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Security researchers say they’ve discovered yet another strain of malware that was specifically built to infect Linux-based servers and smart Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and then abuse these systems to launch DDoS attacks. Named Kaiji, this new malware was spotted last week by a security researcher named MalwareMustDie and the team at Intezer Labs. […] More
The federal government has introduced the legislation surrounding its coronavirus trace tracking mobile app, COVIDSafe, introducing a tonne of penalties for the collection and misuse of data collected by the initiative. In addition to the protections provided by the Biosecurity Determination, the Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020 supports the COVIDSafe app, and according […] More
GoDaddy on Tuesday reported [PDF] an October data breach to Californian authorities, stating that an unauthorised individual was able to access SSH accounts used in its hosting environment. “We have no evidence that any files were added or modified on your account,” the company said while omitting evidence that files could have been viewed and […] More
The Australian government, through the Office of National Intelligence (ONI), is hoping to progress research on “smart” satellites. In a request for tender (RFT), ONI is seeking a provider of research and engineering services in order to develop, build, test, launch, and operate a prototype or proof-of-concept smart satellite to demonstrate the application of miniaturised […] More
Image: Markus Spiske on Unsplash The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a rare cyber-security alert today warning member organizations of “a widespread, ongoing phishing campaign.” FINRA said the malicious emails were aimed at stealing Microsoft Office and SharePoint account passwords from its member organizations. FINRA, which is a private industry group that […] More
Image: IgorShubin Academics from an Israeli university have published new research last week showing how an attacker could turn a computer’s power supply unit into a rudimentary speaker that can secretly transmit data from an infected host using audio waves. The technique, named POWER-SUPPLaY, is the work of Mordechai Guri, the head of R&D at […] More
In recent weeks, NewsGuard, the internet news watchdog service, has been escalating its battle against misinformation by opening a Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center and offering its service for free to all internet users until July 1. Featured stories NewsGuard is a desktop browser extension that displays credibility and transparency content scoring and is available by […] More
Image: Geralt on Pixabay Microsoft says its advanced machine learning threat detection models have helped its staff detect multiple malicious spam (malspam) campaigns distributing disk image files infected with malware. The campaign, detected last week, is using COVID-19 lures (email subject lines) to trick users into downloading and running ISO or IMG file attachments. In […] More
