Collaborate Disseminate
In their haste to bring COVID-19 contact tracing apps to market, many developers around the world have skimped on security, giving hackers easy targets from which they can steal all kinds of sensitive information, such as the names of the sick, nationa… Continue reading COVID-19 Tracking Apps Riddled with Flaws | Avast
In their haste to bring COVID-19 contact tracing apps to market, many developers around the world have skimped on security, giving hackers easy targets from which they can steal all kinds of sensitive information, such as the names of the sick, nationa… Continue reading COVID-19 Tracking Apps Riddled with Flaws | Avast
Compared to January and February this year, before lockdown measures took effect, March through June saw a surge in the use of stalkerware, an insidious kind of software that allows users to track both the physical and digital moves of others, sometime… Continue reading Stalkerware Use Surges During Lockdown | Avast
Over the past few weeks, more than 130 million user records, allegedly collected from 14 company data breaches, have been put up for sale on numerous hacking forums. Bleeping Computer reported that the seller, a known data breach broker, claims all the… Continue reading 130M User Records for Sale from Major Data Breaches | Avast
Earlier this month, a group of hackers published a massive dataset stolen from various local law enforcement agencies. The data has been labeled BlueLeaks and contains more than 269 GB of thousands of police reports that go back at least two decades fr… Continue reading Understanding BlueLeaks | Avast
Security researchers have discovered what they believe to be a global surveillance campaign whereby attackers were using malicious Google Chrome browser extensions to steal data and spy on over 100 networks. Threatpost reported that the researchers sus… Continue reading Google Removes 106 Malicious Chrome Extensions | Avast
One of the things that I miss in these Covid times is the ability to travel regularly to Israel, where my daughter and her family have been living for many years. Often on these visits I would take the opportunity to check in with several security rese… Continue reading Understanding Air Gaps | Avast
Security researchers found this week that a core software component in hundreds of millions of IoT devices has 19 hackable vulnerabilities in its code. The buggy code, its actual function to enable the device to connect with any network or the internet… Continue reading Ripple20 Flaws Found in Millions of IoT Devices | Avast
ATMs have long been targets for thieves; several years ago there was the Tyupkin malware, which could control their cash drawers. But a more popular form of attack is carried out via ATM and gas pump card skimmers, which are typically overlays attached… Continue reading Beware of ATM and Gas Pump Skimmers | Avast
Last week, Google and the Cybercrime Support Network launched a public service site called Scam Spotter that aims to bring scam awareness and fraud protection to all users, including the least tech-savvy. The site uses an easy-to-read large font and ve… Continue reading Scam Spotter Makes Defense Clear and Simple | Avast