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Trickbot malware has been updated with a new method of propagation which makes it even harder to detect. Starting life as a banking trojan, Trickbot first emerged in 2016 but in the years since it has been repeatedly re-purposed for other means including being used as a fully-fledged information stealer, as well as providing backdoor […] More
Twitter is keeping a close eye on the President Donald Trump’s messages at the moment. Earlier today it placed a public interest notice on one of Trump’s tweets. The President tweeted “….These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him […] More
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a new advertising campaign designed to divert young people searching for cybercrime services to white hat alternatives. As spotted by cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs, using a UK IP address when searching Google for particular terms that can relate to cybercrime, such as Distributed Denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire, […] More
How do you get peace of mind without filling your home or office — or rental property — with cameras and listening devices? Minut offers you a smart home sensor that’s built around privacy. So, what is Minut? Minut is a noise, temperature, and motion sensor that has been built for privacy that’s aimed primarily […] More
AMD Ryzen Pro 4000: First look AMD is pitching its new Ryzen PRO 4000 processors as “the new standard for modern business PCs” offering what is claimed to be the best performing processor, the most advanced technology, … More
A judge has ruled that Capital One must release the forensic report prepared by Mandiant following a data breach, of which the company is now being sued over. On Tuesday, Judge John Anderson from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that Capital One is required to provide a copy of […] More
Two days ago, the government of India announced, in a seemingly miraculous turn of events, that it would publicly release the source code for its coronavirus contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, which has already had close to 120 million downloads. The app, which uses Bluetooth to locate infected phone users, was rolled out soon after the COVID-19 outbreak […] More
techrepublic cheat sheet GitHub has issued a security alert on Thursday warning about a new malware strain that’s been spreading on its site via boobytrapped Java projects. The malware, which GitHub’s security team has named Octopus Scanner, has been found in projects managed using the Apache NetBeans IDE (integrated development environment), a tool used to […] More
