5 Questions You Need to Ask About Your Firewall Security
Often, organizations think of firewall security as a one-and-done type of solution. They install firewalls, then assume that they are “good to go” without investigating whether or not these solutions are actually protecting their systems.
Why Developers Hate Changing Language Versions
A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said that the issue is not a security incident or cyberattack. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted on social media platform X that the company “is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.”
Update Google Chrome Browser to Patch New Zero-Day Exploit Detected in the Wild
Google on Monday shipped security updates to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome web browser that it said is being exploited in the wild.
Some Worms Use Their Powers for Good
Gardeners know that worms are good. Cybersecurity professionals know that worms are bad. Very bad. In fact, worms are literally the most devasting force for evil known to the computing world.
Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor
An “extremely sophisticated” Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor dubbed LuoYu has been observed using a malicious Windows tool called WinDealer.
Facebook to Shut Down Facial Recognition System and Delete Billions of Records
Facebook’s newly-rebranded parent company Meta on Tuesday announced plans to discontinue its decade-old “Face Recognition” system and delete a massive trove of more than a billion users’ facial recognition templates.
Critical Flaws Uncovered in Pentaho Business Analytics Software
Multiple vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Hitachi Vantara’s Pentaho Business Analytics software that could be abused by malicious actors to upload arbitrary data files.
WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don’t Agree Sharing Data With Facebook
“Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” opens WhatsApp’s privacy policy. “Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.”
FBI, CISA, NSA Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Cyber Attack
The U.S. government on Tuesday formally pointed fingers at the Russian government for orchestrating the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack that came to light early last month.
Warning: Cross-Platform ElectroRAT Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency Users
Called ElectroRAT by Intezer, the RAT is written from ground-up in Golang and designed to target multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and macOS.