Dark side of encrypted chat apps: market for counterfeit goods and hacking tools
Encrypted chat apps have been instrumental in subverting authoritarian regimes. However, because of their private nature, cybercriminals exploit them to sell illegal goods.Researchers from the cybersecurity company NortonLifeLock found...
Four Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving Hosting Services for Cybercrime
The "bulletproof hosting" organization hosted malware including Zeus, SpyEye, Citadel, and the Blackhole Exploit Kit.Four Eastern European nationals have pleaded guilty for their roles in conspiring to engage in...
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Enterprise VulnerabilitiesFrom DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database
CVE-2021-32089PUBLISHED: 2021-05-11
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An issue was discovered on Zebra (formerly Motorola Solutions) Fixed RFID Reader FX9500 devices. An unauthenticated attacker can...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 4 Critical CVEs, 3 Publicly Known, 1 Wormable
Microsoft releases security patches for 55 vulnerabilities in its monthly roundup, which includes a critical, wormable flaw in the HTTP protocol stack.Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday release is smaller compared...
Application Attacks Spike as Criminals Target Remote Workers
Application-specific and Web application attacks made up 67% of all attacks in 2020 as criminal strategies shifted in the pandemic.Cybercriminals' change in strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic caused application-specific...
A Startup With NSA Roots Wants Silently Disarming Cyberattacks on the Wire to Become...
Trinity Cyber takes a new spin on some traditional network-security techniques, but can its approach catch on widely?Cybercriminals and nation-state hackers get more brazen in their attacks every day....
U.S. pipeline hackers say their aim is cash, not chaos
The ransomware gang accused of crippling the leading U.S. fuel pipeline operator said on Monday that it never meant to create havoc, an unusual statement that experts saw as...
