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New FireScam Android data-theft malware poses as Telegram Premium app
2025-01-04 15:16

A new Android malware named 'FireScam' is being distributed as a premium version of the Telegram app via phishing websites on GitHub that mimick the RuStore, Russia's app market for mobile devices. [...]

New FireScam Android malware poses as RuStore app to steal data
2025-01-04 15:16

A new Android malware named 'FireScam' is being distributed as a premium version of the Telegram app via phishing websites on GitHub that mimick the RuStore, Russia's app market for mobile devices. [...]

Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says
2025-01-04 14:30

When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business interview In the wake of the Salt Typhoon hacks, which lawmakers and privacy advocates alike have called the worst telecoms breach in...

Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution
2025-01-04 14:29

A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei, a widely-used open-source vulnerability scanner that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to bypass...

Atos denies Space Bears' ransomware claims – with a 'but'
2025-01-04 08:30

Points finger at third-party infrastructure being breached French tech giant Atos today denied that Space Bears criminals breached its systems - but noted that third-party infrastructure was...

PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps
2025-01-04 07:52

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote...

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns
2025-01-04 07:30

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated...

Bad Tenable plugin updates take down Nessus agents worldwide
2025-01-03 22:57

Tenable says customers must manually upgrade their software to revive Nessus vulnerability scanner agents taken offline on December 31st due to buggy differential plugin updates. [...]

Friday Squid Blogging: Anniversary Post
2025-01-03 22:04

I made my first squid post nineteen years ago this week. Between then and now, I posted something about squid every week (with maybe only a few exceptions). There is a lot out there about squid,...

How To Use SCP (Secure Copy) With SSH Key Authentication
2025-01-03 17:00

Here's how to use the secure copy command, in conjunction with ssh key authentication, for an even more secure means of copying files to your remote Linux servers.