Tag: security
Google slams Microsoft security failures, offers software discounts in bid to poach customers
As the US Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are whipping Microsoft for poor cybersecurity practices, Google is rummaging through its belongings for any valuable customers it might snag. Earlier this week, the search engine giant published a new whitepaper titled “A more…
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Fluent Bit vulnerability threatens almost all popular cloud platforms
Cybersecurity researchers from Tenable discovered a critical vulnerability in Fluent Bit which allows malicious actors to run denial-of-service attacks, or execute bad code, remotely. Fluent Bit is a logging and metrics solution for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and embedded in all the major Kubernetes distributions, including Amazon AWS, Google GCP,…
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These students discovered a security bug that could let millions of us do laundry for free
Two students found a way to do their laundry for free, after discovering a bug in the app that accompanies the laundry machines at their college campus. Since they were honest people, they reported their findings in good faith. However, it seems that the company making the app didn’t really…
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This devious Wi-Fi security flaw could let hackers eavesdrop on your network with ease
Experts have identified a way to “confuse” your device when it tries to connect to a trusted Wi-Fi network. As a result, the device is instead connected to a rogue network, where threat actors can snoop in on network traffic and possibly even steal sensitive information passing through. A report…
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Another nasty Mac malware is spoofing legitimate software to target macOS users
Cybersecurity researchers from Intego have discovered new variants of the dreaded Cuckoo malware that targets macOS users. For those unfamiliar with the name, Cuckoo is an infostealer targeting Mac devices running both on Intel and ARM silicon. Intego’s researchers now say they have found a new variant that was pretending…
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Hackers target DocuSign with new phishing threat — watch out, you could be signing your data away
Hackers are stealing people’s DocuSign accounts to make their Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks seem more authentic, and thus, more successful. A report from cybersecurity researchers at Abnormal, say they observed an uptick in attacks looking to steal people’s DocuSign login credentials. As per the report, it all starts on…
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