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With no hard evidence of abuse, are bans warranted? The real security concerns will likely come after the ban goes into effect, researchers said in our exclusive roundtable.

Introduction Welcome to my write-up for the Geisha machine from VulnHub. This is a beginner- to intermediate-level, intentionally vulnerable virtual machine created for the purposes of testing and strengthening one’s abilities. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed rooting and writing! Setup The download page is here. Always read the description […]

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Introduction Let’s not kid ourselves — the experience of surfing the web wouldn’t be the same without extensions. Browser extensions make it possible to block advertisements, change the appearance of web pages and more.  Although the rise in their demand has required that extension marketplaces up their due diligence, they’re still a quite unregulated territory. […]

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Introduction The world of data protection and privacy regulations has brought us many laws and acts. The most commonly cited are the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The wide remit of these regulations has increased general awareness of data security issues. These regulations have also created stringent […]

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German authorities last week disclosed that a ransomware attack on the University Hospital of Düsseldorf (UKD) caused a failure of IT systems, resulting in the death of a woman who had to be sent to another hospital that was 20 miles away. The incident marks the first recorded casualty as a consequence of cyberattacks on critical healthcare facilities, which has ramped up in recent months. The

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Nechvalně známý trojský kůň Cerberus představuje pro uživatele stále hrozbu, přestože byl odhalen již před více než rokem. Kyberzločinci jej neustále vylepšují, aktuální verze představuje hrozbu především pro majitele chytrých telefonů a počítačových tabletů s operačním systémem Android. Upozornili na to bezpečnostní experti z antivirové společnosti Kaspersky.

The U.S. government on Thursday imposed sweeping sanctions against an Iranian threat actor backed by the country's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) for carrying out malware campaigns targeting Iranian dissidents, journalists, and international companies in the telecom and travel sectors. According to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the sanctions target

Mozilla provozovala dvě testovací služby – Send a Notes, na posílání souborů mezi uživateli, respektive na možnost ukládání poznámek a jejich synchronizaci. U obou byl již v minulosti ukončen vývoj a nyní se rozhodlo o celkovém vypnutí. Firefox Send sloužilo pro šifrované posílání souborů a ...

Dear Android users, if you use the Firefox web browser on your smartphones, make sure it has been updated to version 80 or the latest available version on the Google Play Store. ESET security researcher Lukas Stefanko yesterday tweeted an alert demonstrating the exploitation of a recently disclosed high-risk remote command execution vulnerability affecting the Firefox app for Android. Discovered

Capping off a busy week of charges and sanctions against Iranian hackers, a new research offers insight into what's a six-year-long ongoing surveillance campaign targeting Iranian expats and dissidents with an intention to pilfer sensitive information. The threat actor, suspected to be of Iranian origin, is said to have orchestrated the campaign with at least two different moving parts — one for

Users of the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin are urged to apply a third and (hopefully) final patch.

Enterprise security teams are "drowning in alerts."

As the pandemic drags on and remote workforces stay remote, zero-trust and other lessons learned should come to the fore.

Maze continues to adopt tactics from rival cybercrime gangs.

The crooks wanted $15,000,000. They didn't get it. Huzzah!

After a long wait and months of beta testing, Google last week finally released Android 11, the latest version of the Android mobile operating system—with features offering billions of its users more control over their data security and privacy. Android security is always a hot topic and almost always for the wrong reason, including Google's failure to prevent malicious apps from being

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday indicted two hackers for their alleged involvement in defacing several websites in the country following the assassination of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani earlier this January. Behzad Mohammadzadeh (aka Mrb3hz4d), 19, and Marwan Abusrour (aka Mrwn007), 25, have been charged with conspiracy to commit intentional damage to a protected

Za hackerským útokem na nemocnici v německém Düsseldorfu minulý týden stáli vyděrači. Patrně však netušili, že cílem útoku se stala nemocnice. V důsledku kolapsu informačního systému zemřela jedna pacientka, což prokuratura vyšetřuje jako zabití z nedbalosti. Podle agentury DPA to vyplývá z vyšetřovací zprávy ministerstva spravedlnosti spolkové země Severní Porýní-Vestfálsko.

Večer 18. března 2018 seděla Rafaela Vasquez za volantem vozu značky Volvo XC90, který se pohyboval po silnici Mill Avenue v arizonském městě Tempe. Místo řízení sledovala na obrazovce svého telefonu pěveckou soutěž The Voice. Jejím úkolem však bylo dohlížet na chod autonomního automobilu v barvách ...