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Criminals are only just getting started when it comes to exploiting the global spread of coronavirus to profit from hacking and cybercrime, and the number of attacks is likely to rise, Europe’s law enforcement agency Europol has warned. The new report on how criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic details the increase in coronavirus-themed attacks, […] More
With trade relations between China and the US still tense, efforts to cut out vendors such as Huawei from 5G implementations can lead to two separate ecosystems and varying industry standards. This may result in consumers losing out on benefits they have enjoyed from 4G, which has seen the adoption of a common global framework. […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton, the largest private contractor for the US intelligence community, has published a comprehensive report this week detailing 15 years (2004 to 2019) of cyber operations carried out by Russia’s military hackers. The report is a rarity in the cyber-security community because it focuses on the bigger picture of how Russia’s military uses […] More
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued a new threat update, seeking to raise awareness around coronavirus-themed malicious cyber activity. “Cyber criminals are very opportunistic and we are seeing an increased targeting of Australians through COVID-19 themed malicious activities,” acting head of the ACSC Karl Hanmore said. The ACSC’s advice says COVID-19 related scams […] More
Image: Google Google touted today the impressive features of its Advanced Protection Program (APP), revealing that no user who signed up for the program has been phished to date, even if repeatedly targeted. The Advanced Protection Program (APP) is a special program offered by Google that includes extra security protections that are not available to […] More
Google paused Chrome updates last week when it canceled the Chrome 81 release in order to avoid causing severe disruptions to web developers, system administrators, and its own engineers, most working from home or having resources strained due to ever-worsening coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In a blog post on the Chrome blog today, Google said it […] More
A US hospitality provider has recently been the target of an incredibly rare BadUSB attack, ZDNet has learned from cyber-security firm Trustwave. The attack happened after the company received an envelope containing a fake BestBuy gift card, along with a USB thumb drive. The receiving company was told to plug the USB thumb drive into […] More
Every 4G network is susceptible to a form of denial-of-service (DoS) attack, researchers say. We are in the early stages of a rollout of 5G, the next-generation wireless technology that will replace 4G, offering improved speeds and latency in the process. However, on occasion, security problems in these protocols rear their heads — and Positive […] More
