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On the edges of privacy protection? There they were, fighting like little children. The emergence of Microsoft’s new Edge browser appeared to have Google in a tantrum-filled tizzy. Google accused Edge of being insecure. Which, coming from Google, bordered on entertaining. In turn, Microsoft sniffed that apps from the Google Chrome Web store would mess […] More
Emails claiming to be from the leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) are making the rounds in new phishing campaigns designed to plant keyloggers on your PC. A new campaign spotted by IBM X-Force researchers this week is ongoing and involves a new variant of HawkEye malware. HawkEye is a keylogger and credential-stealing malware […] More
Social distancing is one of the key ways of limiting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which is leading to more and more organisations asking staff to work from home. However, the rush to remote working can create additional cybersecurity threats. Now the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published its guidance around protecting […] More
A new variant of Mirai malware is targeting a recently uncovered critical vulnerability in network-attached storage devices and exploiting them to rope the machines into an Internet of Things botnet. Dubbed Mukashi, the malware uses brute force attacks using different combinations of default credentials in an effort to log into Zyxel network-attached storage products, take […] More
The 2020 spring edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest has come to a close today. This year’s winner is Team Fluoroacetate — made up of security researchers Amat Cama and Richard Zhu — who won the contest after accumulating nine points across the two-day competition, which was just enough to extend their dominance and win […] More
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More For the past year, one of Russia’s top state-sponsored hacking units has spent its time scanning […] More
As the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is leaving its mark across the world, at least four governments are deploying or at looking at implementing privacy-intrusive surveillance systems to track citizens and the disease’s spread. Countries like China and South Korea have already deployed extensive citizen tracking systems, while Israel and the US are preparing similar […] More
The coronavirus is causing significant supply chain disruptions for many companies across the board. Much of the world’s manufacturing happens in China. Further, Wuhan, the region of China where COVID-19 originated, is a hub of global supply chains. From the automobile industry to pharmaceuticals, everyone is feeling the heat. Even Apple, which was predicted to weather the […] More
