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Your data's auctioned off up to 987 times a day, NGO reports
The average American has their personal information shared in an online ad bidding war 747 times a day. For the average EU citizen, that number is 376 times a day. In one year, 178 trillion instances of the same bidding war happen online in the US and EU.…
Microsoft warns partners to revoke unused authorizations that drive <em>your</em> software
Microsoft has advised its reseller community it needs to pay attention to the debut of improve security tooling aimed at making it harder for attackers to worm their way into your systems through partners.…
State of internet crime in Q1 2022: Bot traffic on the rise, and more
The fraud industry, in some respects, grew in the first quarter of the year, with crooks putting more human resources into some attacks while increasingly relying on bots to carry out things like credential stuffing and fake account creation.…
Monero-mining botnet targets Windows, Linux web servers
The latest variant of the Sysrv botnet malware is menacing Windows and Linux systems with an expanded list of vulnerabilities to exploit, according to Microsoft.…
FBI warns of North Korean cyberspies posing as foreign IT workers
Pay close attention to that resume before offering that work contract.…
Pentester pops open Tesla Model 3 using low-cost Bluetooth module
Tesla Model 3 and Y owners, beware: the passive entry feature on your vehicle could potentially be fooled by a new form of relay attack.…
Google assuring open source code to secure software supply chains
Google has a plan — and a new product plus a partnership with developer-focused security shop Snyk — that attempts to make it easier for enterprises to secure their open source software dependencies.…
Facebook rated least safe e-commerce option in government rankings
A newly implemented e-commerce rating system in the city-state of Singapore has rated Facebook's Marketplace as the least trustworthy e-commerce platform, behind Amazon and its Alibaba-owned Asian analogue Lazada.…
Europe moves closer to stricter cybersecurity standards, reporting regs
Europe has moved closer toward new cybersecurity standards and reporting rules following a provisional network and information systems agreement dubbed NIS2 by the European Council and Parliament. …
Venezuelan cardiologist charged with designing and selling ransomware
The US Attorney’s Office has charged a 55-year-old cardiologist with creating and selling ransomware and profiting from revenue-share agreements with criminals who deployed his product.…
China reveals its top five sources of online fraud
China’s Ministry of Public Security has revealed the five most prevalent types of fraud perpetrated online or by phone.…
US brings first-of-its-kind criminal charges of Bitcoin-based sanctions-busting
US prosecutors have accused an American citizen of illegally funneling more than $10 million in Bitcoin into an economically sanctioned country.…
Hackers are after your data. So why are you making it so easy for them?
Webinar Some cyberattackers are out to cause mayhem, but the pros are really after one thing. Your data, whether that’s through exfiltration or encryption.…
San Francisco police use driverless cars for surveillance
In brief San Francisco police have been using driverless cars for surveillance to assist in law enforcement investigations.…
Shopping for malware: $260 gets you a password stealer. $90 for a crypto-miner...
A Tor-hidden website dubbed the Eternity Project is offering a toolkit of malware, including ransomware, worms, and – coming soon – distributed denial-of-service programs, at low prices.…
Ukrainian crook jailed in US for selling thousands of stolen login credentials
A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to four years in a US federal prison for selling on a dark-web marketplace stolen login credentials for more than 6,700 compromised servers.…
Another ex-eBay exec admits cyberstalking web souk critics
David Harville, eBay's former director of global resiliency, pleaded guilty this week to five felony counts of participating in a plan to harass and intimidate journalists who were critical of the online auction business.…
Software patching must work like car safety recalls, says US cyber boss
Black Hat Asia Software made unsafe by dependencies should be fixed without users needing to interact with the source of the problem, according to US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis, who serves in the Executive Office of the President.…
Most organizations hit by ransomware would pay up if hit again
Almost nine in 10 organizations that have suffered a ransomware attack would choose to pay the ransom if hit again, according to a new report, compared with two-thirds of those that have not experienced an attack.…
'Peacetime in cyberspace is a chaotic environment' says senior US advisor
Black Hat Asia Cyber war has become an emerged aspect of broader armed conflicts, commencing before the first shot is fired, cybersecurity expert Kenneth Geers told the audience at the Black Hat Asia conference on Friday.…
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