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An open-source Android malware named 'Ratel RAT' is widely deployed by multiple cybercriminals to attack outdated devices, some aiming to lock them down with a ransomware module that demands payment on Telegram. This proves Ratel RAT is an effective attack tool against an array of different Android implementations.
Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed. "ExCobalt focuses on cyber espionage and includes...
A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust. "The adware is capable of...
It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains Kettle The US government on Thursday banned Kaspersky Lab from selling its antivirus and other products in America from late July,...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against a dozen individuals serving executive and senior leadership roles at Kaspersky Lab, a day...
The interest in Microsoft Copilot is high, with many major Australian organizations signing on to be part of Microsoft's early access and pre-launch testing process. Gartner recently published a series of "Gotchas" with Copilot, and these are things Australian organizations need to consider in order to fully think through implementations and to benefit from what Copilot offers.
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The Los Angeles Unified School District has confirmed a data breach after threat actors stole student and employee data by breaching the company's Snowflake account. On June 18, the threat actor known as 'Sp1d3r, who is selling data from previous SnowFlake attacks, also began selling the data of Los Angeles Unified for $150,000, claiming they stole it from SnowFlake.
About Bruce Schneier I am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.
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