An IP address tells computers how to find a certain device within a computer network. An IP address is like an…
Month: April 2021
Signal app insists it’s so private it can’t provide subpoenaed call data
Signal—the private, end-to-end encrypted messaging app that surged in popularity in recent months—once again reminded criminal investigators that it could not…
IoT riddled with BadAlloc vulnerabilities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published advisory ICSA-21-119-04 about vulnerabilities found in multiple real-time operating systems (RTOS) and…
What is Smishing? The 101 guide
Smishing is a valuable tool in the scammer’s armoury. You’ve likely run into it, even if you didn’t know that is…
City fined for tracking its citizens via their phones
The Dutch information watchdog—the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)—has fined the city of Enschede for € 600,000 for tracking its citizens’ movements without…
Watch out! Android Flubot spyware is spreading fast
Using a proven method of text messages about missed deliveries, an old player on the Android malware stage has returned for…
Ransomware group threatens to leak information about police informants
UPDATE 12:12 PM Pacific Time, April 28: As of at least 9:40 AM Pacific Time, the Babuk ransomware gang removed any…
Bitcoin scammers phish for wallet recovery codes on Twitter
We’re no strangers to the Twitter customer support DM slide scam. This is where someone watches an organisation perform customer support…
Password manager hijacked to deliver malware in supply chain attack
In the latest example of a supply chain attack, cybercriminals delivered malware to customers of the business password manager Passwordstate by…
Zoom deepfaker fools politicians…twice
We recently said deepfakes “remain the weapon of choice for malign interference campaigns, troll farms, revenge porn, and occasionally humorous celebrity…