Companies need to keep security priorities top of mind during economic downturns so all-important revenue generation doesn’t come with a heaping side order of security problems. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Application Security…
Experts Warn of ‘Ice Breaker’ Cyberattacks Targeting Gaming and Gambling Industry
A new attack campaign has been targeting the gaming and gambling sectors since at least September 2022, just as the ICE London 2023 gaming industry trade fair event is scheduled to kick off next week. Israeli cybersecurity company Security Joes…
Safer Internet Day: Experts Reveal 7 Tips To Avoid DeepFake Scams
The world has become increasingly digital, and with that, it has also become more vulnerable to scams and fraudulent activities. One such scam is deep fake scams. Deepfake technology has been around for a few years and has been making…
OilRig Hackers Exfiltrate Data From Govt. Agencies Using New Backdoors
In an ongoing cyber espionage campaign that uses a new backdoor to exfiltrate data, the Iranian nation-state hacker group OilRig has continued to target Middle Eastern governments. Researchers at Trend Micro, Mohamed Fahmy, Sherif Magdy, and Mahmoud Zohdy, explained that…
Hive Ransomware: A Detailed Analysis
Before we dive in, you might have heard the good news. This past week, on January 26th, to be exact, the FBI successfully shut down the Hive ransomware group and saved victims over a hundred million dollars in ransom payments…
New Versions of Prilex POS Malware Can Block Contactless Transactions
New versions of Prilex point-of-sale (POS) malware have been spotted in the wild. Their new capabilities include blocking Near Field Communication (NFC) credit card transactions. This way clients are obliged to use the machine to pay, allowing the malicious code…
Russian Hacktivists Target US and Dutch Hospitals
Russian hackers have claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that took more than a dozen US hospitals’ websites offline on Monday morning. Killnet, a pro-Russian hacking group infamous for DDoS attacks over the last year, claims to have taken down the…
How Crypto & Blockchain Technology Changed the Way Casinos Do Business
Social casinos are an evolving niche of free online casino operators with the opportunity for paid play. Many of these providers are also increasingly branching … Read more The post How Crypto & Blockchain Technology Changed the Way Casinos Do…
Bridging the 3.4 Million Workforce Gap in Cybersecurity
As new cybersecurity threats continue to loom, the industry is running short of workers to face them. The 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study identified a 3.4 million worldwide cybersecurity worker gap; the total existing workforce is estimated at 4.7 million.…
How the Cloud Is Shifting CISO Priorities
The greatly expanding attack surface created by the cloud needs to be protected. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: How the Cloud Is Shifting CISO Priorities
VMware Workstation update fixes an arbitrary file deletion bug
VMware addressed a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20854, in VMware Workstation. VMware fixed a high-severity privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-20854, that impacts Workstation. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to delete arbitrary files on Workstation version 17.x…
Hate It When That Happens: China Says It’s Checking If It Accidentally Sent A Spy Balloon To Montana
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HeadCrab Malware Compromised 1,200 Redis Servers
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Passion Botnet Cyberattacks Hit Healthcare
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Former Ubiquiti Dev Pleads Guilty In Data Theft And Extortion Case
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Top 5 Video Games Of 2022 According To Gamers
There are widely held misconceptions among the general public that video games are meant only for children from a specific age group. This can be … Read more The post Top 5 Video Games Of 2022 According To Gamers appeared…
Influence of Digitalization on IT Admins
A SaaS software business named SysKit has released a report on the impact of digital transformation on IT administrators and the present governance environment. According to the report, 40% of businesses experienced a data breach in the last year. This…
Corvus Supercharges Cyber Underwriters with Corvus Risk Navigator™
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corvus Insurance, the leading provider of Smart Cyber Insurance® products powered by AI-driven risk data, announced today its all-in-one cyber underwriting platform that arms underwriters with predictive data-driven insights. With the help of Corvus Risk Navigator, underwriters are able…
New SH1MMER ChromeOS Exploit Jailbreaks Chromebooks
Researchers have devised a ChromeOS exploit that unlocks enterprise-managed Chromebooks. While Google is addressing the… New SH1MMER ChromeOS Exploit Jailbreaks Chromebooks on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This article has been indexed…
KeePass Password Manager Vulnerability: Is Your Data at Risk?
KeePass Password Safe is an open source local password manager for Windows. It is a well designed application that supports plugins and there are numerous forks available for other platforms. The Federal […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…
LastPass Hack-Proof: How to Up Your Security Game Instantly
It has been a couple of months since LastPass suffered what is arguably the worst data breach to ever affect the password manager industry. The way the entire scenario was handled by […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…
PayPal To Axe 7 Percent Of Workforce
More job losses as PayPal announces plan to lay off 2,000 staff amid “challenging macroeconomic environment” This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: PayPal To Axe 7 Percent Of Workforce
China “Deeply Concerned” At US Halt Of Export Licences For Huawei
Beijing expresses “deep concern” at reports the US Commerce Department has stopped export licences for Huawei This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China “Deeply Concerned” At US Halt Of Export Licences For Huawei
Alphabet Earnings Miss Expectations, As YouTube Declines
Google parent Alphabet has felt the impact of reduced advertising spending, after its latest financials mostly missed Wall Street expectations This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alphabet Earnings Miss Expectations, As YouTube Declines
Strengthening security on my Apple account!
Apple announced some awesome, new security features last year and they were due to land in 2023. Well, it's 2023, and they've landed! Apple are bringing some mega security features in 2023! https://t.co/iYi020xt53 — Scott Helme (@Scott_Helme) December 7, 2022…
The New DevOps Performance Clusters
In 2022, the Accelerate State of DevOps Report contained a few surprises. One was a change to the traditional performance clusters. The report also introduced a new way to group organizations using an extra dimension. This post introduces you to…
ChatGPT: Is its use of people’s data even legal?
In the world of AI and machine learning, the sudden massive popularity of language learning models is a hot topic. These tools — the current most popular of which is probably ChatGPT-3 — are language models that can answer specific…