A new 3M survey underlines the threat of visual hacking, which is when a threat actor obtains sensitive personal or company data by simply looking over someone's shoulder. Visual hacking is a major …
Security firm claims it can unlock any iPhone
Security firm Cellebrite claims it has found a way to unlock iPhones and other devices running iOS 7 to iOS 12.3. The company says that it can "bypass or determine locks and perform a full file system …
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Kremlin Warns of Cyberwar After Report of U.S. Hacking Into Russian Power Grid
In response to a recent New York Times report claiming that US intelligence officials have been targeting Russian power grid control systems in offensive operations, a spokesman for Russian President …
US Govt Achieves BlueKeep Remote Code Execution, Issues Alert
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging users to patch the highly critical BlueKeep security flaw (CVE-2019-0708) that impacts Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) …
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How Fraudulent Domains ‘Hide in Plain Sight’
New research by Proofpoint shows that over 3 in 4 firms have found fraudulent domains impersonating their company and a whopping 96% have discovered domains using their exact brand name, but a …
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Equifax breach impacted the online ID verification process at many US govt agencies
A recent report[pdf] by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights a relatively unknown dimension of the impact of the massive 2017 Equifax data breach. The standard method used by many …
Samsung TVs should be regularly virus-checked, the company says
On Monday, Samsung issued a Tweet informing customers who own one of its smart TVs that they should be scanning their device for malware every few weeks. The message, which also contained a short …
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Release of GandCrab 5.2 Decryptor Ends a Bad Ransomware Story
Bitdefender has released an updated version of a tool that can decrypt files encrypted by GandCrab ransomware. The free decryptor is the result of a collaborative effort by Bitdefender, the FBI and …
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Disgruntled security firm discloses zero-days in Facebook’s WordPress plugins
A security firm holding a grudge against WordPress recently released proof-of-concept (PoC) code for two zero-days affecting two official Facebook plugins for WordPress. The impacted plugins are …
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Triton Attackers Seen Scanning US Power Grid Networks
New research by Dragos indicates that the threat actors behind the 2017 Triton (aka Trisis) malware attack that shut down a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia, started to scan power grids in the US …
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