US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen nearly all foreign aid cash for a full-on government review, including funds to defend America’s allies from cyberattacks as well as steer international computer security policies. The pause applies to “all US foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and US Agency for International Development” […]
For the past twelve months we have been digging into China’s cyber security industry, tracking the individuals and companies sanctioned by the British and United States government and those accused of being behind some of the most audacious and sophisticated cyberattacks in recent years. In that search, all roads led us to Chengdu. It is […]
The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security, I am directing the termination of all current memberships on […]
Former President Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order on AI has been revoked by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. The “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” was issued on Oct. 30, 2023, and set forth a series of initiatives for federal agencies to strengthen […]
SINGAPORE: The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has refreshed its list of recommended security apps that members of the public can use to safeguard their devices against malware attacks and phishing. The list contains six apps that are available on either Android or iOS devices: Avast Antivirus & Security, AVG Antivirus & Security, Norton360 Antivirus & Security and Sophos Intercept […]
With 2.5 billion users worldwide, Google’s YouTube is undoubtedly the most popular video platform on the planet. And not just with legitimate users. I recently reported how hackers were going after YouTube creator accounts as part of an ongoing credential-stealing attack. Now, according to newly published security research, it appears that the threat has evolved with attackers using YouTube […]
Researchers analyzed new versions of the Banshee macOS Stealer sample that initially evaded detection by most antivirus engines, as analysis revealed that the malware employed a unique string encryption technique. The encryption method was identical to that used by Apple’s XProtect antivirus engine for encrypting YARA rules within its binaries. By leveraging this shared encryption algorithm, Banshee […]
A newly published analysis has revealed that, across the whole of 2024, click-attacks all but tripled compared to the year before. Forget the recent warning for Chrome, Edge and Safari browsers not to double-click; all email users should now consider not clicking at all. Here’s what Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail users need to know. A […]
Acronyms aren’t unique to cybersecurity, but they’ve become a hallmark of how we communicate with each other. Do we really need to be adding this layer of complexity to an industry which is already complex? Or are they just making our devs more depressed? Let’s make security accessible and actionable. The cybersecurity industry is seeing record […]
Google’s managed defense team, working to empower the Google security operations community, has published a technical deep-dive into a confirmed malware threat that acts as a backdoor supporting commands involving supports commands keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell and file transfer as well as file execution. The malware, known as playfulghost, has been observed […]