Far from pausing operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s notorious Winnti hacking group has been busy launching new attacks on targets, researchers say.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
At last – a use for all those phishing emails you’ve been getting!
Here’s something officially useful you can do with all those phishing scams – and the cost to you is approximately zero!
Facebook to alert us if we’ve been exposed to fake coronavirus news
Drinking bleach does NOT cure coronavirus: it’s just one dangerous myth that Facebook will alert us to if we’ve interacted with it.
Maze ransomware hits US giant Cognizant
The latest company to fall victim to a ransomware attack is Cognizant, a large US IT services company which admitted at the weekend that it had fallen victim to Maze.
Fan vibrations can be used transmit data from air-gapped machines
The scientists known for finding ways to transmit software from non-networked computers, have figured out a way to do it using computer fan vibrations.
New sextortion scam: “High level of risk. Your account has been hacked.”
The latest sextortion emails try to fool you with technical terms they hope you won’t understand.
Bot creates millions of fake eyeballs to rip off smart-TV advertisers
The massive ICEBUCKET scheme has, so far, impersonated more than 2m people in 30+ countries, defrauding more than 300 brands of ad dollars.
Monday review – the hot 13 stories of the week
From the critical bug in Google Chrome to Signal’s fears over the EARN Act, get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last week.
Critical bug in Google Chrome – get your update now
Here’s the short version: Google just issued a Chrome update with a note that says, “This update includes 1 critical security fix.”
US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers
UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program.