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2020-01-10 17:16:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Lifeline Assistance Phone Users Targeted with ‘Uninstallable’ Adware

A Virgin Mobile-branded phone distributed by Assurance Wireless to low-income U.S. citizens has a trojan pre-installed that can download additional malware.

Malware Mobile Security Adups Adware Android Hiddenads Lifeline Assistance Pre-installed Malware Trojan Dropper UMX U686CL Uninstallable Malware Virgin Mobile
2020-01-10 16:55:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Is the Y2K bug alive after all?

One way to patch the millennium bug was to move it, rather than actually to fix it... are we looking at Y2.02K?

Bug Millennium Y2k
2020-01-10 16:49:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Citrix vulnerability: Concerns mount over as-yet unpatched security flaw

A storm is brewing

2020-01-10 16:25:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Indian National Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Call Center Scam

The India-based call centers scammed US victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016.

2020-01-10 15:56:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
#SocialSec – hot takes on this week’s biggest cybersecurity news (Jan 10)

CES kicks off as Las Vegas tackles cyber-attack; British electronics retailer slapped with ICO fine; and nominations open for the top 10 web hacking techniques of 2019

2020-01-10 15:09:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Hackers using Drake’s kiki do you love me to drop Lokibot malware

By Waqas

Azorult and Lokibot are two of the most malicious malware and here is what these two do upon infecting the device.

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Malware Security Azorult Hacking LokiBot Scam Security
2020-01-10 15:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
5 Tips on How to Build a Strong Security Metrics Framework

The carpentry maxim 'measure twice, cut once' underscores the importance of timely, accurate, and regular metrics to inform security leaders' risk decisions.

2020-01-10 14:45:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Security lifeline: WhatsApp to pull support for older Android and iOS devices next month

Upgrade or be left behind

2020-01-10 13:34:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Researchers demonstrate practical break of the SHA-1 hash function

Another nail in the coffin for ageing hashing algorithm

2020-01-10 13:34:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Researchers demonstrate practical break of SHA-1 hash function

Another nail in the coffin for aging hashing algorithm

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April 2024
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Cyber Warfare: Breaches, Alerts, and Cybersecurity Policy
In cyber warfare, it seems no sector is safe from the relentless clutches of threat actors. Take, for instance, a Russian food manufacturing giant finding itself in the crosshairs of a Ukrainian hacker collective. With a flair for the dramatic, the group proudly proclaimed their conquest in a channel dedicated to airing their digital conquests. Their loot? A whopping 6TB of sensitive data, includi...

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SPOTLIGHT, VULNERABILITY CHAT & PRIVACY HEADLINES
29 April 2024
BREACHAWARE HQ

A total of 13 breaches were found and analysed resulting in 4,834,779 leaked accounts containing a total of 21 different data types. The breaches found publicly and freely available included Stealer Log 0452, Redaq, Stealer Log 0453, Kharkov and Stealer Log 0451