Privacy & Digital-Rights Experts Worry Contact-Tracing Apps Lack Limits
Mobile-phone-based tracking of people can help fight pandemics, but privacy and security researchers stress that it needs to be done right.
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Cybercriminals Hide Malware & Phishing Sites Under SSL Certificates
More than half of the top 1 million websites use HTTPS, researchers report, but not all encrypted traffic is safe.
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xHelper: The Russian Nesting Doll of Android Malware
Ultimately delivering the Triada payload, xHelper goes to great lengths to become virtually indestructible once installed on a smartphone.
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71% of Security Pros See Threats Jump Since COVID-19 Outbreak
Phishing is the top threat, followed by websites offering false information about the pandemic, malware, and ransomware attacks.
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Official Government COVID-19 Mobile Apps Hide a Raft of Threats
Android apps launched for citizens in Iran, Colombia and Italy offer cyberattackers new attack vectors.
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9 Security Podcasts Worth Tuning In To
Recommendations for podcasts discussing news, trends, guidance, and stories across the cybersecurity industry.
Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – 9 Security
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80% of Exchange Servers Still Unpatched to Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft recently patched a remote code execution vulnerability with Microsoft Exchange Server that allows an attacker to use an Exchange user account to
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Facebook Secretly Tried to Buy Pegasus Spyware From NSO Group to Monitor Apple Users Activities & Access Data
NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio Claim that Facebook tried to buy a Pegasus Spyware to monitor better their users especially access to the
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Misconfigured Containers Again Targeted by Cryptominer Malware
An attack group is searching for insecure containers exposing the Docker API and then installing a program that attempts to mine cryptocurrency. It’s
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Microsoft: Emotet Attack Shut Down an Entire Business Network
The infection started with a phishing email and spread throughout the organization, overheating all machines and flooding its Internet connection.
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