The Digital Iron Curtain. Russia Prepares for a Total Ban on VPNs.
By: Jeremiah Fowler Cybersecurity Researcher
What Does it Mean for Personal Privacy, Secure Communication, and Access to Information?
Russian sources have announced that a ban on VPN services will go into...
CISA Publishes Catalog of Poor Security Practices
Organizations often focus on promoting best practices, CISA says, but stopping poor security practices is equally important.The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is creating a...
Scammer Infects His Own Machine With Spyware, Reveals True Identity
In what can only be described as a case of karmic irony, a Nigerian scammer responsible for stealing more than 800,000 credentials from some 28,000 victims over the past...
Why We Need To Reframe the False-Positive Problem
The concept of false positives has been pushed and pulled around for years in the cybersecurity industry. Countless vendor-sponsored studies reinforce the idea that false positives are directly contributing...
Apple Issues Security Updates
Enterprise VulnerabilitiesFrom DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-15481PUBLISHED: 2020-11-13
An issue was discovered in PassMark BurnInTest v9.1 Build 1008, OSForensics v7.1 Build 1012, and PerformanceTest v10.0 Build 1008. The kernel driver exposes...
Superhero Loki Lurks Like a Zero-Day Threat
Loki on Disney+ is a fun new show that pulls back the curtain on the new multiverse aspect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with infinite timelines where almost anything...
Why ransomware is the biggest threat to our critical infrastructure
Many currently manage their home heating, lighting, and entertainment using their smartphone or voice. Over the next decade, almost every new appliance will have a permanent connection to the...
FIN7 Cybercrime Group Likely Behind Black Basta Ransomware Campaign
FIN7, a financially motivated cybercrime organization that is estimated to have stolen well over $1.2 billion since surfacing in 2012, is behind Black Basta, one of this year's most...
