Bleeping Computer Technical details about a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook’s Instagram app for Android and iOS show how an attacker could exploit it to deny user access to the app, take full control of their …
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Bleeping Computer Popular search engines and browsers do a great job at finding and browsing content on the web, but can do a better job at protecting your privacy while doing so. With your data …
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Bleeping Computer Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the 10th largest school division in the US, was recently hit by ransomware according to an official statement published on Friday evening. The school district is also the largest in …
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Bleeping Computer The Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) was hit by ransomware according to a press statement published earlier today by the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS). DBS was founded in 1977 as a joint venture …
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Bleeping Computer SeaChange International, a US-based leading supplier of video delivery software solutions, has confirmed a ransomware attack that disrupted its operations during the first quarter of 2020. The company is traded on NASDAQ as …
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Bleeping Computer Online exam proctoring solution ProctorU has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor released a stolen database of user records on a hacker forum. ProctorU is a proctoring service used by companies and …
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Bleeping Computer TrickBot’s Anchor malware platform has been ported to infect Linux devices and compromise further high-impact and high-value targets using covert channels. TrickBot is a multi-purpose Windows malware platform that uses different modules to perform …
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Bleeping Computer Microsoft has set the official retirement date for the insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols in Office 365 starting with October 15, 2020, after temporarily halting deprecation enforcement for commercial …
Microsoft will disable insecure TLS in Office 365 on Oct 15 Read More »
Bleeping Computer Google will update its Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy to globally ban advertising for spyware and surveillance technology known as stalkerware starting with August 11, 2020. Stalkerware tech allows third-parties to monitor one’s mobile …
Google will ban ads for stalkerware starting August 11 Read More »
Bleeping Computer The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today formally designated the Huawei Technologies Company (Huawei) and ZTE Corporation (ZTE) as national security threats to the integrity of U.S. communications networks or the communications supply …
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Bleeping Computer The number of daily brute-force attacks against Windows remote desktop service has almost doubled during the pandemic lockdown, telemetry data shows. With the increase of remote workers during the COVID-19 period, many users …
Over 100k daily brute-force attacks on RDP in pandemic lockdown Read More »
Bleeping Computer Hackers are always evolving their tactics to stay one step ahead of security companies. A perfect example of this is the hiding of malicious credit card stealing scripts in the EXIF data of …
Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data Read More »