Your Graphics Card Fingerprint Can Be Used to Track Your Activities Across the Web

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Researchers have demonstrated a new type of fingerprinting technique that exploits a machine’s graphics processing unit (GPU) as a means to persistently track users across the web. Dubbed DrawnApart, the method …

Researchers Use Natural Silk Fibers to Generate Secure Keys for Strong Authentication

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A group of academics at South Korea’s Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) have utilized natural silk fibers from domesticated silkworms to build an environmentally friendly digital security system …

Apple Pays $100,500 Bounty to Hacker Who Found Way to Hack MacBook Webcam

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Apple last year fixed a new set of macOS vulnerabilities that exposed Safari browser to attack, potentially allowing malicious actors to access users’ online accounts, microphone, and webcam. Security researcher …

North Korean Hackers Using Windows Update Service to Infect PCs with Malware

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The notorious Lazarus Group actor has been observed mounting a new campaign that makes use of the Windows Update service to execute its malicious payload, expanding the arsenal of living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques …

Hackers Using Device Registration Trick to Attack Enterprises with Lateral Phishing

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Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale, multi-phase phishing campaign that uses stolen credentials to register devices on a victim’s network to further propagate spam emails and widen the infection …

QNAP Warns of DeadBolt Ransomware Targeting Internet-Facing NAS Devices

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Taiwanese company QNAP has warned customers to secure network-attached storage (NAS) appliances and routers against a new ransomware variant called DeadBolt. “DeadBolt has been widely targeting all NAS exposed to …