ZDNet If your online life revolves around Gmail, Chrome, and other Google software and services, your Google account is one of your most precious online resources. That’s especially true if you use the Gmail address …
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ZDNet The data regulator for the German state of Lower Saxony has fined a local laptop retailer a whopping €10.4 million ($12.5 million) for keeping its employees under constant video surveillance at all times for …
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ZDNet Joker’s Stash, the internet’s largest marketplace for buying & selling stolen card data, announced today that it was shutting down within a month, on February 15, 2021. The news was announced earlier today by …
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ZDNet The Linux Mint project has patched this week a security flaw that could have allowed a threat actor to bypass the OS screensaver and its password and access locked desktops. This particularly nasty security …
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ZDNet The US National Security Agency has published today a guide on the benefits and risks of encrypted DNS protocols, such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), which have become widely used over the past two years. The …
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ZDNet An Iranian cyber-espionage group known as Charming Kitten (APT35 or Phosphorus) has used the recent winter holiday break to attack targets from all over the world using a very sophisticated spear-phishing campaign that involved not only …
Iranian cyberspies behind major Christmas SMS spear-phishing campaign Read More »
ZDNet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday the creation of a new bureau inside the US Department of State dedicated to addressing cybersecurity as part of the US’ foreign policy and diplomatic efforts. …
State Department creates bureau to reduce ‘likelihood of cyber conflict’ Read More »
ZDNet The United States Judiciary has announced an audit into its systems, following concerns its case file system has been compromised. In making the announcement, the Judiciary said the Administrative Office of the US Courts …
Investigation launched into vulnerabilities found within US Judiciary case file system Read More »
ZDNet A duo of French security researchers has discovered a vulnerability impacting chips used inside Google Titan and YubiKey hardware security keys. The vulnerability allows threat actors to recover the primary encryption key used by …
New side-channel attack can recover encryption keys from Google Titan security keys Read More »
ZDNet The operators of the Ryuk ransomware are believed to have earned more than $150 million worth of Bitcoin from ransom payments following intrusions at companies all over the world. In a joint report published today, threat …
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ZDNet Yesterday’s piece on “What should you do with an old Android smartphone” generated a lot of comments. Because I recommended installing a security app, one of the most popular questions was, predictably, which one? …
You should install antivirus on your Android smartphone, but which one? Read More »
ZDNet A North Korean hacking group is utilizing the RokRat Trojan in a fresh wave of campaigns against the South Korean government. The Remote Access Trojan (RAT) has been connected to attacks based on the …
North Korean hackers launch RokRat Trojan in campaigns against the South Read More »