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Cyber criminals are sending out millions of phishing emails a day, using extortion and other schemes to steal Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims. The phishing attacks use a variety of techniques to trick people into transferring sums of Bitcoin, including phony requests for charity donations and business email compromise (BEC) scams. According to a […] More
Image: Shutterstock / Antonio Guillem Researchers have discovered a stealthy espionage campaign by a most likely China-backed hacking group that has targeted government, education and telecommunication organizations since 2013. The attackers used a range of techniques to infect targets with malware, such as via malicious Word documents, fake removable devices leading users to […] More
Getty Images Welcome to the latest installment of Ask ZDNet, where we answer the questions that stump Alexa. In the mailbag this week: A reader works from two homes that are 1,000 miles apart. Is there a way to keep the content on his two PCs identical? How do I keep two PCs in sync […] More
Google Google on Thursday shared a few ways it’s using machine learning to improve the Chrome browser, including reducing the number of annoying notifications that pop up. All of the latest updates are all powered by on-device machine learning models, so user data doesn’t have to leave the device. For a less disruptive web browsing […] More
Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto A joint research effort has led to the discovery of Symbiote, a new form of Linux malware that is “almost impossible” to detect. On Thursday, researchers from BlackBerry Threat Research & Intelligence team, together with Intezer security researcher Joakim Kennedy, published a blog post on the malware – dubbed Symbiote because of […] More
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has added 36 new flaws to its catalog of vulnerabilities that are known to be exploited by cyber criminals. The CISA alert warns that the vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious attackers and pose “significant risk”. Organisations, particularly those associated with federal government, are urged […] More
Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Poor identity, access and credential management is the biggest cybersecurity challenge for cloud computing, after the shift to remote working has redefined the workplace and changed priorities around the use of cloud applications and services, warns new research. Special Feature According to a survey of 700 industry experts on security issues in […] More
By Jiap — Shutterstock It has been a totem of the cryptocurrency community that the numeric addresses of Bitcoin and other wallets will protect the identity of those using them to buy and sell. A new paper, released this week by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University, has shattered that presumed anonymity. […] More
