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Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh
Google, once again, is the "undisputed leader" when it comes to monitoring people's behavior on the internet, according to Kaspersky's annual web tracking report.…
Russia's digital warfare on Ukraine shows no signs of slowing: Malware hits surge
Russia's use of malware to support its military efforts in Ukraine is showing no signs of waning while its tactics continually evolve to bypass protections.…
10 nasty software bugs put thousands of fuel storage tanks at risk of cyberattacks
Tens of thousands of fuel storage tanks in critical infrastructure facilities remain vulnerable to zero-day attacks due to buggy Automatic Tank Gauge systems from multiple vendors, say infosec researchers. …
How to spot a North Korean agent before they get comfy inside payroll
Against a backdrop of rising exposure to North Korean agents seeking (mainly) US IT roles, organizations now have a cheat sheet to help spot potential operatives.…
A data leak and a data breach
Partner Content For people who haven't personally experienced them, terms like data leak or data breach may seem unfamiliar and foreign - much like visiting a new destination abroad.…
Some US Kaspersky customers find their security software replaced by 'UltraAV'
Some US-based users of Kaspersky antivirus products have found their software replaced by product from by a low-profile entity named "UltraAV" – a change they didn't ask for, and which has delivered them untested and largely unknown software from a source with a limited track record.…
Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops
In a volte-face, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that the made-in-Russia messaging platform will become a lot less cozy for criminals.…
'Cybersecurity issue' takes MoneyGram offline for three days – and counting
A "cybersecurity issue" has shut down MoneyGram's systems and payment services since Friday, and the fintech leader has yet to update customers as to when it expects to have its global money transfer services back up and running.…
Necro malware continues to haunt side-loaders of dodgy Android mods
The Necro trojan is once again making a move against Android users, with up to eleven million individuals thought to be exposed to infected apps.…
US proposes ban on Chinese, Russian connected car tech over security fears
The US Commerce Department has decided not to wait for the inevitable, and today announced plans that would ban connected vehicle technology - and vehicles using it - from Chinese and Russian sources.…
So how's Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative going?
Microsoft took a victory lap today, touting the 34,000 full-time engineers it has dedicated to its Secure Future Initiative (SFI) since it launched almost a year ago and making public its first progress report on efforts to improve security in its products and services.…
UPS supplier's password policy flip-flops from unlimited, to 32, then 64 characters
A major IT hardware manufacturer is correcting a recent security update after customers complained of a password character limit being introduced when there previously wasn't one.…
Move over, Cobalt Strike. Splinter’s the new post-exploit menace in town
Attackers are using Splinter, a new post-exploitation tool, to wreak havoc in victims' IT environments after initial infiltration, utilizing capabilities such as executing Windows commands, stealing files, collecting cloud service account info, and downloading additional malware onto victims' systems.…
Apple's latest macOS release is breaking security software, network connections
Infosec In Brief Something's wrong with macOS Sequoia, and it's breaking security software installed on some updated Apple systems.…
US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist
Two individuals are in cuffs and facing serious charges in connection to a major theft of cryptocurrency worth more than $230 million from a single victim.…
Ivanti patches exploited admin command execution flaw
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just added the latest Ivanti weakness to its Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog, a situation sure to annoy some – given that it's yet another path traversal flaw.…
Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data
High-end British department store Harvey Nichols is writing to customers to confirm some of their data was exposed in a recent cyberattack.…
CISA boss: Makers of insecure software are the real cyber villains
Software developers who ship buggy, insecure code are the real villains in the cyber crime story, Jen Easterly, boss of the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has argued.…
Valencia Ransomware explodes on the scene, claims California city, fashion giant, more as victims
A California city, a Spanish fashion giant, an Indian paper manufacturer, and two pharmaceutical companies are the alleged victims of what looks like a new ransomware gang that started leaking stolen info this week.…
No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom
Buried beneath the endless feeds and attention-grabbing videos of the modern internet is a network of data harvesting and sale that's perhaps far more vast than most people realize, and it desperately needs regulation. …