Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war on the battlefield has been accompanied by cyber attacks. Those…
Month: March 2022
A week in security (March 21 – 27)
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Tech support fraud is still very much alive, says latest FBI report
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its annual report. In 2021, IC3 continued to receive a record number…
Update now! Google releases emergency patch for Chrome zero-day used in the wild
Google has urgedits 3 billion+ users to update to Chrome version 99.0.4844.84 for Mac, Windows, and Linux to mitigate a zero-day that…
Telling stories securely, with Runa Sandvik: Lock and Code S03E07
In 2017, a former NSA contractor named Reality Winner was arrested for allegedly leaking an internal report to the online news…
Update now! Many HP printers affected by three critical security vulnerabilities
In two security advisories, HP has alerted users to the existence of security vulnerabilities in several of its printer models. In…
Elden Ring exploit traps players in infinite death loop
Back in January, we wrote about how the Dark Souls games had their online components switched offfor PC gamers. This is…
Anti-war open-source software developer targets Russians and Belarussians with “protestware”
Russia is in the midst of its fourth week of attack against Ukraine. People worldwide have been increasingly and passionately showing…
[updated]Okta admits 366 customers may have been impacted by LAPSUS$ breach
Through its usual means of communication, its Telegram channel, the LAPSUS$ group has posted screenshots of what appears to be superuser…
A new rootkit comes to an ATM near you
It’s not unusual to hear about malware created to affect automated teller machines (ATMs). Malware can be plantedat the ATM’s PC…