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CISA Puts Chrome and Magento Zero-Days on Must-Patch List
Another nine bugs added to catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities Read More
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Ukraine Defense and Bank Networks DDoS-ed
Russia suspected of intensifying cyber-attacks Read More
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Why Staying Calm May Be One Of The Best Ways Of Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
There are very few guarantees in this world – but experiencing drama when you are a parent is a sure thing! And as a mum of 4, I’ve had my fair share. Whether it’s friendship issues, homework problems or just picking up the pieces after some bad choices – I feel like my job as…
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The Gold Rush of Fraud: Why Scammers Have Flocked to Social Media
There’s millions of dollars to be made in social media. For scammers. New data from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests that Americans lost nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars to social media fraud in 2021, signaling that social media may be the most profitable method of scamming victims—marking an 18-fold increase over 2017. …
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25 years on, Microsoft makes another stab at stopping macro malware
Bravo to Microsoft, because it sounds like they’re doing something to improve the security of Office users. Way back in 1995, Microsoft accidentally shipped a virus on CD ROM. At first Microsoft refused to call it a virus, preferring to call it a “Prank macro,” but WM/Concept as it became known was the first widespread…
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If NFTs were honest…
If you don’t understand what they are, don’t feel too bad about it. The truth is that many people don’t understand what NFTs are. It’s not that people are dumb, but rather that they’re too intelligent. Because NFTs simply don’t make any sense to anyone with more than a peanut for a brain. Read More
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ShadowPad has become the RAT of choice for several state-sponsored Chinese APTs
The ShadowPad malware came into the spotlight in 2017 when it was used in two software supply-chain attacks by a suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacker group. Since then it has become the tool of choice for several cyberespionage groups that are believed to be associated with China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) and the People’s Liberation…
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Trousseau bolsters its Kubernetes security capabilities with support for HashiCorp Vault
The project managers of an open-source plug-in for Kubernetes that allows the orchestration software to better use encryption to protect its secrets has announced support for its first key management provider. The move is a step forward for Trousseau, the plug-in that creates a universal way to protect secrets in Kubernetes. Without Trousseau, managing secrets…
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Marine Charged with Cyber-Stalking
US Marine accused of waging cyber sextortion campaign against young women in California Read More
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Internet Society Data Leaked
Unsecured data of 80,000 ISOC members discovered on Microsoft Azure blob repository Read More