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Thousands of Twitter accounts have been amplifying pro-Turkish propagandaA barrage of social media disinformation has accompanied Turkey’s military incursion into Kurdish-held regions of northern Syria in what is the latest example of friendly Twitter bots backing a government at a time of international scrutiny. Thousands of Twitter accounts in recent weeks have sent tweets including the hashtag #BabyKillerPKK, according to findings published Wednesday…
Microsoft unveils bug bounty program for election softwareMicrosoft on Friday said it was establishing a bug bounty program for its open-source election software, the latest move by the tech giant to try to bolster election security. Microsoft is inviting researchers from anywhere and any background — whether elite industry professionals, tinkerers, or students — to find “high-impact vulnerabilities in targeted areas” of…
A malicious Tor browser is helping scammers steal bitcoin, researchers sayThieves are using malware that masquerades as Tor, the anonymizing internet browser, to steal money from Russian-speaking people on the dark web, researchers said Friday. The operation uncovered by researchers at Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET has netted the unidentified attackers some $40,000 in bitcoin so far, but the amount could be larger. “They likely stole more…
Samsung, Google acknowledge flaws in phone-unlocking biometric toolsTech giants Samsung and Google are grappling with separate flaws in the biometric technology the companies give users to secure their mobile phones. Samsung said Thursday that it was working on a patch for an issue discovered by a British couple that allows any fingerprint to unlock a Galaxy S10 or Note 10 phone with…
Cozy Bear kept moving after 2016 election, ESET saysOne of the Kremlin-linked hacking groups that breached the Democratic National Committee in 2016 has remained active in the years that followed, even if it’s been less visible. Cozy Bear, also known as APT29 and the Dukes, began using different malicious software and new hacking techniques after 2016, according to findings published Thursday by the…
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Microsoft Tackles Election Security with Bug BountiesResearchers can earn up to $15,000, depending on the severity of the bug found.
Execs Could Face Jail Time For Privacy ViolationsThe bill is a direct shot at big tech companies like Facebook as senators try to reel in data-collection policies.
Major Airport Malware Attack Shines a Light on OT SecurityA cryptomining infection spread to half of the workstations at a major international airport.
Four-Year-Old Critical Linux Wi-Fi Bug Allows System CompromiseA patch is currently under revision but has not yet been incorporated into the Linux kernel.
Podcast: Insider Attacks May Soon Cost Less Than Malware-based EquivalentAt what point will infiltrating companies via the "insider threat model" become less costly and difficult than using malware? Threatpost discusses with a SolarWind expert.
Zappos Offers Users 10% Discount in 2012 Breach SettlementLawyers will get $1.6 million in a settlement that stems from a breach that affected more than 24 million customers.
Phorpiex Botnet Shifts Gears From Ransomware to SextortionA decade-old botnet is using infected computers to send out sextortion emails, in a wide-scale campaign with the potential to reach millions of victims.
Hacking Back? BriansClub Dark Web Attack a Boon for BanksThe theft of 26 million card records from an underground site offers valuable intel for banks.
Trump Campaign Website Left Open to Email Server HijackA misconfigured website development tool exposed hundreds of email servers to takeover, including President Donald Trump’s official campaign website.
Cisco Aironet Access Points Plagued By Critical, High-Severity FlawsCisco has issued patches for critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in its Aironet access point devices.
Dangerous Kubernetes Bugs Allow Authentication Bypass, DoSThe flaws in the container technology, CVE-2019-16276 and CVE-2019-11253, are simple to exploit.