Interpol and FBI Break Up a Cyber Scheme in Moldova to Get Asylum for Wanted Criminals

A multinational operation by Interpol and the FBI cracked down on attempts in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency’s key tools, the Red Notice system.

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Upleveling the State of SMB Cybersecurity

Gone are the days when cyberattacks were deemed concerns solely by corporate giants.

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Vulnerabilities Patched in Kiuwan Code Security Products After Long Disclosure Process

It took code security firm Kiuwan nearly two years to patch several serious vulnerabilities found in its SAST products.

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Prevent Account Takeover with Better Password Security

Tom works for a reputable financial institution. He has a long, complex password that would be near-impossible to guess. He’s memorized it by heart, so he started using it for his social media accounts and on his personal devices too. Unbeknownst to Tom, one of these sites has had its password database compromised by hackers and put it up for sale on the dark web. Now threat actors are working

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Hackers Exploit Legitimate Packer Software to Spread Malware Undetected

Threat actors are increasingly abusing legitimate and commercially available packer software such as BoxedApp to evade detection and distribute malware such as remote access trojans and information stealers.
“The majority of the attributed malicious samples targeted financial institutions and government industries,” Check Point security researcher Jiri Vinopal said in an analysis.
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1Password Review: Features, Pricing & Security

1Password’s top-tier security and sleek user interface make it a solid password manager to try this year. Read our hands-on 1Password review to learn more.

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The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a ‘Handheld Iron Dome’

ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.

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Google Maps Timeline Data to be Stored Locally on Your Device for Privacy

Google has announced plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users’ devices instead of their Google account effective December 1, 2024.
The changes were originally announced by the tech giant in December 2023, alongside changes to the auto-delete control when enabling Location History by setting it to three months by default, down from the previous limit of 18 months.
Google Maps Timeline,

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FBI Says It Has 7,000 LockBit Ransomware Decryption Keys

The FBI has obtained more than 7,000 LockBit ransomware decryption keys and is urging victims to get in touch with its IC3.

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Hackers Target Python Developers with Fake “Crytic-Compilers” Package on PyPI

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Python package uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that’s designed to deliver an information stealer called Lumma (aka LummaC2).
The package in question is crytic-compilers, a typosquatted version of a legitimate library named crytic-compile. The rogue package was downloaded 441 times before it was taken down by PyPI

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