In the last newsletter of the year, Thorsten recalls his tech-savvy gift to his family and how we can all incorporate cybersecurity protections this holiday season.
Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently disclosed three out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and two use-after-free vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader. These...
Some of the messages in your Gmail inbox this season are not very nice. Google provides guidance on protecting yourself from the naughty ones.
Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's what it does and how you can work around that requirement if your old PC doesn't have one.
Cybercriminals are selling hundreds of thousands of credential sets stolen with the help of a cracked version of Acunetix, a powerful commercial web app vulnerability scanner, new research finds....
The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. [...]
The CNCERT said it had “handled’ two attacks on Chinese tech companies, which it attributed to an unnamed suspected U.S. intelligence agency. The post Chinese cyber center points finger at U.S....
The McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University published a new policy brief addressing... The post McCrary policy brief outlines how federal policy...
Bitsight found that 40% of US organizations who used Kaspersky products before the government ban came into effect still appear to be using them
Fortinet has issued an advisory for a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information. The vulnerability,...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 25-01, ordering federal civilian agencies to secure their cloud environments and...
Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for his role in operating Raccoon Infostealer malware, which infiltrated millions of computers worldwide...
Rostislav Panev, accused of working with the LockBit gang as a developer, has been in Israeli custody since August, and the U.S. wants to extradite him, according to a news report.
Sonic, the leading gaming SVM on Solana, and Injective, a WASM-based L1 network, today announced that they will…
ASEC Blog publishes “Android Malware & Security Issue 3st Week of December, 2024”
1. Overview Smartphones have become an essential tool in modern society and are at the center of everyday life. However, this has led to a continuous increase in mobile malicious crimes. Among...
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined video on-demand streaming service Netflix €4.75 million ($4.93 million) for not giving consumers enough information about how it used...
Researchers at Chainalysis tallied up the known thefts from cryptocurrency platforms in 2024, pegging the total at $2.2 billion, the fifth year in a row that the number topped $1 billion.
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed that a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0125 is leveraging Cloudflare Workers service to trick military personnel in the...
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Forescout identified a new type of malware capable of terminating engineering processes, used to target Siemens engineering workstations
The EU Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a long-awaited opinion on how GDPR should apply to AI models
A malicious Android spyware application named 'BMI CalculationVsn' was discovered on the Amazon Appstore, masquerading as a simple health tool but stealing data from infected devices in the...
Protect yourself from sophisticated phishing attacks that leverage Google Calendar to steal your personal information.
uniper Networks has warned customers of Mirai malware attacks targeting and infecting Session Smart routers using default credentials. [...]
Juniper Networks has warned customers of Mirai malware attacks targeting and infecting Session Smart routers using default credentials. [...]
Juniper Networks has warned customers of Mirai malware attacks scanning the Internet for Session Smart routers using default credentials. [...]
Norton and McAfee are among the original AV vendors. Does one have an edge over the other?
With the rising adoption and value of crypto assets, the potential for theft is also on the rise. This year, the total value of cryptocurrency stolen surged 21%, reaching a substantial $2.2...