BetterCloud released “Data Security Report 2021: Top Risks in File Security.” BetterCloud surveyed more than 500 IT and security professionals—and examined internal BetterCloud data from thousands of...
Scammers tricked at least 93,000 people into buying fake Android cryptocurrency mining applications, as revealed by researchers from California-based cybersecurity firm Lookout. The 172 paid Android applications,...
The Defense Department will opt for a new multibillion-dollar, multi-vendor contract. The Defense Department is canceling the embattled Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, officials announced Tuesday. ...
A security researcher has launched Filesec.io, a wiki-style repository of file extensions that can be used for malicious purposes. The inspiration, says ‘mr.d0x’, came during a work...
Lookout, Inc. announced the discovery of major crypto mining scams using hundreds of Android apps. Categorized into two distinct Android app families, BitScam and CloudScam, these apps...
Taiwan-based network-attached storage (NAS) maker QNAP has addressed a critical security vulnerability enabling attackers to compromise vulnerable NAS devices’ security. The improper access control vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-28809 was found...
The X-Files had it right – trust no one. The massive shift to remote work and a continually expanding attack surface has made the concept of trust-based security...
The recent ban of ransomware ads on well-known Russian-speaking cybercrime forums (Exploit and XSS) has forced cybercriminals to promote their service using alternative methods. Two ransomware gangs, identified...
Only a couple of weeks after the initial iPhone Wi-Fi bug was found, the same security researcher Carl Schou has found another similar issue. Schou tweeted today...
A vulnerability in the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) project that could allow attackers to bypass security mechanisms was present for several years, the maintainers have admitted....