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Image: Andy Feliciotti In a press release today, the US Department of Justice charged a former Acting Inspector General for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the theft of proprietary software and confidential government databases. The indictment named Charles K. Edwards, a former DHS Acting Inspector General between 2011 to 2013, but also […] More
More than one billion Android devices around the world are no longer supported by security updates, leaving them potentially vulnerable to attack. Consumer watchdog Which? has calculated that two in five Android devices are no longer receiving vital security updates from Google, putting them at greater risk of malware or other security flaws. Android 10 […] More
Cyber criminals are aiming to take advantage of fears over coronavirus as a means of conducting phishing attacks and spreading malware, along with stealing login credentials and credit card details. Cybersecurity companies have identified a number of campaigns by hackers who are attempting to exploit concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak for their own criminal ends. […] More
A security researcher published yesterday details on Twitter about a zero-day vulnerability in a Zoho enterprise product. Cyber-security experts who have reviewed the vulnerability have told ZDNet that the zero-day could spell trouble for companies around the world, as it could be an entry point for ransomware gangs to infect corporate networks and ransom their […] More
Microsoft has detailed the tactics and techniques of some of the most costly ransomware in recent years, which aren’t automated but rather are manually controlled by human hands at a keyboard. It warned that some ransomware groups are now using the same skills as nation-state-backed hackers, and show an “extensive knowledge of systems administration and […] More
A configuration failure on a server belonging to Orsegups Participações, a large Brazil-based holding company that controls seven businesses active in the property security sector, exposed a series of tax documents revealing clients’ contract values and staff information. The leak, investigated by ZDNet in partnership with Brazilian cybersecurity news website The Hack, has compromised more […] More
[embedded content] Speaking at the RSA security conference last week, Microsoft engineers said that 99.9% of the compromised accounts they track every month don’t use multi-factor authentication, a solution that stops most automated account attacks. The cloud giant said it tracks more than 30 billion login events per day and more than one billion monthly […] More
Image: Getty Images On Monday, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) released a report on the use of forced Uyghur labour in factories that are part of the supply chains of 83 global brands. The report said that over a period of two years, 80,000 Uyghurs — a Muslim Turkic minority from the far north-western […] More
