Digital Certificates With Shorter Lifespans Reduce Security Vulnerabilities
Proposals from Google and Apple drastically reduce the life cycle of certificates, which should mean more oversight — and hopefully better control.
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Government Guidance on Chinese Telco Hacking Highlights Threat to Cisco Devices
Government agencies issue guidance on Chinese telecoms hacking as US officials say threat actors may have yet to be expelled.
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Tuskira unifies and optimizes disparate cybersecurity tools
Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the victims are high-profile. According to a KPMG survey, close to half of companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue recently suffered a security breach. Surprisingly, an overabundance of security tools may be contributing to the problem. In a separate poll, 43% of businesses said their teams […]
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Android’s December 2024 Security Update Patches 14 Vulnerabilities
Google has released patches for 14 high-severity vulnerabilities as part of Android’s December 2024 security update.
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Solana Web3.js Library Backdoored in Supply Chain Attack
Supply chain attack leads to decentralized application developers downloading backdoored versions of the Solana Web3.js library.
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Law Enforcement Read Criminals’ Messages After Hacking Matrix Service
Law enforcement has taken down yet another encrypted messaging service used by criminals, but not before spying on its users.
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FTC says AI company Evolv ‘falsely hyped’ its security scanners
Evolv’s scanners don’t work as well as it led schools to believe. Here’s what that means for children’s safety.
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Researchers Uncover Backdoor in Solana’s Popular Web3.js npm Library
Cybersecurity researchers are alerting to a software supply chain attack targeting the popular @solana/web3.js npm library that involved pushing two malicious versions capable of harvesting users’ private keys with an aim to drain their cryptocurrency wallets.
The attack has been detected in versions 1.95.6 and 1.95.7. Both these versions are no longer available for download from the npm
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Joint Advisory Warns of PRC-Backed Cyber Espionage Targeting Telecom Networks
A joint advisory issued by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. has warned of a broad cyber espionage campaign undertaken by People’s Republic of China (PRC)-affiliated threat actors targeting telecommunications providers.
“Identified exploitations or compromises associated with these threat actors’ activity align with existing weaknesses associated with victim infrastructure; no novel
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Hackers Use Corrupted ZIPs and Office Docs to Evade Antivirus and Email Defenses
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a novel phishing campaign that leverages corrupted Microsoft Office documents and ZIP archives as a way to bypass email defenses.
“The ongoing attack evades #antivirus software, prevents uploads to sandboxes, and bypasses Outlook’s spam filters, allowing the malicious emails to reach your inbox,” ANY.RUN said in a series of posts on X.
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