Google Play Bans Stalkerware and ‘Misrepresentation’
The official app store is taking on spy- and surveillance-ware, along with apps that could be used to mount political-influence campaigns.
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Web Security
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APT41 Operatives Indicted as Sophisticated Hacking Activity Continues
Five alleged members of the China-linked advanced threat group and two associates have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, on dozens of
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Hackers Continue Cyberattacks Against Vatican, Catholic Orgs
The China-linked threat group RedDelta has continued to launch cyberattacks against Catholic institutions since May 2020 until as recently as last week.
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DDoS Attacks Skyrocket as Pandemic Bites
More people being online during lockdowns and work-from-home shifts has proven to be lucrative for DDoS-ers.
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DoJ Indicts Two Hackers for Defacing Websites with Pro-Iran Messages
The two hackers allegedly hacked more than 50 websites hosted in the U.S. and vandalized them with pro-Iran messages.
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Report Looks at COVID-19’s Massive Impact on Cybersecurity
Cynet’s report shares several interesting data points and findings, such as the cyberattack volume change observed in various industry sectors, the increased use
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QR Codes Serve Up a Menu of Security Concerns
QR code usage is soaring in the pandemic — but malicious versions aren’t something that most people think about.
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MFA Bypass Bugs Opened Microsoft 365 to Attack
Vulnerabilities ‘that have existed for years’ in WS-Trust could be exploited to attack other services such as Azure and Visual Studio.
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Cloud Leak Exposes 320M Dating-Site Records
A misconfigured, Mailfire-owned Elasticsearch server impacted 70 dating and e-commerce sites, exposing PII and details such as romantic preferences.
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Taming the Unmanaged and IoT Device Tsunami
Listen to our experts as they discuss the reality of facing businesses with the proliferation of unmanaged and IoT devices, and how attacks
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