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The warning follows a Citizen Lab report that found the official, mandatory app has an encryption flaw that “can be trivially sidestepped.” Besides burners, here are more tips on staying cyber-safe at the Games. Continue reading FBI: Use a Burner Phone at the Olympics
Israel’s national police force on Tuesday said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones.
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Finland is weathering a bout of Pegasus infections, along with a Facebook Messenger phishing scam. Continue reading NSO Group Pegasus Spyware Aims at Finnish Diplomats
An Israeli lawyer said Saturday he was working with a rights group in Hungary to pursue authorities and Israeli firm NSO Group on behalf of Hungarian journalists allegedly targeted with Pegasus spyware.
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Last year’s White House Executive Order on Cybersecurity has had a catalytic effect in focusing increased attention on holistic cybersecurity practices, according to a new survey of federal IT officials. Half of agency IT and security officials polled in the survey described the executive order as “greatly needed” — and another 30% called it “game-changing” — in getting agency leaders to commit resources toward critical cybersecurity projects. Three-quarters of survey respondents reported that their fiscal 2022 IT security budgets had been increased to meet White House requirements, and 44% said that those budgets had increased by more than 10%. The study, conducted by FedScoop and CyberScoop and underwritten by Lookout, also found that 3 in 4 federal IT executives surveyed reported that their agency had developed 75% or more of the IT and cybersecurity strategies required of them by the executive order. The findings are based on the completed responses […]
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More than 105 million Android users downloaded and installed scamware from Google Play and third-party app stores, according to mobile security firm Zimperium.
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Continue reading Over 100 Million Android Users Installed ‘Dark Herring’ Scamware
The Vultur trojan steals bank credentials but asks for permissions to do far more damage down the line. Continue reading 2FA App Loaded with Banking Trojan Infests 10K Victims via Google Play
If your Android phone initiates a factory reset out of the blue, there’s a chance it has been infected with the BRATA banking malware and you’ve just been ripped off. The unusual functionality serves as a kill switch for the trojan, Cleafy … Continue reading Malware resets Android devices after performing fraudulent wire transfers
Apple late Wednesday pushed out an urgent iOS update with fixes for 11 documented security flaws and warned that one of the vulnerabilities “may have been actively exploited.”
In a barebones advisory, Apple acknowledged the zero-day took aim at a memor… Continue reading Apple Patches ‘Actively Exploited’ iOS Security Flaw
Need a blueprint for architecting a formidable cyber-defense? Kerry Kerry Matre, senior director at Mandiant, shares hers in this detailed breakdown. Continue reading New Year, New Threats: 4 Tips to Activate Your Best Cyber-Defense