Category: security
Nearly half of UK small businesses have experienced a cyberattack
A new report by McAfee has uncovered the true extent of cyberattacks on small businesses, who are increasingly at risk of having their work disrupted by attacks. The study of SMB owners and decision-makers from six countries revealed that three-quarters (73%) of organizations now believe cybersecurity is one of their…
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Google has fixed the first major Chrome security flaw of 2024 – so here’s what you need to know before you update
Google has fixed its first, actively exploited, Chrome zero-day vulnerability of the year. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-0519, and allows attackers to gain access to sensitive data, or launch denial of service attacks. The flaw can also be chained with other vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution (RCE), it…
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MacOS devices are being hit by new malware strains – and they’re able to quickly evolve to avoid detection
Hackers are developing infostealing malware for macOS at such pace that Apple can’t keep up. As a result, multiple variants frequently move past macOS’ anti-malware system, XProtect, and steal sensitive data from compromised endpoints. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity researchers SentinelOne, which gave three examples: KeySteal,…
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FBI warns criminals are building a dangerous new botnet — and it’s after your Microsoft or AWS logins and more
Hackers are building a dangerous new botnet and are going after Microsoft and AWS assets in the process, a new security advisory released by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned. According to the advisory, researchers have spotted threat actors using the Androxgh0st malware to…
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Millions of GPUs from Apple, AMD and Qualcomm have a serious security flaw — and it could put literally all your data at risk if it isn’t fixed
Graphics processing units (GPU) from Apple, Qualcomm, and AMD may be carrying a severe security flaw that allows threat actors to exfiltrate sensitive data from compromised endpoints. The threat was revealed by cybersecurity researchers Trail of Bits, who argue that there are millions of devices out there, vulnerable to the…
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This devious malware pretends to be Coinbase – but really it’s just draining all your accounts
Hackers were pretending to be Coinbase and used well-crafted phishing pages to steal people’s cryptocurrency hauls, according to a report from cybersecurity researchers Group-IB. As per the report, between November 2022 and 2023, an unnamed group of hackers operated a malware-as-a-service, called Inferno Drainer. As the name suggests, this type…
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