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Tuesday, 08 March 2022 09:43
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Found in 150 Devices Spanning Multiple Industries Dubbed Access 7
Written by Sean Kalinich
Supply chain attacks are always a concern when it comes to device manufacture and distribution. If an attacker can compromise a part of the supply or management chain, they can affect a large part of the market with relatively minimal…
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Tuesday, 08 March 2022 07:52
Google Announces Plans to Buy Mandiant for $5.4 Billion in Cash
Written by Sean Kalinich
In early February, rumors about a potential acquisition of Mandiant by Microsoft started to circle the internet. The response was not positive with many feeling that it was allowing the fox to run the chicken coop. Although unpopular the rumor…
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Monday, 07 March 2022 12:19
Samsung Confirms Breach and Theft of Source Code
Written by Sean Kalinich
Earlier today we reported that the same group that hit NVIDIA and stole source code along with employee logins also hit Samsung and stole around 190GB of source code data related to how galaxy mobile devices operate. The data, according…
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Monday, 07 March 2022 09:58
Firefox Users Urged to Update to Version 97.0.2 over two Use After free Vulnerabilities Found Exploited in the Wild
Written by Sean Kalinich
Mozilla is urging users to update to the latest version of Firefox after two vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26486) have been found to be actively exploited in the wild. Both vulnerabilities are listed as use-after-free vulnerabilities. This type of vulnerability relies…
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Monday, 07 March 2022 08:40
Samsung Might be the Next Victim of the Same Group that Hacked NVIDIA
Written by Sean Kalinich
The Lapsus$ group, the same ones that broke into NVIDIA and Stole corporate data and had their attack VM encrypted, appear to have also broken into Samsung. Lapsus$ has leaked what they claim to be source code for several sensitive…
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Monday, 07 March 2022 08:09
New Banking Malware in the Google Play Store Impersonates Mobile Antimalware App
Written by Sean Kalinich
As mobile devices continue to be a focus for attackers, we are hearing that there is new banking malware in the Google Play Store. The new malware belongs to a the SharkBot family and, according to researchers, is also a…
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Thursday, 03 March 2022 09:50
Large numbers of Medical IoT Devices are Vulnerable to Attack According to Unit 42
Written by Sean Kalinich
IoT devices in general are the bane of most security teams. Typically, they lack basic security features and are complicated at best to keep patched. Much of this is due to the process needed to patch them and the rest…
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Thursday, 03 March 2022 06:48
NVIDIA Confirms Breach as Details Show up Around what the Attackers Took
Written by Sean Kalinich
In one of the “odder” breaches that we have covered, NVIDIA has confirmed it was the victim of a breach that resulted in the loss of data. Information about the breach first crossed our paths about a week ago, but…
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 09:54
1, 2, 3, 4… I Think I see a Hacker War. Just as Anonymous Declares Cyberwar on Russia, Conti Declares Cyberwar Back
Written by Sean Kalinich
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has given an insight into how modern warfare is carried out on a strategic level. We have seen how Russia used malware and specific cyber attacks to interrupt communications and to potentially wipe critical data.…
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 08:21
More Banking Malware Slips by the Protections in the Google Play Store, Meet TeaBot
Written by Sean Kalinich
Banking malware for mobile devices is on the rise thanks to the ubiquitous use of mobile apps for personal financial tracking and transactions. This move was almost certain to attract threat actors like a moth to a porchlight. When given…
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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 10:36
Microsoft Says that Reset My PC Option Does not Work as Expected Due to a Bug
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that Microsoft shares an issue that is a bit like one that can happen in mobile devices. When you reset your device on an Android Device and you have accounts that sync data with their own internal folders,…
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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 07:40
High Fraudulent Transaction Rates Combined with Volatility Led to Steam Dropping Crypto as a Payment Form in 2017
Written by Sean Kalinich
As the Steam Deck is starting to get to people that have ordered them questions about Steam’s place in Web3 and recent moves around NFTs come up in conversation. Steam, Valve’s distribution arm has been seen as a one of…
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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 06:55
Elon Musk Brings Starlink Internet to Ukraine as Russian Invasion Continues
Written by Sean Kalinich
Warfare has changed little over its centuries of existence. The tools have changes, the arenas have moved from two dimensions to 3, but the concepts and execution area basically the same. You need to not only assault and occupy ground,…
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Monday, 28 February 2022 10:30
Research shows that Meta is not Ready for the Metaverse.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Last year a group call Centre for Countering Digital Hate reviewed interactions in the Metaverse. The results of their checkup were not encouraging as they encountered 100 potential violations of Meta’s policies in the span of only 11.5 hours. The…
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Monday, 28 February 2022 08:23
Companies Prepare for Attacks as Sanctions Hit and as Russia is Blocked from SWIFT Banking System over Ukraine Invasion
Written by Sean Kalinich
US and other Western Organizations are preparing for potential cyber attacks from Russia, especially banks after a new wave of sanctions went into effect that included blocking the banks from the SWIFT system and freezing Russian assets. The goal of…
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Monday, 28 February 2022 07:01
Malware Found in Microsoft Store Gaming Apps Could Hijack Social Media Accounts
Written by Sean Kalinich
App Stores have been around for a while and pretty much everyone has one. Although they started off in the mobile device world, they quickly were bolted on to the other areas. As their usage has grown attackers have found…
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