21 Oct Nine arrested for impersonating bank clerks to steal from the elderlyThe Dutch Police have arrested nine people for targeting and stealing money from the elderly by impersonating bank employees. […]
21 Oct Bulletproof hosting admins sentenced for helping cybercrime gangsTwo Eastern European men were sentenced to prison on Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges for bulletproof hosting services used by multiple cybercrime operations to target US organizations. […]
20 Oct Windows 11 Subsystem for Android lets you sideload apps – Here’s howMicrosoft has released the first preview version of the Windows Subsystem for Android for Windows 11 Insiders, and one of the more interesting features is that you can sideload Android apps. […]
20 Oct New Gummy Browser attack lets hackers spoof tracking profilesUniversity researchers in the US have developed a new fingerprint capturing and browser spoofing attack called Gummy Browsers. They warn how easy the attack is to carry out and the severe implications it can have. […]
20 Oct Microsoft 365 will get enhanced insider risk management toolsMicrosoft is updating Microsoft 365 to allow admins to better manage insider security threats in their environments with improvements to risky activity detection and visibility. […]
20 Oct New PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for C2 communicationThe PurpleFox botnet has refreshed its arsenal with new vulnerability exploits and dropped payloads, now also leveraging WebSockets for C2 bidirectional communication. […]
19 Oct Zerodium wants zero-day exploits for Windows VPN clientsIn a short tweet today, exploit broker Zerodium said that it is looking to acquire zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities in three popular virtual private network (VPN) service providers on the market. […]
19 Oct Brave ditches Google for its own privacy-centric search engineBrave Browser has replaced Google with its own no-tracking privacy-centric Brave Search as the default search engine for new users in five regions. […]
19 Oct BlackByte ransomware decryptor released to recover files for freeA free decryptor for the BlackByte ransomware has been released, allowing past victims to recover their files for free. […]
19 Oct LightBasin hacking group breaches 13 global telecoms in two yearsA group of hackers that security researchers call LightBasin has been compromising mobile telecommunication systems across the world for the past five years. […]