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When mass data collection and big data analysis exploded on the technology scene, security and encryption, unfortunately, took a back seat. In a world where data breaches are commonplace — involving everything from device theft to vulnerability exploitation and open AWS buckets exposed to the world — businesses both large and small must now educate […] More
Image: Rapid7 Cyber-security company Rapid7 launched today a new web service named AttackerKB, a web portal that crowdsources vulnerability assessments to help companies understand and prioritize which bugs need to be patched before others. The service launched as a closed beta in January 2020 and enters today into a public beta preview. The site’s primary […] More
Image CyberArk Security firm CyberArk has released a new tool called SkyWrapper that can detect a certain class of intrusions and malicious activity inside AWS (Amazon Web Services) computing environments. These intrusions aren’t the fault of a vulnerability in the AWS infrastructure. They occur after developers expose their AWS access tokens and credentials online, usually […] More
Onfido, an 8 year-old identity verification company, on Wednesday a new $100 million funding round it will use to advance its AI-driven technology. The company verifies the authenticity of a person’s photo ID by using AI to match it against selfie video. The new funding round is led by global investment firm TPG Growth and […] More
The operators of the Nemty ransomware have announced this week they were shutting down their service after ten months in operation, ZDNet has learned from a source in the infosec community. For those unfamiliar with this malware operation, Nemty is a classic RaaS (Ransomware-as-a-Service). The Nemty RaaS launched in the summer of 2019 and has […] More
Image: Group-IB The average price of a phishing kit sold on cybercrime markets has gone up in 2019 by 149%, cybersecurity firm Group-IB said today. In a report shared with ZDNet and which will go live later today, the company said it compiled these numbers by analyzing ads posted on known cybercrime markets and hacking […] More
Less than half of Singaporeans are comfortable sharing a positive COVID-19 test result with contact tracing technology, though 55% — the highest amongst six countries surveyed — are willing to do so with their employer or school. Ironically, while respondents are hesitant to reveal test results with their government, a majority across the global sample […] More
Tech-savvy individuals and firms have been eager to apply their skills to the coronavirus pandemic, as they should be. Some of them are working with governments who have flexed their “special powers” and public health muscles, as governments should do. Much of this tech effort, from all sides, has been put into contact tracing, which […] More
