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Microsoft has a new chief security officer – what could this mean for Windows security?
Microsoft has announced major security leadership changes that will see existing CISO Bret Arsenault move over to a new role as Chief Security Advisor. As part of the shakeup, former Chief Strategy Officer Tsyganskiy will assume the new position as Global CISO for the Redmond giant from January 1, 2024.…
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Amazon will soon stop letting you pay using Venmo
Amazon has confirmed that it will be removing Venmo as a payment option at its checkout in early 2024. The company said in an email to customers (seen on X) that it would be removing the PayPal-owned payment option from January 10, 2024, but offered little extra detail as to…
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Top Russian military hackers target NATO using Microsoft Outlook exploits
Between April and December 2022, the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, a NATO force that can quickly be deployed to command NATO forces, was targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Unit 42, a security arm of Palo Alto Networks, who noted that the hackers were after…
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A popular Android barcode scanner app has some worrying cybersecurity flaws
A popular barcode-scanning app for Android carried a severe vulnerability that allowed anyone easy access to a database full of sensitive data, as long as they knew where to look. This is according to Cybernews report on the flaw in the Barcode to Sheet app, which allows ecommerce users to…
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This Bluetooth security flaw could be used to hijack Apple and Linux devices
Experts have uncovered a way to trick a Bluetooth-enabled device into thinking it has connected to a wireless keyboard when, in fact, it’s connecting to another computer. This, in turn, would allow the operator to run commands on the device, including running malware, according to cybersecurity researcher Marc Newlin, who…
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Intel and AMD CPUs alike could be affected by this alarming new cyberattack
Academic researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have discovered a new Spectre-based flaw in several major upcoming CPU chips, but the hardware manufacturers are seemingly unfazed by the findings. As reported by BleepingComputer researchers from the Systems and Network Security Group (VUSec Group) found a side-channel attack and dubbed it…
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