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A Newly Discovered LTE Vulnerability Makes It Possible to Impersonate Mobile Devices and Their Owners
Onе of the key roles of IT security specialists and researchers nowadays is not only to develop countermeasures to existing threats and attacks but to discover weaknesses in essential IT systems and to take measures... Read more
Zeus Sphinx Banking Trojan Has Come Back From the Dead Just in Time for the Pandemic
Zeus Sphinx is officially back. Also known as Terdot, the banking trojan gained infamy a few years ago when its operators used clever distribution methods to spread the malware around and steal people's passwords.... Read more
Coronavirus Forces People Around the World to Work From Home: How to Do It Safely
Whatever plans you’ve had for this spring; they must’ve been scrapped by COVID-19. The world is scrambling to slow down and eventually stop the pandemic, and the direct result of that effort for many is working... Read more
Firefox Is Determined to Password-Protect All Your Passwords. Can You Trust It?
Mozilla seems to have a pretty clear strategy when it comes to Firefox's development. Over the last few years, the browser went through a couple of major changes, which brought a more contemporary interface and plenty... Read more
Home and Small-Office Routers Redirect Users to Phishing Websites That Exploit COVID-19
Many people in the 199 countries that are hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are staying at home and are trying to make the most out of what is a woeful situation. Whether they're working or doing something else, a large... Read more
Netflix Users Can't Get Support Because of Coronavirus Shutdowns
To stop the spread of the new coronavirus, companies the world over sent their employees home and urged them to avoid social interaction. Thousands of people are still not sure how they're going to cope with this,... Read more
Hackers Attack a Medical Center Responsible for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
While honest, hard-working people are asked to stay at home in order to prevent the spread of the terrible COVID-19 virus, the hackers are as busy as ever. If anything, the coronavirus outbreak has opened new... Read more
Beware of Hackers Who Are Trying to Hijack Food Deliveries During the Coronavirus Quarantine
There should be little doubt in anyone's mind that stopping the current coronavirus outbreak as quickly as possible is extremely important. Because of it, governments all over the world have set up a wide range of... Read more
Cybercriminals Use 'COVID-19' as Discount Codes to Buy Malware
The coronavirus pandemic has been described as one of the biggest challenges humankind has faced over the last few decades, and if you think that this is an exaggeration, you need to think again. As of the time of... Read more
Sporting Goods Retailer Decathlon Leaked 123 Million Records, Including Passwords
French sporting goods retail chain Decathlon has landed in hot water recently, as it came to light that it has leaked a whopping 123 million records of both customers and employees due to a misconfigured database.... Read more
Trickbot Malware Has New Tricks up Its Sleeve: Coronavirus-Themed Samples Fool Security Products and Target Telecommunication Companies
Back in 2016, Trickbot started its life as a humble banking trojan, but it quickly became apparent that it was a lot more than that. Right now, close to four years later, it's probably safe to say that it's the most... Read more
Hackers Are Actively Attacking Healthcare Institutions Amidst the COVID-19 Outbreak
Sometimes, it's easy to forget that cyberattacks are launched by fellow human beings, doubly more so when you read about criminals that are hacking into hospitals' IT systems in the middle of a global pandemic.... Read more
Cybercrooks Taking Advantage of the Global Pandemic to Profit from Coronavirus Malware
With the World Health Organization officially declaring the COVID-19 infection a pandemic, more and more countries around the world are taking extra measures to contain the spreading of the virus. In this time of... Read more
Was Your Vimeo Account Frozen? Here's Why
It's safe to say that individuals should be responsible for their own security and should bear the consequences when they don't take this task seriously enough. Nevertheless, online service providers that take... Read more
Microsoft Launches a Real-Time Coronavirus Tracker
The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the most talked about news event at the moment, and it will likely remain that way for the foreseeable future. The novel coronavirus has already cost the lives of thousands of... Read more
Schemers Are Selling Fake Coronavirus Kits, Scamming Johns Hopkins' Patients, Impersonating WHO Officials
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, which was always going to put some of us in a state of panic. It's fair to say, however, that by then, people were already... Read more
All Clearview AI's Customers Privacy Has Been Exposed in Data Breach
By this point in time, news of data breaches have well and truly lost their novelty. They fall оutside of most people's purview and the engaged internet users that actually care about such news now usually just shrug... Read more
Microsoft Claims That 99.9% of All Account Hacks Can Be Prevented by Adding MFA
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is not (and will never be) perfect. Motivated cybercriminals have already developed a variety of different tools and techniques that help them... Read more
