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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000
New research from Google’s Threat Analysis Group outlines the risks Android users face from the surveillance-for-hire industry.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 10:56:57 +0000
To protest the war in Ukraine, WasteRussianTime.today auto-dials Russian government officials, connects them to each other, and lets you listen in to their confusion.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000
Observing a 254% increase in activity over the last six months from a versatile Linux trojan called XorDdos, the Microsoft 365 Defender research team provides in-depth analysis into this stealthy malware’s capabilities and key infection signs.
The post Rise in XorDdos: A deeper look at the stealthy DDoS malware targeting Linux devices appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 10:56:57 +0000
To protest the war in Ukraine, WasteRussianTime.today auto-dials Russian government officials, connects them to each other, and lets you listen in to their confusion.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 19:20:00 +0000
Researchers found a way to exploit the tech that enables Apple’s Find My feature, which could allow attackers to track location when a device is powered down.
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Credit to Author: Chris Stokel-Walker| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 15:27:26 +0000
A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can’t be used to evade sanctions.
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Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 09:00:00 -0700
It’s the third week of the month — the week we find out whether Microsoft acknowledges any side effects it’s investigating as part of the monthly patch-release process.
First, a bit of background. Microsoft has released patches for years. But they haven’t always been released on a schedule. In the early days, Microsoft would release updates any day of the week. Then in October 2003, Microsoft formalized the release of normal security updates on the second Tuesday of the month. Thus was born Patch Tuesday. (Note: depending on where you are in the world, Patch Tuesday may be a Patch Wednesday.) The following day, or in some cases, over the next week, users and admins report issues with updates — and Microsoft finally acknowledges that, yes, there are issues.
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: New details of ICE’s dragnet surveillance in the US, Clearview AI agrees to limit sales of its faceprint database, and more.
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