State-sponsored hackers using the coronavirus crisis as part of their campaigns
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea, China, and Russia are taking advantage of the COVID-19 epidemic to distribute coronavirus-themed emails containing malware. Today, we will be looking at what hackers from
US government makes it more difficult to obtain .gov domains
Those who want to obtain a .gov domain will now have to go through an enhanced identity verification process first. Prior to the additional security measures, all it took for
Cobalt.io shakes up penetration testing sphere with new platform
With its new platform and payment processing changes, Cobalt.io is aiming to change the way that companies invest in penetration testing services. Penetration testing is the practice of checking an
Rallyhood puts users’ private data at risk
Rallyhood, a social network designed for helping people communicate and coordinate their work, left their users’ private data exposed for a period of time. It turns out that one of
FIDO/U2F support is now part of OpenSSH
With version 8.2, OpenSSH, a powerful remote server managing utility, added support for FIDO/U2F security protocols. More often than not, these are used with hardware security keys. From this point
If UK greenlights Huawei’s 5G network, its sovereignty will be in jeopardy
Huawei, the major telecommunications giant, is looking at getting a share of the UK’s 5G market, though Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already suggested imposing a cap on it. Huawei
More than €114m has been gathered under GDPR
Since its introduction around two years ago, the EU’s GDPR law has brought in more than €114m in fines. DLA Piper, a multinational law firm, reports that they’ve had 160,000
Commonwealth Bank not parting ways with traditional passwords just yet
Brendan Hopper, general manager of the cybersecurity centre at Commonwealth Bank Australia, aims for better security to be put in place than rotating passwords regularly. However, traditional passwords have not
Microsoft releases a patch for IE and Defender bug
Microsoft has released an urgent patch for two cybersecurity vulnerabilities present in IE and Microsoft Defender. Typically, it’s to be expected for Microsoft updates to be released every second Tuesday
YouTube creators are struggling with account hijacks
If you’re one of YouTube’s creators, you need to be wary of the accounts hijacks the community has recently been dealing with. The whole thing seems to be a coordinated