The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim...
Read moreThe Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim...
Read more‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads January 2022 Patch Tuesday
January 11 2022Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 120 security holes in Windows and supported software. Six of the vulnerabilities were publicly detailed already, potentially giving attackers a head start...
Read moreThe Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire
November 26 2021Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world's largest companies -- just by spoofing an email. This is the nature of a...
Read more‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code
November 1 2021Virtually all compilers -- programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code -- are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce targeted vulnerabilities...
Read more‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code
November 1 2021Virtually all compilers -- programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code -- are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce targeted vulnerabilities...
Read moreHow Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords
October 13 2021A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. It also shows that phishers are...
Read moreWhat Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?
October 4 2021Facebook and its sister properties Instagram and WhatsApp are suffering from ongoing, global outages. We don't yet know why this happened, but the how is clear: Earlier this morning,...
Read moreKrebsOnSecurity Hit By Huge New IoT Botnet “Meris”
September 10 2021On Thursday evening, KrebsOnSecurity was the subject of a rather massive (and mercifully brief) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The assault came from "Meris," the same new "Internet of Things"...
Read moreMicrosoft: Attackers Exploiting Windows Zero-Day Flaw
September 8 2021Microsoft Corp. warned Tuesday that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a...
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