Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chromium Tags: Rust Tags: memory safety Tags: rule of two Google has announced that it will support the use of third-party Rust libraries in Chromium which is a step forward in memory safety for the…
Law enforcement app SweepWizard leaks data on crime suspects
Categories: News Tags: Erik McCauley Tags: SweetWizard Tags: law enforcement app Tags: ODIN Intelligence Tags: Wired SweepWizard, an app designed to assist law enforcement is causing a bit of trouble, was found inadvertently leaking sweeping data for years. (Read more…)…
Accountant ordered to pay ex-employer after bossware shows “time theft”
Categories: News Tags: Karlee Besse Tags: Reach CPA Tags: time theft Tags: bossware Tags: TimeCamp Tags: Court Order Interest Act Tags: COIA Tags: Civil Resolution Tribunal Tags: CRT Bossware helped an employer fire an accountant for not working during work…
TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine
Categories: News Tags: tiktok Tags: fine Tags: cookie Tags: consent Tags: opt out Tags: France Tags: CNIL We take a look at the latest fine hitting a social media network, this time over the issue of cookie consent. (Read more…)…
“Untraceable” surveillance firm sued for scraping Facebook and Instagram data
Categories: News Tags: Voyager Labs Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Meta Tags: surveillance tool Tags: data scraping Voyager Labs, a surveillance firm, allegedly created thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts so it could use its scraping tool to steal data.…
Fighting technology’s gender gap with TracketPacer: Lock and Code S04E02
Categories: Podcast This week on Lock and Code, we speak with Lexie Cooper, the owner behind the TikTok account TrackerPacer, about the vitriol she faced online after talking about the gender gap in technology. (Read more…) The post Fighting technology’s…
Australian law firms team up to seek compensation for Medibank data breach
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Bannister Law Class Actions, and Centennial Lawyers are joining forces to run a “landmark” data breach complaint against Medibank, seeking compensation for “tens of thousands” affected customers already registered with the law firms. This article has been…
Researchers: Brace for Zoho ManageEngine ‘Spray and Pray’ Attacks
Security researchers tracking a known pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine products are warning organizations to brace for “spray and pray” attacks across the internet. read more This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read the…
Hacktivists Leak 1.7TB of Cellebrite, 103GB of MSAB Data
By Waqas The data is now available for download on DDoSecrets and the official website Enlace Hacktivista. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacktivists Leak 1.7TB of Cellebrite, 103GB of MSAB Data This article has been…
The 4 best VPN services for torrenting in 2023
There can be legal issues with torrenting and P2P file sharing, but for legitimate users, these torrenting VPNs are best for supporting secure downloads. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article:…
US to Launch Third Iteration of ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Bug Bounty Program
Cybersecurity researchers will try and find vulnerabilities in the government’s FRCS network This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: US to Launch Third Iteration of ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Bug Bounty Program
It’s Copyright Week 2023: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright Law and Policy
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what’s at…
Predictions 2023, Part 1: What will the new year bring for the InfoSec Community?
By Diana-Lynn Contesti, CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, CSSLP, SSCP In recent years, we have seen the threat landscape become increasingly complex as threat actors use sophisticated techniques to exploit vulnerabilities of weak passwords, missing patches and antiquated software, thus gaining access to…
Multi-million investment scammers busted in four-country Europol raid
216 questioned, 15 arrested, 4 fake call centres searched, millions seized… This article has been indexed from Naked Security – Sophos Read the original article: Multi-million investment scammers busted in four-country Europol raid
CircleCI Confirms Data Breach Was Caused By Infostealer on Employee Laptop
According to CTO Rob Zuber, the malware was not detected by the CircleCI antivirus program This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: CircleCI Confirms Data Breach Was Caused By Infostealer on Employee Laptop
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How to handle personal data of students
School districts are constantly being targeted by cyber attacks, leading to data breaches and information misuse. So, to those who are worried about the privacy of student info, here are some tips to protect it from prying eyes. 1.) Categorization…
YouTube Tests Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channels
Alphabet’s YouTube is reportedly testing free ad-supported TV channels to challenge the likes of Roku and others This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: YouTube Tests Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channels
Hidden Email Addresses in Phishing Kits
Ready-to-go phishing kits make it quick and easy for novice criminals to deploy new phishing sites and receive stolen credentials. Phishing kits are typically ZIP files containing web pages, PHP scripts and images that convincingly impersonate genuine websites. Coupled with…
InHand Industrial Router Vulnerabilities Expose Internal OT Networks to Attacks
A series of vulnerabilities affecting industrial routers made by InHand Networks could allow hackers to bypass security systems and gain access to internal operational technology (OT) networks from the internet. read more This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS…
Qbot Overtakes Emotet in December 2022’s Most Wanted Malware List
The findings come from Check Point Software’s latest Global Threat Index report This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Qbot Overtakes Emotet in December 2022’s Most Wanted Malware List
Avast researchers released a free BianLian ransomware decryptor for some variants of the malware
Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. Security firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware to allow victims of the malware to recover locked files. The…
Pro-Russian Group Targets Organizations in Ukraine and NATO Countries with DDoS Attacks
Pro-Russian group NoName057(16) continues to wreak havoc. Cybersecurity experts discovered that the group is behind a wave of DDoS attacks against organizations based in Ukraine and NATO countries. The attacks started in March 2022 and since then, governmental and critical…
Europol Dismantled a Cybercrime Ring Involved in Cryptocurrency Scams
Authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, and Serbia, with help from Europol and Eurojust, worked together to break up a cybercrime ring that was involved in online investment fraud. Since June 2022, when German authorities first asked for help, the European…
CircleCI Breach: Encryption Keys & User Data Seized
A software company CircleCi has acknowledged that a data breach that occurred last month resulted in the theft of customers’ personal information. After an engineer contracted data-stealing malware that made use of CircleCi’s 2FA-backed SSO session cookies to get…
LastPass, Okta, and Slack: Threat Actors Switch to Targeting Core Enterprise Tools
In the beginning of year 2023, CircleCI, a development-pipeline service provider cautioned online users of a security breach, advising companies to take immediate action on the issue by changing the passwords, SSH keys, and other secrets stored on or managed…
Abusing a GitHub Codespaces Feature For Malware Delivery
Proof of Concept (POC): We investigate one of the GitHub Codespaces’ real-time code development and collaboration features that attackers can abuse for cloud-based trusted malware delivery. Once exploited, malicious actors can abuse legitimate GitHub accounts to create a malware file…