It was quite a busy week with lots of new developments, including ransomware operations teaming up, new extortion tactics, and significant cyberattacks revealed. This week,
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US aerospace services provider breached by Maze Ransomware
The Maze Ransomware gang breached and successfully encrypted the systems of VT San Antonio Aerospace, as well as stole and leaked unencrypted files from the
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Fitness Depot hit by data breach after ISP fails to ‘activate the antivirus’
Canadian retailer Fitness Depot announced customers that their personal and financial information was stolen following a breach that affected the company’s e-commerce platform last month. Fitness Depot
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Microsoft dev fixes major annoyance in Chromium browser
A Microsoft developer has contributed a fix for an annoying behavior that has been plaguing web browsers built off of the Chromium engine, such as
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Windows 10 SMBGhost bug gets public proof-of-concept RCE exploit
Working exploit code that achieves remote code execution on Windows 10 machines is now publicly available for CVE-2020-0796, a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message
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Kupidon is the latest ransomware targeting your data
The latest ransomware that everyone needs to watch out for is called Kupidon, and it targets not only corporate networks, but also home user’s personal data.
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Terms of engagement: US computer crime laws out of step with changing attitudes to pen tests, ethical hacking
An upcoming US Supreme Court ruling may bring some much-needed clarity to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but some security pros are arguing for
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North Dakota Contact Tracing App Ends Data Share with Foursquare
The operators of a North Dakota contact tracing app have had a rethink when it comes to sharing users’ data with third-party services. Care19 was
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Florida Student Discovers Flaws in Leading Doorbell Security Cameras
“Systematic design flaws” have been discovered in leading internet-connected doorbell and security cameras by a Florida Institute of Technology student. Blake Janes unearthed vulnerabilities in
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Microsoft Teams to queue offline messages until back online
The Microsoft Teams cloud collaboration platform is getting support for automatically queueing up messages sent while offline until the device reconnects to the Internet. “When
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Maine Community College Becomes First in State to Offer Cybersecurity Program
Maine residents hoping to pursue a career in cybersecurity will finally be able to study the subject at community college. Starting in fall 2020, Northern Maine
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