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The Tor Project has introduced new features in its browser’s latest release designed to make accessing onion addresses easier and more memorable. On Tuesday, the non-profit released Tor Browser 9.5, a build the team says is “focused on helping users understand onion services.” Derived from the idea of onion routing, the Tor Project provides a […] More
Google has opened up the Advanced Protection Program (APP) security suite to Nest devices. The Advanced Protection Program was originally introduced to provide an additional layer of security for Google accounts considered to be at a higher risk of compromise or cyberattacks, such as those used by journalists, lawyers, political figures, and civil rights group […] More
The number of phishing attacks targeting smartphones as the entry point for attempting to compromise enterprise networks has risen by more than a third over the course of just a few months. Analysis by cybersecurity company Lookout found that there’s been a 37% increase in mobile phishing attacks worldwide between the last three months of […] More
Image: ZDNet The operators of the DopplePaymer ransomware have congratulated SpaceX and NASA for their first human-operated rocket launch and then immediately announced that they infected the network of one of NASA’s IT contractors. In a blog post published today, the DopplePaymer ransomware gang said it successfully breached the network of Digital Management Inc. (DMI), […] More
CrowdStrike on Tuesday reported better-than-expected first quarter financial results, as organizations tapped its cloud-native cybersecurity products to protect workers kept at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shares were up in after-hours trading. The company’s Q1 non-GAAP net income was $4.5 million, compared to a loss of $22.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. […] More
Image: Ilan Dov South Korean phone manufacturer LG has released a security update last month to fix a vulnerability that impacts its Android smartphones sold over the past seven years. The vulnerability, tracked under the identifier of CVE-2020-12753, impacts the bootloader component that ships with LG smartphones. Separate from the Android OS, the bootloader is […] More
The operators of the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware gang have launched today an eBay-like auction site where they plan to sell data stolen from the companies they hack. The auction portal is the latest trick in REvil’s big bag of extortion tactics, and again confirms their role as trend-setter in the ransomware community. Today, the REvil […] More
Image: ZDNet In research presented last month, security researchers said that many of the apps listed on the G Suite Marketplace have access to users’ Gmail and Drive accounts, but also communicate with undisclosed external services, creating the opportunity for secret data exfiltration from Google accounts. The research, carried out by Irwin Reyes and Michael […] More
