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When is ICANN going to do something about the explosion of scammy domains spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic? We can't, the overseers of the internet said last Tuesday, throwing its hands in the air and telling domain registrars that they can - and should.
Microsoft says it managed to disrupt the Necurs botnet by taking control of the U.S.-based infrastructure that it has been using to conduct its malicious activities. Necurs is a peer-to-peer hybrid botnet that uses a Domain Generation Algorithm to ensure bots could always connect to a command and control server.
Researchers are warning that while LoRaWAN itself is perfectly secure, poor device security and user mistakes in configuration and implementation can still lead to hacks and widespread operational disruption. The application-layer security is responsible for confidentiality, with end-to-end encryption between the device and the application server, preventing third parties from accessing the application data being transmitted.
Despite the difficulties of identifying deepfakes, social media sites are recognizing the need to crack down on the manipulated, misleading videos. Facebook is banning deepfake videos, which stem from a technique of human-image synthesis based on artificial intelligence to create fake content.
Poor entropy in embedded devices leading to weaker certificates: study A preponderance of weak keys is leaving IoT devices at risk of being hacked, and the problem won't be an easy one to solve.…
Authorities say they have halted over 600 domestic money mules – exceeding the 400 money mules stopped last year.
The FTC has banned the sale of three apps - marketed to monitor children and employees - unless the developers can prove that the apps will be used for legitimate purposes.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses the shutdown of DeepDotWeb. Plus, dealing with breach fatigue and the Pitney Bowes ransomware attack.
Old passwords never die... they just become easier to decode.
People are taking different tacks to get around Apple's tightly controlled phone rules.