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A former Microsoft software engineer has been convicted of 18 felonies for stealing over $10 million in a scheme connected to Microsoft’s retail platform. On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said the engineer, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Kvashuk, has been convicted of five counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering, two counts […] More
Samsung says a “small” number of customers has been affected by a data leak but insists the odd Find my Mobile error that worried users last week is not connected to the incident. Last week, Samsung Galaxy device owners descended on public forums in their droves to ask about a perplexing ‘1’ notification sent via […] More
Image: ZDNet A small change in the Google Chrome 80 browser has had a devastating effect on one of today’s top cybercrime marketplaces. According to new research shared with ZDNet this week by threat intelligence firm KELA, the Genesis Store is currently going through a rough patch, seeing a 35% drop in the number of […] More
You’ve heard the advice before: Whether you’re in the office or on the road, a VPN is one of the best ways to protect yourself on the internet. But how effective are VPNs? What’s the best one for you? What are the downsides? Our executive guide aims to answer all your VPN-related questions — including […] More
New York City-based NewsGuard Technologies, which hosts a subscription service that rates the credibility of online content sources using a multi-point check system, has launched a Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center for the purposes of disseminating information about websites that are willfully spreading false information about the COVID-19 disease and the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself. NewsGuard and […] More
Banks and other organizations from the Australian financial sector have been the targets of an extensive extortion campaign over the past week. A threat group has been emailing victims with threats to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks unless the organizations pay hefty ransom fees in the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. The Australian Signals […] More
Image: Kaspersky The number of users infected with stalkerware went up by almost 40% in 2019, from 40,386 in 2018, to 67,500 this year, Russian antivirus maker Kaspersky said today in its yearly mobile malware threats report. The number went up in 2019 despite the fact that Google set off on a concerted effort to […] More
First thing is first, the new beta Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is not an antiviral program for Linux desktops. No, it’s an enterprise platform designed to help you prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to Linux server and network threats. Microsoft is showing up the first version of Defender ATP at the RSA Conference […] More
