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Image: ZDNet The operators of the Shade (Troldesh) ransomware have shut down over the weekend and, as a sign of goodwill, have released more than 750,000 decryption keys that past victims can now use to decrypt their files. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have confirmed the validity of the leaked keys and are now working […] More
Intelligence and espionage services need to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) in order to protect national security as cyber criminals and hostile nation-states increasingly look to use the technology to launch attacks. The UK’s intelligence and security agency GCHQ commissioned a study into the use of AI for national security purposes. It warns that while the […] More
Image: DengdaiFengQi The Israeli government says that hackers have targeted its water supply and treatment facilities last week. In a security alert sent by the Israeli National Cyber-Directorate (INCD), the agency is urging personnel at companies active in the energy and water sectors to change passwords for all internet-connected systems. If passwords can’t be changed, […] More
Microsoft’s 2019 Surface Laptop 3 got a USB-C port but no Thunderbolt 3 technology, which allows faster data transfer and more display connections than USB-C. According to new leaked Microsoft videos posted by Windows watcher Walking Cat (via MSPoweruser), the reason Surface devices don’t have Thunderbolt is because it’s insecure. A Microsoft employee explains that’s […] More
The coronavirus pandemic has forced most organisations to rethink how they work. And it appears now that even cybercrooks and ransomware gangs are having to adapt their behaviour to adjust to the ongoing virus crisis. Phishing attacks using coronavirus as a lure have grown rapidly in recent months as malicious hackers look to use it […] More
Germany has changed its stance on the centralization of data generated from mobile apps designed to help combat COVID-19. Until recently, German officials have backed the idea of a mobile app that would generate geolocation information, including where a user goes and who they meet, of which this data would be stored centrally. The problem […] More
A coalition of technology experts and civil liberties groups have said they are concerned the proposed International Production Orders Bill, which would allow Australian law enforcement to gain access to data from overseas telco and service providers, does not contain a notice provision to subjects of data requests. “In general, users have a universal right […] More
Microsoft has resolved security problems in Microsoft Teams that could have been used in an attack chain to take over user accounts — all with the help of a .GIF file. On Monday, cybersecurity researchers from CyberArk said a subdomain takeover vulnerability, combined with a malicious .GIF file, could be used to “scrape a user’s […] More
