Microsoft Warns of Data Stealing Malware That Pretends to Be Ransomware

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Microsoft on Thursday warned of a “massive email campaign” that’s pushing a Java-based STRRAT malware to steal confidential data from infected systems while disguising itself as a ransomware infection. “This RAT is infamous for its ransomware-like behavior of appending the …

Is Single Sign-On Enough to Secure Your SaaS Applications?

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If there’s one thing all great SaaS platforms share in common, it’s their focus on simplifying the lives of their end-users. Removing friction for users in a safe way is the mission of single sign-on (SSO) providers. With SSO at …

Watering Hole Attack Was Used to Target Florida Water Utilities

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An investigation undertaken in the aftermath of the Oldsmar water plant hack earlier this year has revealed that an infrastructure contractor in the U.S. state of Florida hosted malicious code on its website in what’s known as a watering hole attack. “This …

DarkSide Ransomware Gang Extorted $90 Million from Several Victims in 9 Months

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DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month, received $90 million in bitcoin payments following a nine-month ransomware spree, making it one of the most profitable cybercrime groups. “In total, just over $90 million in bitcoin ransom …

Android Issues Patches for 4 New Zero-Day Bugs Exploited in the Wild

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Google on Wednesday updated its May 2021 Android Security Bulletin to disclose that four of the security vulnerabilities that were patched earlier this month by Arm and Qualcomm may have been exploited in the wild as zero-days. “There are indications …

Mozilla Begins Rolling Out ‘Site Isolation’ Security Feature to Firefox Browser

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Mozilla has begun rolling out a new security feature for its Firefox browser in nightly and beta channels that aims to protect users against a new class of side-channel attacks from malicious sites. Called “Site Isolation,” the implementation loads each …

A Simple 1-Click Compromised Password Reset Feature Coming to Chrome Browser

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Google on Tuesday announced a new feature to its password manager that could be used to change a stolen password automatically with a single tap. Automated password changes build on the tool’s ability to check the safety of saved passwords. Thus when Chrome finds …

How Apple Gave Chinese Government Access to iCloud Data and Censored Apps

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In July 2018, when Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD) agreed to a deal with state-owned telco China Telecom to move iCloud data belonging to Apple’s China-based users to the latter’s servers, the shift raised concerns that it could make user data vulnerable to …

Experts Reveal Over 150 Ways to Steal Control of 58 Android Stalkerware Apps

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A total of 158 privacy and security issues have been identified in 58 Android stalkware apps from various vendors that could enable a malicious actor to take control of a victim’s device, hijack a stalker’s account, intercept data, achieve remote …

Free “vCISO Clinic” offers Resource-Constrained InfoSec Leaders a Helping Hand

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Leaders in the InfoSec field face a strange dilemma. On the one hand, there are hundreds of thousands of resources available to find online to read (or watch) if they have questions – that’s a benefit of a digital-first field. …