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Tag Archives: Security threats
Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds
A study has found that thousands of legitimate Android apps are taking liberties or installing with capabilities that users wouldn’t expect to exist.
Hackers’ forum hacked, OGUsers database dumped (again)
A rival hacking forum has yet again hacked OGUsers and doxxed its database for one and all to grab.
Watch out for the new wave of COVID-19 scams, warns IRS
If somebody promises to get your economic impact payment fast, back away: it’s just one flavor of COVID-19 scam the tax agency is seeing.
Bill Gates’s YouTube ‘Bitcoin giveaway’ is a big fat scam
And no, Microsoft said, none of our verified accounts have been hijacked, vehemently denying early reports.
Patch now! Critical flaw found in OpenWrt router software
OpenWrt is an open source operating system used by millions of home and small business routers and embedded devices.
Dharma ransomware source code on sale for $2,000
The source code for ransomware-as-a-service strain Dharma has been put up for sale by hackers.
Data on almost every citizen of Georgia posted on hacker forum
Where did it all come from? 4.9m records were posted on a hacking forum – and the country only has an estimated population of 3.7m.
Researchers speed the death of ‘bad’ data in the race against good
They have a way to inject ‘good’ data – i.e., accurate COVID-19 news or security patches – to outpace the spread of fake news or malware.
Google sent ~40K warnings to targets of state-backed attackers in 2019
Google has seen a rising number of attackers impersonating news outlets and journalists to spread fake news among other reporters.
