Ex-Twitter employee Gets 3.5 Years Jail for Spying on Behalf of Saudi Arabia
Dec 16, 2022Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Privacy A former Twitter employee who was found guilty of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia by sharing data…
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Trojanized Windows 10 Installer Used in Cyberattacks Against Ukrainian Government Entities
Government entities in Ukraine have been breached as part of a new campaign that leveraged trojanized versions of Windows 10 installer files to conduct post-exploitation…
Samba Issues Security Updates to Patch Multiple High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Samba has released software updates to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of affected systems. The high-severity…
Google Takes Gmail Security to the Next Level with Client-Side Encryption
Dec 18, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Email Security Google on Friday announced that its client-side encryption for Gmail is in beta for Workspace and education customers…
Facebook to Pay $725 Million to settle Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Data Leak
Dec 27, 2022Ravie LakshmananData Security / Privacy Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle…
Facebook Cracks Down on Spyware Vendors from U.S., China, Russia, Israel, and India
Meta Platforms disclosed that it took down no less than 200 covert influence operations since 2017 spanning roughly 70 countries across 42 languages. The social…
New Agenda Ransomware Variant, Written in Rust, Aiming at Critical Infrastructure
Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananData Security / Endpoint Security A Rust variant of a ransomware strain known as Agenda has been observed in the wild, making…
Glupteba Botnet Continues to Thrive Despite Google’s Attempts to Disrupt It
Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananBlockchain / Botnet The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a renewed and “upscaled” campaign, months…
Researchers Discover Malicious PyPI Package Posing as SentinelOne SDK to Steal Data
Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates…
Microsoft Details Gatekeeper Bypass Vulnerability in Apple macOS Systems
Dec 20, 2022Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an…
FTC Fines Fortnite Maker Epic Games $275 Million for Violating Children’s Privacy Law
Dec 20, 2022Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Security Epic Games has reached a $520 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that…
New Privacy-Focused Database Querying System
Dec 23, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy / Browser The developers behind the Brave open-source web browser have revealed a new privacy-preserving data querying and retrieval…