Security News > 2019 > January

I helped catch Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht: Undercover agent tells all
2019-01-29 09:52

From one little pill to impersonating a cat-owning site admin Long read “How do you eat an elephant? Nibble at it, nibble at it, a lot of little bites.” That was how Special Agent Jared...

Critical FaceTime bug turns iPhones, Macs into eavesdropping tools
2019-01-29 09:49

A shocking and easily exploitable FaceTime bug allows people to listen in on other users of Apple devices by simply calling them through the service. The bug apparently affects Group FaceTime and...

Europol Now Going After People Who Bought DDoS-for-Hire Services
2019-01-29 09:18

If you were a buyer of any online DDoS-for-hire service, you might be in trouble. After taking down and arresting the operators of the world's biggest DDoS-for-hire service last year, the...

Police Shut Down xDedic – An Online Market for Cyber Criminals
2019-01-29 08:03

In an international operation involving law enforcement authorities from the U.S. and several European countries, feds have shut down an online underground marketplace and arrested three suspects...

Did you know? Monday was Data Privacy Day. Now it's Tuesday. Back to business as usual!
2019-01-29 08:01

'We don't allow lead paint ... There should be some uses of information we just don't abide' Monday, January 28, was Data Privacy Day and you won't get another for a year.…

Apple Working on Patch to Prevent FaceTime Spying
2019-01-29 07:10

A critical vulnerability in Apple’s FaceTime chat application can be exploited to spy on people. The tech giant has disabled a FaceTime feature in an effort to prevent abuse until a patch is made...

New FaceTime Bug Lets Callers Hear and See You Without You Picking Up
2019-01-29 06:48

If you own an Apple device, you should immediately turn OFF FaceTime app for a few days. A jaw-dropping unpatched privacy bug has been uncovered in Apple's popular video and audio call app...

How privacy and security concerns affect password practices
2019-01-29 06:45

Yubico announced the results of the company’s 2019 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, who surveyed 1,761 IT and IT security...

Emotet: A veritable Swiss Army knife of malicious capabilities
2019-01-29 06:30

Formerly just a banking Trojan, Emotet is now one of the most dangerous and multifaceted malware out there. According to Malwarebytes, it and Trickbot are part of the reason why Trojans topped...

Global IT spending to reach $3.8 trillion in 2019, up 3.2% from 2018
2019-01-29 06:15

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.76 trillion in 2019, an increase of 3.2 percent from 2018, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Worldwide IT spending forecast (billions of...