Author: Zach_Wilson
Hackers have exploited a WPS Office zero-day to deploy dangerous malware
The popular WPS Office workplace productivity software suite carried a vulnerability which allowed some threat actors to deploy backdoors to their target’s endpoints, experts have claimed. Cybersecurity researchers at ESET found WPS Office was vulnerable to an improper path validation flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-7262. It carries a severity score of…
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Studios are cracking down on some of the internet’s most popular pirating sites
Today, ACE — a coalition of over 50 major entertainment companies and production studios including Amazon, Disney, and Warner Bros. — took partial credit for the shuttering of Fmovies, a popular network of streaming sites hosting pirated films and television shows. In a statement, ACE called Fmovies and its affiliated…
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Hackers linked to Russian government found using some very familiar malware tools
Research from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has found evidence Russian-backed threat actor APT29 used iterations of watering hole campaigns which were ‘identical or strikingly similar’ to exploits developed by notorious spyware companies NSO Group and Intellexa. TAG found Mongolian government websites were hit by multiple campaigns earlier in 2024…
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Apple has a smart new idea for iPhone cases – built-in capacitive buttons and Touch ID
For many iPhone users (myself included), a protective case is an absolute necessity. We’re just too clumsy to subject our phones to the whims of nature, and without a case our devices would be smashed up and wrecked long ago. Yet having a case enveloping your iPhone can at times…
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Update Windows now, there are some worrying security hacks on the way
If you haven’t installed the security patches for Windows in the latest Patch Tuesday cumulative update, you should probably hurry, as experts have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a critical severity flaw allowing crooks to mount remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vulnerability in question, which was addressed in the…
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This TikTok lawsuit could change the face of social media forever and it’s about time
Social Media and its Section 230 protection may have met its Waterloo. For most of the two-plus decades we’ve been using social media like X (nee Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and others, they’ve operated under protections designed 25 years ago primarily to shield platforms like Compuserve and AOL. Those protections,…
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