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The messaging app that will replace the government’s use of WhatsApp and Telegram was released last week, with security vulnerability included. The French Government last week launched a custom messaging application called Tchap, touting it as being “more secure than Read More …
“Secret plan to spy on Aussies,” The Sunday Telegraph headlined the story. “Two powerful government agencies are discussing radical new espionage powers that would see Australia’s cyber spy agency monitor Australian citizens for the first time.” It was a “power grab” detailed in Read More …
Earlier this month, Oracle patched a highly critical Java deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in its WebLogic Server component of Fusion Middleware that could allow attackers to easily gain complete control of a vulnerable server. However, a security researcher, who operates through Read More …
Thailand’s Computer Emergency Response Team (ThaiCERT) has seized a server operated by the North Korea-linked Hidden Cobra APT, which is used to control the global GhostSecret espionage campaign. The campaign is still ongoing. ThaiCERT said in an alert on Wednesday that it Read More …
If you often leave your valuable and expensive stuff like laptop and passports in the hotel rooms, then beware. Your room can be unlocked by not only a malicious staff having access to the master key, but also by an Read More …
EU security commissioner says new regulations may have to be brought in if tech firms fail to tackle issues voluntarily Brussels may threaten social media companies with regulation unless they move urgently to tackle fake news and Cambridge Analytica-style use Read More …
Symantec has identified a new attack group dubbed Orangeworm deploying the Kwampirs backdoor in a targeted attack campaign against the healthcare sector and related industries. Symantec has identified a previously unknown group called Orangeworm that has been observed installing a Read More …
As our physical infrastructure becomes increasingly digitalized, it also becomes increasingly vulnerable to cyber attack. Russian hackers, for example, have been trying to compromise U.S. electrical infrastructure for years, and successfully cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people throughout Ukraine in 2015 and Read More …
Compromised servers used by Crouching Yeti/Energetic Bear hacker group found by Kaspersky Lab A hacker collective known for attacking industrial companies around the world have had some of their infrastructure identified by Russian security specialists. Kaspersky Lab said that it Read More …
Some Gmail users have been surprised to find spam inexplicably in their Sent folders, with the messages continuing to appear even after users changed their passwords. People have been reporting on Gmail’s Help Forum that the spam to unknown contacts appears to Read More …