Apple Warns Older iPhones Vulnerable to Coruna, DarkSword Exploit Kit Attacks

Apple is urging users who are still running an outdated version of iOS to update their iPhones to secure against web-based attacks carried out via powerful exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword.
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North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom

Cameron Nicholas Curry, also known as “Loot,” stole a trove of corporate data from a D.C.-based tech company as his six-month contract gig came to a close.

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Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that compromised more than three million hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as routers and web cameras. The feds say the four botnets — named Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad — are responsible for a series of recent record-smashing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking nearly any target offline. Continue reading Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks