Tag: security
Bitdefender now has identity protection for Gmail and Outlook
Bitdefender has upgraded its Digital Identity Protection feature, as it now integrates with Gmail and Outlook. The antivirus vendor’s identity theft protection service monitors the dark web to see if a user’s personal information has been stolen and leaked by hackers. Now, Digital Identity Protection connects with Google‘s Gmail and…
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Thousands of D-Link NAS devices have serious backdoor security issues
A high-severity vulnerability has been recently discovered in certain D-Link Network Attached Storage (NAS) instances which could be used to run malicious code, steal sensitive data, and mount denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Cybersecurity researcher Netsecfish, who discovered the flaw, found multiple instances of D-Link’s NAS devices have an arbitrary command injection…
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AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
AI tools are getting better at cloning people’s voices, and scammers are using these new capabilities to commit fraud. Avoid getting swindled by following these expert tips. Source
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This cybercrime group uses the most basic tactics around — but they seem to be working just fine
Hacking techniques don’t have to be particularly advanced to be successful. Case in point – Lazy Koala. Cybersecurity researchers from Positive Technologies Expert Security Center (PT ESC) recently uncovered a new threat actor, which they dubbed Lazy Koala. Nothing about this group is notably progressive or sophisticated, but it is…
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Visa warns dangerous new malware is attacking financial firms
Visa is warning its partners, clients, and customers, of an ongoing phishing attack that aims to deliver a banking trojan. The Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PDF) unit sent out a security alert to card issuers, processors, and acquirers, noting it had observed a new phishing campaign that started in late…
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Latest Ubuntu beta and other Linux distros delayed by xz-utils security issues
The beta version of Ubuntu 24.04 won’t be released on time, the developers have confirmed, following concerns about a major security threat. Instead of launching on April 4, the latest Ubuntu version, which also holds the codename Noble Numbat, will now be released on April 11 after developers Canonical decided…
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