Three dozen journalists working for Al Jazeera had their iPhones stealthily compromised via a zero-click exploit to install spyware as part of a Middle East cyberespionage campaign. In a new report published …
How to Use Password Length to Set Best Password Expiration Policy
One of the many features of an Active Directory Password Policy is the maximum password age. Traditional Active Directory environments have long using password aging as a means to bolster password …
Microsoft Says Its Systems Were Also Breached in Massive SolarWinds Hack
The massive state-sponsored espionage campaign that compromised software maker SolarWinds also targeted Microsoft, as the unfolding investigation into the hacking spree reveals the incident may have been far more wider in scope, …
Software Supply-Chain Attack Hits Vietnam Government Certification Authority
Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a new supply-chain attack targeting the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA) that compromised the agency’s digital signature toolkit to install a backdoor on victim systems. Uncovered …
New 5G Network Flaws Let Attackers Track Users’ Locations and Steal Data
As 5G networks are being gradually rolled out in major cities across the world, an analysis of its network architecture has revealed a number of potential weaknesses that could be …
Ransomware Attackers Using SystemBC Malware With RAT and Tor Proxy
Cybercriminals are increasingly outsourcing the task of deploying ransomware to affiliates using commodity malware and attack tools, according to new research. In a new analysis published by Sophos today and …
New Evidence Suggests SolarWinds’ Codebase Was Hacked to Inject Backdoor
The investigation into how the attackers managed to compromise SolarWinds’ internal network and poison the company’s software updates is still underway, but we may be one step closer to understanding …
What is Geocoding? — How to Find Coordinates of An Address
How can your app hook into a geocoding service that offers forward and reverse geocoding and an auto-completion facility? Geocoding turns a location name or address into geocoordinates. The service …
SolarWinds Issues Second Hotfix for Orion Platform Supply Chain Attack
Network monitoring services provider SolarWinds officially released a second hotfix to address a critical vulnerability in its Orion platform that was exploited to insert malware and breach public and private entities in …
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