Collaborate Disseminate
Garfield County, Utah, was recently affected by ransomware. Local government is an increasingly attractive target for criminals because of its high dependence on information technology, and generally poor security. Elected officials are under constant … Continue reading Utah County Struck by Ransomware
A new type of DDoS attack that abuses the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature has been detected following a major attack emanating from primarily Chinese-speaking mobile users of the QQBrowser.
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Continue reading Large-scale DDoS Attack Abuses HTML’s Hyperlink Audit Ping Facility
A new type of DDoS attack that abuses the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature has been detected following a major attack emanating from primarily Chinese-speaking mobile users of the QQBrowser.
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Continue reading Large-scale DDoS Attack Abuses HTML’s Hyperlink Audit Ping Facility
Two of the most powerful Ministers in the UK government, the secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the secretary of state for the Home Department, have published a document, titled Online Harms White Paper, designed to c… Continue reading UK Government Proposes Digital Harms Legislation to Regulate Online Content
Two of the most powerful Ministers in the UK government, the secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the secretary of state for the Home Department, have published a document, titled Online Harms White Paper, designed to c… Continue reading UK Government Proposes Digital Harms Legislation to Regulate Online Content
Stealer malware steals information. Its primary purpose is neither to spread to other computers nor to obtain stealthy persistence on an infected computer. It can be like a smash-and-grab burglar — it grabs what it came for, and that’s it. It steals b… Continue reading Baldr Stealer Malware Active in the Wild With Ongoing Updates
On March 29, 2019, Security Without Borders described the discovery of Android spyware it termed Exodus. The story linked the spyware to a company called eSurv with links to Italian government agencies.
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Continue reading iOS Version of Exodus Spyware Discovered in an Escalating Italian Spy Scandal
Amazon shareholders will get the opportunity to vote on two non-binding shareholders’ resolutions concerning the Amazon Rekognition facial recognition system.
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Continue reading SEC Allows Shareholder Votes on Amazon Facial “Rekognition”
JPMorgan Chase spends Roughly $600 Million Annually on its Security Efforts, and Employs Around 3,000 People Involved With Cybersecurity
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Continue reading With $600 Million Cybersecurity Budget, JPMorgan Chief Endorses AI and Cloud
The UK government, in the form of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published its fourth annual breaches survey: the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019. It was carried out by Ipsos Mori in partnership with the Institute f… Continue reading Cost of Data Breach in UK Increases More Than 41% in Two Years