An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage (NAS) devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC botnet for launching distributed denial-of-service …
Apple Removes macOS Feature That Allowed Apps to Bypass Firewall Security
Apple has removed a controversial feature from its macOS operating system that allowed the company’s own first-party apps to bypass content filters, VPNs, and third-party firewalls. Called “ContentFilterExclusionList,” it included …
WhatsApp Delays Controversial ‘Data-Sharing’ Privacy Policy Update By 3 Months
WhatsApp said on Friday that it wouldn’t enforce its recently announced controversial data sharing policy update until May 15. Originally set to go into effect next month on February 8, the three-month delay …
Joker’s Stash, The Largest Carding Marketplace, Announces Shutdown
Joker’s Stash, the largest dark web marketplace notorious for selling compromised payment card data, has announced plans to shut down its operations on February 15, 2021. In a message board …
NSA Suggests Enterprises Use ‘Designated’ DNS-over-HTTPS’ Resolvers
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Friday said DNS over HTTPS (DoH) — if configured appropriately in enterprise environments — can help prevent “numerous” initial access, command-and-control, and exfiltration …
Researchers Disclose Undocumented Chinese Malware Used in Recent Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of attacks by a threat actor of Chinese origin that has targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with malware — including a previously undocumented backdoor. …
Experts Uncover Malware Attacks Against Colombian Government and Companies
Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off an ongoing surveillance campaign directed against Colombian government institutions and private companies in the energy and metallurgical industries. In a report published by ESET …
Intel Adds Hardware-Enabled Ransomware Detection to 11th Gen vPro Chips
Intel and Cybereason have partnered to build anti-ransomware defenses into the chipmaker’s newly announced 11th generation Core vPro business-class processors. The hardware-based security enhancements are baked into Intel’s vPro platform via its Hardware …
Buyer’s Guide for Securing Internal Environment with a Small Cybersecurity Team
Ensuring the cybersecurity of your internal environment when you have a small security team is challenging. If you want to maintain the highest security level with a small team, your …
Authorities Take Down World’s Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace
Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world’s largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.’s National Crime …