Multiple owners of Google Pixel 6 series phones (6, 6a, 6 Pro) have been reporting in the past week that their devices were “bricked” after they performed a factory reset. Factory resets wipe the device of all personal data, apps, and settings and are typically performed when the device owner prepares it for resale. The Pixel…
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Google Chrome is set to prevent the use of SSL certificates issued by Entrust. Google Chrome specifically blocks SSL certificates issued by Entrust starting from November 2024. This news shows the importance of certificate security compliance and customers’ digital privacy, which a Certificate Authority must understand. Google announced that all SSL certificates from Entrust will…
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Based on the origin of the analyzed samples, the research concluded that the campaign is mostly targeting the US, Germany, and Russia. Malware nest for maximum impact “In this campaign, our threat intelligence team has observed what seems to be an obvious course to follow when trying to maximize benefit in a malware distribution campaign,”…
Read MorePublic Surveillance of Bars This article about an app that lets people remotely view bars to see if they’re crowded or not is filled with commentary—on both sides—about privacy and openness. Tags: privacy, surveillance Posted on July 2, 2024 at 7:06 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source link…
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Jul 02, 2024NewsroomHardware Security / Vulnerability Modern CPUs from Intel, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake, have been found vulnerable to a new side-channel attack that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from the processors. The attack, codenamed Indirector by security researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tullsen, leverages shortcomings identified in Indirect…
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The cybersecurity threat landscape has witnessed a dramatic and alarming rise in the average ransomware payment, an increase exceeding 500%. Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity, revealed in its annual “State of Ransomware 2024” report that the average ransom payment has increased 500% in the last year with organizations that paid a ransom reporting an…
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CISOs and other security execs often find themselves in a difficult position. Attackers are always getting better, and now they can use genAI to help craft ransomware emails or create deepfakes. At the same time, security practitioners are bombarded by vendors with an alphabet soup of solutions: SSE, SASE, ZTNA, DLP, CASB, SWG, SOAR, DEM,…
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Scams, Social Media Here’s how cybercriminals go after YouTube channels and use them as conduits for fraud – and what you should watch out for when watching videos on the platform 01 Jul 2024 • , 4 min. read As one of today’s most popular social media platforms, YouTube is often in the crosshairs of…
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Jul 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Vulnerability A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score: 6.0), concerns a case of command injection that allows an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary…
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