FTC Slams Avast with $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Users’ Browsing Data
Feb 23, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that…
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Apple Unveils PQ3 Protocol – Post-Quantum Encryption for iMessage
Feb 22, 2024NewsroomQuantum Computing / Encryption Apple has announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 that it said will be integrated into iMessage to…
Russian Government Software Backdoored to Deploy Konni RAT Malware
Feb 22, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Espionage An installer for a tool likely used by the Russian Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID)…
Cybercriminals Weaponizing Open-Source SSH-Snake Tool for Network Attacks
Feb 22, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Penetration Testing A recently open-sourced network mapping tool called SSH-Snake has been repurposed by threat actors to conduct malicious activities.…
U.S. Offers $15 Million Bounty to Hunt Down LockBit Ransomware Leaders
The U.S. State Department has announced monetary rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification of key leaders within…
VMware Alert: Uninstall EAP Now
Feb 21, 2024NewsroomActive Directory / Vulnerability VMware is urging users to uninstall the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) following the discovery of a critical security…
New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers
Feb 21, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have identified two authentication bypass flaws in open-source Wi-Fi software found in Android, Linux, and ChromeOS devices…
6 Ways to Simplify SaaS Identity Governance
With SaaS applications now making up the vast majority of technology used by employees in most organizations, tasks related to identity governance need to happen…
Mustang Panda Targets Asia with Advanced PlugX Variant DOPLUGS
Feb 21, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Espionage The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has targeted various Asian countries using a variant of the PlugX…
Cybersecurity for Healthcare—Diagnosing the Threat Landscape and Prescribing Solutions for Recovery
On Thanksgiving Day 2023, while many Americans were celebrating, hospitals across the U.S. were doing quite the opposite. Systems were failing. Ambulances were diverted. Care…
Signal Introduces Usernames, Allowing Users to Keep Their Phone Numbers Private
Feb 21, 2024NewsroomSecure Communication / Anonymity End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal said it’s piloting a new feature that allows users to create unique usernames…
New ‘VietCredCare’ Stealer Targeting Facebook Advertisers in Vietnam
Feb 21, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat Facebook advertisers in Vietnam are the target of a previously unknown information stealer dubbed VietCredCare at least since August…