomware mob has been arrested – and could spend several years behind bars if convicted.…
This 'Week in Ransomware' covers the last two weeks of ransomware news, with new information on attacks, arrests, data wipers, and reports shared by cybersecurity firms and researchers. [...]
Military veterans tend to have the kind of skills that would make them effective cybersecurity professionals, but making the transition is not that easy.
Unless you're fine with Qatar snoops remotely accessing your phone With mandated spyware downloads to tens of thousands of surveillance cameras equipped with facial-recognition technology, the World Cup in Qatar next month is looking more like a data security and privacy nightmare than a celebration of the beautiful game.…
Microsoft announced that the Mobile Network Protection feature is generally available to help organizations detect network weaknesses affecting Android and iOS devices running Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint (MDE) enterprise endpoint security platform. [...]
Pretty much every aspect of the effort to create easy-to-understand labels for Internet-of-Things (IoT) products is up in the air, according to participants in the process.
Multifactor authentication has gained adoption among organizations as a way of improving security over passwords alone, but increasing theft of browser cookies undermines that security.
The bug affects several Aiphone GT models using NFC technology and allows malicious actors to potentially gain access to sensitive facilities.
Chinese government employs spyware to detect so-called "pre-crimes" including using a VPN, religious apps, or WhatsApp, new analysis reveals.
Grocery stores and pharmacies belonging to Canadian food retail giant Sobeys have been experiencing IT systems issues since last weekend. [...]
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service have seized eighteen web domains used to recruit money mules for work-from-home and reshipping scams. [...]
Remediation efforts are prioritized based on exploitation status, safety impact and prevalence criteria
A bit like leaving the front door keys under the doormat...
Mikhail Vasiliev was apprehended in Canada and is in custody awaiting extradition to the US
A previously undocumented Android spyware tool named 'BadBazaar' has been discovered targeting ethnic and religious minorities in China, most notably the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. [...]
They left quoting concerns about the rollout of new features without an FTC consent decree
With only about 15% of vulnerabilities actually exploitable, patching every vulnerability is not an effective use of time.
Microsoft is working on a fix for a new known issue behind lower-than-expected performance or stuttering in some games on systems running Windows 11 22H2. [...]