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Boffins devised a new timing attack, dubbed Raccoon that could be exploited by threat actors to decrypt TLS-protected communications. Security researchers from universities in Germany and Israel have disclosed the details of a new timing attack, dubbed Raccoon, that could
Portland appears to have become the first city in the US to enact a sweeping ban on facial recognition, covering both public and private sector organizations. The Oregonian city joins other municipalities such as San Francisco and Boston in taking
Zoom Adds 2FA Feature to Further Secure Platform
Video and web communications provider Zoom has announced the addition of a new layer of security to its platform – two-factor authentication (2FA). As explained in a blog post on the company’s website, Zoom’s enhanced 2FA makes it easier for
Over two-fifths (41%) of insurance claims in North America in the first half of the year were related to ransomware attacks, according to new industry data. The figures from cyber-insurance provider Coalition, which claims to have over 25,000 SMB clients
State-sponsored hackers have been in action again, trying to probe the Trump and Biden campaigns for information ahead of the US Presidential election in November, according to Microsoft. The tech giant’s corporate vice-president for customer security and trust, Tom Burt,
Zoom announced Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for all users that let admins and organizations prevent security breaches & data thefts. The 2FA brings an additional security layer to the authentication process, blocking attackers from taking control of meetings by guessing the
Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, hackers stole cryptocurrency funds worth $5.4 million. Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, the hackers stole Bitcoin, Ether, ALGO, Ripple, Tezos, and TRON assets worth $5.4 million. The company disclosed
As cybersecurity leaders struggle with a mix of point solutions to defend against a wide range of vulnerabilities and endpoint attacks, they continue to miss attacks at the edge. These difficult to identify attacks slip through the cracks in these
US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, SeaChange International, revealed that a ransomware attack disrupted its operations in Q1 2020. SeaChange International, a US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, revealed that a ransomware attack has disrupted its operations during
Security researchers from at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Purdue University discovered vulnerabilities related to Cross-Transport Key Derivation (CTKD) with Bluetooth BR/EDR and LE in Bluetooth Specifications 4.0 through 5.0. Bluetooth BR/EDR and LE that using Cross-Transport
Equinix, one of the world’s largest providers of colocation data centers and Internet connection announced it was hit by Netwalker Ransomware. Equinix, one of the leaders in the global colocation data center market share, with 205 data centers in 25 countries on
Ripple20 a Major Threat
A cluster of vulnerabilities known as Ripple20 pose a major threat to IT environments, according to new research by a Seattle enterprise cyber-analytics company. The Ripple20 threat is a series of 19 vulnerabilities found in a low-level TCP/IP software library
MAZE Claims Attack on US School System
The threat group MAZE claims to have carried out a ransomware attack on the twelfth-largest school system in the United States. According to their website mazenews.top, the cyber-criminal gang has successfully targeted Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia with crypto-ransomware.
APT groups are increasingly executing targeted attacks against Linux-based devices as well as developing more Linux-focused tools, according to an investigation by Kaspersky. This is as a result of a growing number of organizations’ selecting Linux ahead of Windows to
ESET researchers discovered a new piece of malware dubbed CDRThief targets a specific Voice over IP system to steal call data records (CDR). Security experts from ESET discovered a new piece of malware, tracked as CDRThief, that targets the Linux
A new type of malware that targets Voice over IP (VoIP) softswitches, potentially for cyber-espionage purposes, has been uncovered by ESET researchers. The malware, named CDRThief, is designed to attack a specific VoIP platform used by two China-made softswitches called
