Windows 10 users urged to upgrade to avoid “security fiasco”
Cybersecurity firm ESET is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or Linux to avoid a “security fiasco” as the 10-year-old operating system…
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New FireScam Android data-theft malware poses as Telegram Premium app
A new Android malware named ‘FireScam’ is being distributed as a premium version of the Telegram app via phishing websites on GitHub that mimick the…
Nuclei flaw lets malicious templates bypass signature verification
A now-fixed vulnerability in the open-source vulnerability scanner Nuclei could potentially allow attackers to bypass signature verification while sneaking malicious code into templates that execute on…
Nuclei flaw bypasses template signature checks to execute commands
A now-fixed vulnerability in the open-source vulnerability scanner Nuclei could potentially allow attackers to bypass signature verification while sneaking malicious code into templates that execute on…
New FireScam Android malware poses as RuStore app to steal data
A new Android malware named ‘FireScam’ is being distributed as a premium version of the Telegram app via phishing websites on GitHub that mimick the…
Google Chrome is making it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs
Google is adding the Text Fragment feature to its PDF reader to make it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs. The Text Fragment…
Bad Tenable plugin updates take down Nessus agents worldwide
Tenable says customers must manually upgrade their software to revive Nessus vulnerability scanner agents taken offline on December 31st due to buggy differential plugin updates.…
US sanctions Chinese company linked to Flax Typhoon hackers
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech for its involvement in cyberattacks attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored Flax Typhoon hacking group.…
Malicious npm packages target Ethereum developers’ private keys
Twenty malicious packages impersonating the Hardhat development environment used by Ethereum developers are targeting private keys and other sensitive data. Collectively, the malicious packages have…
French govt contractor Atos denies Space Bears ransomware attack claims
French tech giant Atos, which secures communications for the country’s military and secret services, has denied claims made by the Space Bears ransomware gang that they compromised…
Apple offers $95 million in Siri privacy violation settlement
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. alleging that its Siri assistant recorded private conversations and shared them…
Ransomware gang leaks data stolen in Rhode Island’s RIBridges Breach
The Brain Cipher ransomware gang has begun to leak documents stolen in an attack on Rhode Island’s “RIBridges” social services platform. RIBridges is an integrated…