Security News

Russia takes gold for disinformation as Olympics approach
2024-06-03 14:45

Still throwing toys out the pram over its relationship with international sport, Russia is engaged in a multi-pronged disinformation campaign against the Olympic Games and host nation France that's intensifying as the opening ceremony approaches. The video hasn't been officially linked to Russia, but Russian-speaking accounts were promoting it, suggesting it could be part of the broader campaign against this year's Olympics.

Researchers Uncover RAT-Dropping npm Package Targeting Gulp Users
2024-06-03 14:00

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new suspicious package uploaded to the npm package registry that's designed to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on compromised systems. The package in...

Authorities Ramp Up Efforts to Capture the Mastermind Behind Emotet
2024-06-03 13:45

Law enforcement authorities behind Operation Endgame are seeking information related to an individual who goes by the name Odd and is allegedly the mastermind behind the Emotet malware.  Odd is...

Check Point warns customers to patch VPN vulnerability under active exploitation
2024-06-03 12:02

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

How Do Password Managers Work and Why Do You Need One?
2024-06-03 11:45

Here is a guide to how password managers work and how you can choose the best one to tighten your company's online security. While many browsers feature a basic password manager, only a top-tier third-party password management application can offer you robust security and convenience through features like password generation, VPN, dark web monitoring, encryption and two-factor authentication.

5 Reasons Why You Should Use a Password Manager
2024-06-03 11:30

Password managers include random password generators. Instead, you need a password manager that includes a random password generator to create very complicated passwords.

Seeing Like a Data Structure
2024-06-03 11:06

This is what life is like when we see the world the way a data structure sees the world. Engineers are transforming data about the world around us into data structures, at massive scale.

AI Will Increase the Quantity—and Quality—of Phishing Scams
2024-06-03 11:04

Gen AI tools are rapidly making these emails more advanced, harder to spot, and significantly more dangerous. Recent research showed that 60% of participants fell victim to artificial intelligence-automated phishing, which is comparable to the success rates of non-AI-phishing messages created by human experts.

SASE Threat Report: 8 Key Findings for Enterprise Security
2024-06-03 10:56

Threat actors are evolving, yet Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) remains confined to each isolated point solution. Organizations require a holistic analysis across external data, inbound and...

Researcher Uncovers Flaws in Cox Modems, Potentially Impacting Millions
2024-06-03 10:20

Now-patched authorization bypass issues impacting Cox modems that could have been abused as a starting point to gain unauthorized access to the devices and run malicious commands. "This series of...