NIST Retires 27-Year-Old Widely Used Cryptographic Algorithm
Dec 16, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Data Security The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency within the Department of Commerce, announced Thursday…
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GitHub Announces Free Secret Scanning for All Public Repositories
Dec 16, 2022Ravie LakshmananSecure Coding / Code Hosting GitHub on Thursday said it is making available its secret scanning service to all public repositories on…
BlueNoroff APT Hackers Using New Ways to Bypass Windows MotW Protection
Dec 27, 2022Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Windows Security BlueNoroff, a subcluster of the notorious Lazarus Group, has been observed adopting new techniques into its playbook…
Cyber Security Is Not a Losing Game – If You Start Right Now
Reality has a way of asserting itself, irrespective of any personal or commercial choices we make, good or bad. For example, just recently, the city…
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…
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…