Cyber Security

Meta won’t remove fake Instagram profiles that are clearly catfishing

Imposters and romance scammers abusing social media to con people is hardly a novel occurrence. The problem seems to have gotten much worse on Instagram...

iPhone, Android Ambient Light Sensors Allow Stealthy Spying

The ambient light sensors typically employed in smart devices for adjusting screen brightness could capture images of user interactions and could pose a...

Researchers link 3AM ransomware to Conti, Royal cybercrime gangs

Security researchers analyzing the activity of the recently emerged 3AM ransomware operation uncovered close connections with infamous groups, such as the Conti syndicate...

Missing the Cybersecurity Mark With the Essential Eight

COMMENTARYIn recent years, Australia has made some key moves to improve the country's security posture. In 2020, the country invested AUD $1.67 billion...

protecting users from use-after-free vulnerabilities on more platforms

Posted by Keishi Hattori, Sergei Glazunov, Bartek Nowierski on behalf of the MiraclePtr team Welcome back to our latest update on MiraclePtr, our project...

Meta won’t remove fake Instagram profiles used for obvious catfishing

Imposters and romance scammers abusing social media to con people is hardly a novel occurrence. The problem seems to have gotten much worse on Instagram...

Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years

Jan 20, 2024NewsroomZero Day / Cyber Espionage An advanced China-nexus cyber espionage group previously linked to the exploitation of security flaws in VMware and...

Iran’s Mint Sandstorm APT Blasts Educators, Researchers

The Iran-linked Mint Sandstorm group is targeting Middle Eastern affairs specialists at universities and research organizations with convincing social engineering efforts, which conclude...

FTC bans one more data broker from selling your location info

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to target data brokers, this time in a settlement with InMarket Media, which bans the company...

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