Items tagged with security
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Victor Awogbemila - Tue, Jun 17, 2025
A few months ago, a group of cybercriminals, Scattered Spider, launched sophisticated cyber attacks that bypassed key security infrastructures of several retail companies in the UK. The group has become even more notorious and has...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 12, 2025
If you're like me, you spend part of your morning sifting through your inbox to separate the important stuff from the deluge of junk mail that fills it up each and every day (including Gmail accounts, despite Google's best efforts). Even...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Jun 11, 2025
A newly disclosed Secure Boot vulnerability is putting a large number of PCs at risk of bootkit attacks, with security researchers urging immediate patching. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-3052, was uncovered by Binarly Research and...
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Victor Awogbemila - Tue, Jun 10, 2025
A few weeks ago, we reported on Google adding a privacy feature that helps users remove personal information from search engines. To further protect users' personal information, Google has patched a vulnerability that allows attackers to...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Jun 06, 2025
A new variant of the BADBOX malware campaign has taken root in over a million Android-based devices worldwide, and if you’ve picked up a cheap smart TV box or projector off Amazon or AliExpress lately, you might be part of the problem...
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Victor Awogbemila - Thu, Jun 05, 2025
The FBI has announced that the Play ransomware gang has masterminded several sophisticated cyberattacks, which have compromised key security infrastructures in about 900 organizations in Europe, North America, and South America.
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Jun 04, 2025
Crocodilus, a relatively new banking trojan targeting Android devices, is continuing to evolve since it was first spotted back in March by the Mobile Threat Intelligence team at Threat Fabric. The improvements aim to make the malware...
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Victor Awogbemila - Wed, Jun 04, 2025
Meta has responded to allegations that it violated Android users' rights to privacy by secretly using its apps to track browsing histories.
In case you're unfamiliar with this allegations, a group of security researchers reported that...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Jun 02, 2025
Microsoft has swiftly deployed an emergency patch to address a critical issue that has been preventing some Windows 11 systems from properly installing the May 2025 security update (KB5058405). The problem, which primarily impacts...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, May 28, 2025
As tempting as it might be, avoid using 0000 as your four-digit PIN code. Same goes for 1010, 1111, 1122, and 1212, which comprises the top five worst PIN codes, according to a list compiled by security experts. Just like a password, you...
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Zak Killian - Tue, May 27, 2025
It might surprise you to learn this, but cybercriminals are usually fairly protective of the data they steal, because things like credentials and login details have value, and can be sold to the right buyer. That's why it's so unusual that...
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Aaron Leong - Fri, May 23, 2025
A recent campaign by 3AM ransomware actors found the team using more proactive techniques rather than simple opportunistic hacks by pretending to be IT support. Using a combination of email bombing and spoof IT support calls, unwitting...
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Victor Awogbemila - Thu, May 22, 2025
Microsoft has sounded the alarm on a pervasive piece of malware that has already infected hundreds of thousands of PCs. A few weeks ago, we reported on the Clop gang's involvement in the large-scale data leaks at Hertz. This time...
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Bruno Ferreira - Wed, May 21, 2025
Yet another user info database has been leaked, which has unfortunately become a common occurrence in this day and age, no matter how much tech users and security professionals curse the cloud. This time around, it was the well-known and...
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Victor Awogbemila - Fri, May 16, 2025
If you're a Chrome user, take note that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified and reported three zero-day vulnerabilities, and one of these flaws could affect you.
The CISA reported that...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, May 15, 2025
Valve has responded to reports of a major data breach in which Underdark.ai, a cyber threat intelligent service, highlighted a dark web forum post by a hacker claiming to be in possession of 89 million Steam user records. According to...
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Zak Killian - Wed, May 14, 2025
Intel is once again in the crosshairs of a fresh speculative execution exploit, this time dubbed "Branch Privilege Injection." The new vulnerability, revealed by researchers at ETH Zurich's COMSEC group, is capable of extracting sensitive...
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Bruno Ferreira - Wed, May 14, 2025
Heads up to all ASUS motherboard, prebuilt system, and laptop owners: if you're running the company's DriverHub software, be sure to update it to the latest version ASAP. The reason for this is an exceedingly nasty bug loitering in the...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 09, 2025
Are you holding on to an aging wireless router in hopes of stretching out the bang for your bucks? That's admirable—no sense in throwing away and filling up a landfill with electronics that are still useful—but depending on the model, it...
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Victor Awogbemila - Mon, May 05, 2025
Data breaches, whether due to the nefarious activities of hackers or inadequate security measures, are a major concern due to the harm they can cause to affected users. In this latest breach, a report claims that the dating app Raw left...
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Victor Awogbemila - Sat, May 03, 2025
Nefarious hackers have figured out many ways to circumvent 2FA restrictions and harvest passwords with sophisticated phishing traps. Many of these bad actors, however, will soon be looking for new ways to attack Microsoft user accounts...
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Ben Funk - Thu, May 01, 2025
Do you use AirPlay to send videos from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to a television or play music through a smart speaker? Then friends, you are in for a treat. Thanks to a vulnerability in not just Apple's operating system, but the...
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