by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 28, 2024 | IT Security |
A researcher has released a tool to bypass Google’s new App-Bound encryption cookie-theft defenses and extract saved credentials from the Chrome web browser. The tool, named ‘Chrome-App-Bound-Encryption-Decryption,’ was released by cybersecurity...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 28, 2024 | IT Security |
JPMorgan Chase has begun suing fraudsters who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the bank’s ATMs after a check fraud glitch went viral on social media. The so-called “infinite money glitch” exploded on X and TikTok over the summer, after...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 28, 2024 | IT Security |
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have disclosed that Chinese hackers breached commercial telecommunication service providers in the United States. The breached entities have been warned, and the agencies are proactively...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 28, 2024 | IT Security
We Live Science As methane emissions come under heightened global scrutiny, learn how a state-of-the-art satellite can pinpoint their sources and deliver the insights needed for targeted mitigation efforts 28 Oct 2024 While carbon dioxide typically takes center stage...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 28, 2024 | IT Security
Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for social networks. The order to share creds came from an employee of Automattic, the WordPress host...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 27, 2024 | IT Security
Windows 11 24H2 is unavailable for thousands of users due to safeguard or compatibility holds Microsoft has placed on specific device and software configurations. Microsoft places compatibility holds on specific devices using hardware or applications that may conflict...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 27, 2024 | IT Security
in brief Senate intelligence committee chair Mark Warner (D-VA) is demanding to know why, in the wake of the bust-up of a massive online Russian disinformation operation, the names of six US-based domain registrars seem to keep popping up as, at best, negligent...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 26, 2024 | IT Security
Cisco has added new security features that significantly mitigate brute-force and password spray attacks on Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD), helping protect the network from breaches and reducing resource utilization on devices. Password spray and brute...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 26, 2024 | IT Security
Attackers can downgrade Windows kernel components to bypass security features such as Driver Signature Enforcement and deploy rootkits on fully patched systems. This is possible by taking control of the Windows Update process to introduce outdated, vulnerable software...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 26, 2024 | IT Security
The fourth day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 marked the end of the hacking competition with more than $1 million in prizes for over 70 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in fully patched devices. The hacking contest pits security researchers against various software and...