by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 7, 2025 | IT Security
A world-first organization assembled to categorize the severity of cybersecurity incidents is up and running in the UK following a year-long incubation period. The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) is the brainchild of cyber insurance industry figures and a handful of the...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 7, 2025 | IT Security
Windows 11’s January 28 optional update has fixed a long-standing issue in Windows 11 24H2 that prevents non-admin users from changing their time zone in Date & Time Settings. Windows 11 24H2 has a bug that prevents regular users from accessing the Date...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 6, 2025 | IT Security
Kaspersky eggheads say they’ve spotted the first app containing hidden optical character recognition spyware in Apple’s App Store. Cunningly, the software nasty is designed to steal cryptocurrency. The researchers found the malware in an iOS app called ComeCome, which...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 6, 2025 | IT Security
Ransomware extortion payments fell in 2024, according to blockchain analyst biz Chainalysis this week. Like infosec outfit NCC, Chainalysis thinks ransomware attacks increased during 2024. However the blockchain inspectors’ data suggests fewer victims paid ransoms,...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 6, 2025 | IT Security
Gravy Analytics has been sued yet again for allegedly failing to safeguard its vast stores of personal data, which are now feared stolen. And by personal data we mean information including the locations of tens of millions of smartphones, coordinates of which were...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 6, 2025 | IT Security
Microsoft warns that attackers are deploying malware in ViewState code injection attacks using static ASP. NET machine keys found online. As Microsoft Threat Intelligence experts recently discovered, some developers use ASP.NET validationKey and decryptionKey keys...
