Microsoft said yesterday it detected at least seven attacks on companies developing COVID-19 vaccines or treatments. The company said these attacks involved three nation-state actors; a Russian group known as “Fancy Bear” (Microsoft calls them Strontium) and North Korean groups called “Zinc” (known as the Lazarus Group) and “Cerium”. Microsoft saidContinue Reading
Let’s Encrypt, the free SSL certificate provider used by over 100 Million websites including this one announced that a root certificate its service uses, provided by IdenTrust, is set to expire on September 1, 2021. The non-profit certificate authority is ready for the expiration and will use its own root certificateContinue Reading
In our current contactless society, QR codes are having a day in the sun. Many restaurants are now letting customers scan QR codes at the table to access digital menus. Some restaurant owners say digital menus may be around long past the current pandemic. But as QR codes are gaining wider adoption,Continue Reading
The privacy-focused web browser, Brave announced it has grown by over 130% over its first year of its stable version. Brave now boasts 20 million monthly users, this time last year, the browser had 8.7 million active monthly users. Brave attributes the growth to increasing privacy concerns held by manyContinue Reading
A report by Check Point Research, says a well known botnet and malware agent is engaging in a massive sextortion campaign. The researchers say this botnet is acting as a spambot to target innocent recipients. The makers of the Phorpiex botnet also called Trik seem to have added a newContinue Reading
The Justice Department says it has taken down one of the largest child porn sites on the dark web. Working with partners in the U.K., and South Korea, U.S. federal prosecutors filed multiple charges against Jong Woo Son a 23-year-old South Korean man who is accused of running the website.Continue Reading
ESET researchers stumbled upon a new malware they say is designed to target diplomatic and government entities. The researchers say it has been utilized in attacks targeting Russian-speakers for at least 7 years. The malware the researchers named “Attor” offers the unusual capabilities of GSM fingerprinting mobile devices via the ATContinue Reading
Today Bloomberg reported that some of the footage recorded by Amazon’s Cloud Cam smart security cameras is reviewed by humans, to help improve the devices by training the AI algorithms. Bloomberg citing “five people who have worked on the program or have direct knowledge of it” says that dozens of people inContinue Reading
On Wednesday the FBI published a public service announcement warning that high-impact ransomware attacks are threatening U.S. businesses and organizations. The PSA covers the basics of what ransomware is and how it infects its victims. Of note, but not surprise, is the FBI’s advice to victims of ransomware attacks notContinue Reading
Three hospitals in Alabama run by a nonprofit firm called DCH Health System closed to all but critical patients yesterday. This due to a crippling ransomware attack. In a statement today DCH said, “A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems in exchange for an as-yet unknown payment,” adding “OurContinue Reading