APT Group Uses Catfish Technique To Ensnare Victims

APT Cobalt Gypsy or OilRig, used a fake persona called “Mia Ash” to ensnare tech-savvy workers in the oil and gas industry into downloading PupyRAT malware. Continue reading APT Group Uses Catfish Technique To Ensnare Victims→

Hacker Admits to Mirai Attack Against Deutsche Telekom

A hacker that goes by the name “BestBuy” admitted to a German court that he was behind an attack last year that knocked over a million Deutsche Telekom customers offline. Continue reading Hacker Admits to Mirai Attack Against Deutsche Telekom→

Apple Patches BroadPwn Bug in iOS 10.3.3

Apple released iOS 10.3.3 Wednesday that serves as a cumulative patch update for multiple vulnerabilities including the high-profile BroadPwn bug. Continue reading Apple Patches BroadPwn Bug in iOS 10.3.3→

Tor Project Opens Bounty Program To All Researchers

The Tor Project is launching a public bug bounty program to encourage security researchers to responsibly report issues they find in the software. Continue reading Tor Project Opens Bounty Program To All Researchers→

Senator Calls For Use Of DMARC To Curb Phishing

Senator Ron Wyden is pushing to mandate government-wide use of the email authentication protocol DMARC “to ensure that hackers cannot send emails that impersonate federal agencies.” Continue reading Senator Calls For Use Of DMARC To Curb Phishing→

Bad Code Library Triggers Devil’s Ivy Vulnerability in Millions of IoT Devices

Tens of millions of products ranging from airport surveillance cameras, sensors, networking equipment and IoT devices are vulnerable to a flaw that allows attacks to remotely gain control over devices or crash them. Continue reading Bad Code Library Triggers Devil’s Ivy Vulnerability in Millions of IoT Devices→

Privacy Activists Suffer Legal Setback In National Security Letter Case

Cloudflare and network operator Credo Mobile suffered a legal defeat when U.S. appeals court ruled to uphold a gag order on FBI surveillance data. Continue reading Privacy Activists Suffer Legal Setback In National Security Letter Case→