The “evolution” of these markets is making cybercrime easier than ever before Are you in the market for stolen data? How about some tools to help you steal data or make money by hijacking other people’s computers? Well you’re in luck. It is now easier than ever to engage in cybercrime thanks to “next generation”
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Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social network four months earlier than its actual scheduled date, i.e., in April 2019 instead of August 2019. Google said it discovered another critical security vulnerability in one of Google+’s People APIs that could have
I’ve been thinking hard about the concept of sponsored content – you can find some of it on TechCrunch if you look hard enough and it appears almost everywhere else. It’s an important consideration because as a online journalist I’ve heard everything from “How much did Apple pay you to post this?” to “How much
“Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception,” the playwright Sophocles wrote. Over two millennia later, the ancient Greek’s words still ring true. Or perhaps they need just a tweak — because now those “sweet” profits come because of deception. Deception technologies, that is. The market for deception security tech is expected to boom
Over two-thirds of UK firms have fallen victim to a cyber-attack over the past year, with many claiming they don’t get enough guidance from the government on how to combat threats, according to RedSeal. The security vendor polled over 500 UK IT professionals from mainly SMBs to better understand their cyber-resilience levels. Some 68% claimed
by Lisa Vaas In a year in which facial recognition has made massive strides to invade personal privacy and settle in as a favored tool for government surveillance, Microsoft isn’t just open to government regulation; it’s asking for it. On Thursday, in a speech at the Brookings Institution, Microsoft President Brad Smith warned about facial
Google is increasing its efforts in India after it snapped up the team behind popular transportation app ‘Where is my Train.’ The app claims 10 million registered users and, as the name suggests, it helps commuters track arrivals and departures as well as buying seats. That’s no small job given that India is estimated to operate
In my last piece, I broke down the who, what, and how of cyberbullying, as most people are unaware of how the problem actually takes a variety of forms. With multiple types of cyberbullies and methods for digital bullying impacting kids today, the phenomenon’s effect on society is nothing short of powerful. In fact, according
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that hackers are actively exploiting in the wild as part of a targeted campaign appears to be attacking a Russian state health care institution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-15982, is a use-after-free flaw resides in Flash Player that, if exploited successfully, allows an
Atlassian’s JIRA began life as a bug-tracking tool. Today, though, it has become an agile planning suite, “to plan, track, and release great software.” In many organizations it has become the primary map of software projects, the hub of all development, the infamous “source of truth.” It is a truism that the map is not
According to the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Implementation Review Survey conducted by IT Governance, six months after the GDPR went into effect, the majority of organizations are failing to implement the mandatory regulations. The study included 210 responses from participating organizations ranging in size from fewer than 10 to more than 1,001 employees from across
by Lisa Vaas VTech, the Hong-Kong-based smart-toy maker has hit another bump in the road. This time around, it’s a serious security flaw in the software of VTech’s flagship tablet, the Storio Max, which is called the InnoTab Max in the UK. The flaw could allow hackers to remotely take control of the device and
When the hell did building a house become so complicated? Don’t let the folks on HGTV fool you. The process of building a home nowadays is incredibly painful. Just applying for the necessary permits can be a soul-crushing undertaking that’ll have you running around the city, filling out useless forms, and waiting in motionless lines
Rejection is the unspoken risk that is present when we enter into any relationship be it a friendship or a love relationship. It’s a painful, inescapable part of life that most of us go to great lengths to avoid. That said, there’s a social media phenomenon called “ghosting” that can take the pain of rejection to
Hold tight, this may blow your mind… A low-privileged user account on most Linux operating systems with UID value anything greater than 2147483647 can execute any systemctl command unauthorizedly—thanks to a newly discovered vulnerability. The reported vulnerability actually resides in PolicyKit (also known as polkit)—an application-level toolkit for Unix-like operating systems that defines policies, handles
A mindful, contemplative approach to internalized racism and sexism is a necessary piece of the puzzle of dismantling systems of oppression, Awaken founder and CEO Ravi Mishra says. That’s the entire point of Awaken, a mindfulness and meditation app specifically geared toward helping people cope with the harsh realities of today’s society. Awaken got its
A series of cyber-robbery attacks have been targeting financial organizations in Eastern Europe, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab. Researchers found that the series of attacks, dubbed DarkVishnya, have affected at least eight banks in the region, with estimated losses running into the tens of millions of dollars. Based on data collected through Kaspersky Lab’s
by John E Dunn If you’re among the holdouts still running Flash, you have some more updating homework to do. Adobe has issued an out-of-band patch after researchers spotted a Flash zero-day flaw being exploited in the wild. The discovery was made by Qihoo 360 which on 29 November noticed a targeted APT (Advanced Persistent
Coinbase is the most conservative exchange in cryptoland, largely because it operates in the U.S. under the watchful eye of the SEC. The $8 billion-valued company trades fewer than ten cryptocurrencies to consumers but on Friday announced it announced a major expansion that could see it list up to 30 new tokens. The company said it is
We are excited to announce that McAfee has been recognized as a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Protection Platforms. McAfee takes great pride in this distinction, as we feel that real-world feedback from our customers is the driving force behind the recognition and that they have spoken loudly about the value they
Australia’s House of Representatives has finally passed the “Telecommunications Assistance and Access Bill 2018,” also known as the Anti-Encryption Bill, on Thursday that would now allow law enforcement to force Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Signal, and other tech giants to help them access encrypted communications. The Australian government argues the new legislation is important for national
The InSight Mars lander accomplished a perfect landing last week on the Elysium Planitia region of the planet, where it is hard at work preparing to drill into the surface (and taking selfies, of course). But one “unplanned treat” is a recording of the wind rolling across the Martian plains — which you can listen
Check Point researchers discovered WhatsApp vulnerabilities that can enable threat actors to get around the app’s end-to-end encryption and intercept, and even manipulate, messages. How do these attacks work? At the top of every WhatsApp chat, there is a message that either says, “Messages to this chat and calls are now secured with end-to-end encryption,”
Over two-fifths of organizations have fallen victim to a so-called Business Process Compromise (BPC) attack, despite widespread ignorance from senior execs about the threat, according to Trend Micro. The security giant polled over 1100 IT decision makers responsible for security across the UK, US, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Finland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and the
by Paul Ducklin On the Naked Security podcast this week: Marriott’s huge and scary data breach, a bug in software management software could be a data thief’s goldmine, and a self-righteous “hacker” prints out an advert on 50,000 internet printers. With Anna Brading, Mark Stockley, Matthew Boddy and Paul Ducklin. LISTEN NOW (Audio player above
It’s a busy week for Epic Games . Fresh from pushing out a major season 7 update for Fortnite, so the gaming giant has taken the wraps off its own games store. First announced earlier this week, the Epic Games Store is targeted squarely at Steam — the giant in the digital game commerce space
Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 has struck a popular chord with many online gamers. Unfortunately, the Western-themed action-adventure game has also become a popular vessel for malicious activity among cybercriminals as well. Scammers are tricking gamers into giving up their personal information with phony “free” downloads of the online game, while simultaneously making a
ESET research shows that DanaBot operators have been expanding the malware’s scope and possibly cooperating with another criminal group DanaBot appears to have outgrown the banking Trojan category. According to our research, its operators have recently been experimenting with cunning email-address-harvesting and spam-sending features, capable of misusing webmail accounts of existing victims for further malware
Looking for an automated malware analysis software? Something like a 1-click solution that doesn’t require any installation or configuration…a platform that can scale up your research time… technology that can provide data-driven explanations… well, your search is over! Israeli cybersecurity and malware researchers today at Black Hat conference launch a revolutionary machine learning and artificial
It’s been a rocky year for MoviePass, something that CEO Mitch Lowe acknowledged in an interview this week with Variety. “We have a lot to prove to all our constituents,” Lowe said. “We don’t just have to prove ourselves to our members, we also have to prove ourselves to the investment community, our employees, and
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