Microsoft IE Browser Death March Hastens
Internet Explorer redirects more traffic to Edge Chromium browser as Microsoft warns of the upcoming demise of the once dominant browser.
Neural Networks Help Users Pick More-Secure Passwords
Typically, blocklists are used to prevent users from picking easily guessable patterns, but a small neural network can do the same job and suggests that complex password requirements are not necessary.
Cybercriminals Extort Psychotherapy Patients Following Vastaamo Breach
An attacker is running a Tor site to leak the session notes of 300 patients at Vastaamo, a Finnish psychotherapy facility.
‘Among Us’ Mobile Game Under Siege by Attackers
Ongoing attacks on the wildly popular game Among Us are testing developers’ ability to keep up.
New Report Links Cybersecurity and Sustainability
Some have also created the role of chief sustainability officer, according to Kaspersky.
Containerd Bug Exposes Cloud Account Credentials
The flaw (CVE-2020-15157) is located in the container image-pulling process.
Road to gRPC
Cloudflare launched support for gRPC® during our 2020 Birthday Week. We’ve been humbled by the immense interest in the beta, and we’d like to thank everyone that has applied and tried out gRPC! In this post we’ll do a deep-dive into the technical details on how we implemented support.What is…
Vastaamo Breach: Hackers Blackmailing Psychotherapy Patients
Cybercriminals have already reportedly posted the details of 300 Vastaamo patients - and are threatening to release the data of others unless a ransom is paid.
Microsoft’s Kubernetes Threat Matrix: Here’s What’s Missing
With a fuller picture of the Kubernetes threat matrix, security teams can begin to implement mitigation strategies to protect their cluster from threats.
The Story of McAfee: How the Security Giant Arrived at a Second IPO
Industry watchers explore the story of McAfee, from its founding in 1987, to its spinoff from Intel, to how it's keeping up with competitors.
Experts Warn of Privacy Risks Caused by Link Previews in Messaging Apps
Cybersecurity researchers over the weekend disclosed new security risks associated with link previews in popular messaging apps that cause the services to leak IP addresses, expose links sent via end-to-end encrypted chats, and even unnecessarily download gigabytes of data stealthily in the background. "Links shared in chats may contain private…
Lovecraft Country is a cleverly subversive take on notoriously racist author
Atticus, aka "Tic," walking the old familiar streets. [credit: YouTube/HBO ] A Black family in 1950s Chicago struggles to reclaim their lost ancestral legacy while warding off monsters and magic spells in HBO's Lovecraft Country, based on the 2016 dark fantasy/horror novel of the same name by Matt Ruff. Like the novel that inspired…
IMSI-Catchers from Canada
Gizmodo is reporting that Harris Corp. is no longer selling Stingray IMSI-catchers (and, presumably, its follow-on models Hailstorm and Crossbow) to local governments: L3Harris Technologies, formerly known as the Harris Corporation, notified police agencies last year that it planned to discontinue sales of its surveillance boxes at the local level,…
NHS app not working properly on iPhone 12
An issue has arisen with users accessing the NHS contact tracing app on the new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro that were released on Friday last week. Although the new iPhone’s have no issues running the app, when the app is transferred over from a different iPhone through the…
Sopra Steria confirms it was hit by new strain of Ryuk ransomware, will take weeks to return to normal operations
Sopra Steria confirms it has been hit by a new strain of the Ryuk ransomware, and that it will take weeks for its IT network to return to normal operation.