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More evidence that using weak or default passwords is a bad idea: they really are the first thing hackers try out when attempting to take over a device. Security company F-Secure has a set of ‘honeypot’ or decoy servers set up in countries around the world to detect patterns in the cyber attacks. The vast […] More
Chasing fake accounts on social networks is an high-tech game of cat and mouse game, and as soon as one troll is down, another one pops up. But Facebook has revealed that it has a new trick up its sleeve to better identify spammers – an improved weapon-of-choice that attackers won’t be able to dodge […] More
Mobile malware attacks are becoming more common as cyber criminals increasingly turn their attention towards smartphones – and they’re ensuring that malicious activity is harder to uncover. According to figures in the newly released McAfee Mobile Threat Report, the total number of detections for different types of mobile malware reached over 35 million during the […] More
Kaspersky’s Security Analyst Summit (SAS) has been postponed due to fears surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak. SAS2020 was due to open in 32 days, with attendees hitting the streets of Barcelona from April 6 – 9. The conference caters to thousands of security professionals, researchers, and members of both government agencies and law enforcement. There […] More
Screenshot: Chris Duckett/ZDNet The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has revealed that a vulnerability in Citrix, announced over Christmas, could have been used by malicious actors to access a database of Australian Defence recruitment details. “On the 24th of January … through sensitive other sources, had a concern that the Department of Defence and its contractor […] More
An Amazon employee in Seattle has tested positive for the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, the company has confirmed. “We’re supporting the affected employee who is in quarantine,” an Amazon spokesperson told ZDNet. It is the first confirmed COVID-19 case among Amazon’s workforce in the United States. According to a report by The New York Times, Amazon sent an […] More
Web browser closeup on LCD screen with shallow focus with light shining through https padlock. Internet security, SSL certificate, cybersecurity, search engine and web browser concepts Getty Images/iStockphoto The Let’s Encrypt project will revoke more than 3 million TLS certificates on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, due to a bug it discovered in its backend’s code. […] More
Image: KAIST techrepublic cheat sheet Through the use of an automated testing toolkit, a team of South Korean academics has discovered 30 vulnerabilities in the file upload mechanisms used by 23 open-source web applications, forums, store builders, and content management systems (CMSes). When present in real-world web apps, these types of vulnerabilities allow hackers to […] More
