Pinduoduo, a Top Chinese Shopping App, Is Laced With Malware
A United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement database WIRED obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that the agency has […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The Dangerous Weak Link in the US Food Chain
Algeier says the IT-ISAC has hosted exercises focused on the food and agriculture sector and that “members can reach out to us […]
Massive 3CX Supply-Chain Hack Targeted Cryptocurrency Firms
Software supply-chain attacks, in which hackers corrupt widely used applications to push their own code to thousands or even millions of machines, […]
‘Vulkan’ Leak Offers a Peek at Russia’s Cyberwar Playbook
Did you hear that Donald Trump got indicted this week? Of course you did. Ridiculous question. The first-ever indictment of a former […]
Apple’s iOS 16.4: Security Updates Are Better Than New Emoji
Meanwhile, researchers at Google’s Project Zero have reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems made by Samsung. The four most severe—CVE-2023-24033, CVE-2023-26496, CVE-2023-26497, […]
The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks
Last spring, the Costa Rican government suffered a series of ransomware attacks that hobbled critical systems around the country. As imports and […]
Microsoft’s ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches
Jakkal says that while machine learning security tools have been effective in specific domains, like monitoring email or activity on individual devices—known […]
North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot
In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, coins have a story, tracked in the unchangeable blockchains underpinning their economy. The only exception, in some sense, […]
India Shut Down Mobile Internet in Punjab Amid Manhunt for Amritpal Singh
A US House of Representatives hearing this week about the social media app TikTok did little to clarify lawmaker’s specific concerns about […]
The Scorched-Earth Tactics of Iran’s Cyber Army
In the early hours of January 5, a popular anonymous Iranian dissident account called Jupiter announced on Twitter that his friends had killed […]