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Tuesday, 22 February 2022 08:18
Another Banking Trojan for Android is making the Rounds Through Google’s Play Store
Written by Sean Kalinich
Google has a bit of an issue with malware present in their Play Store as there are reports of another banking trojan targeting users of European banks. Currently, the malware called Xenomorph may have infected as many as 50,000 devices…
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Monday, 21 February 2022 10:55
Flaws, they’re not Just for Attackers Anymore as Researchers Find a way to Recover the Master Key for Hive Ransomware
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is an old saying that say, what someone can lock, someone else can unlock. This is usually used regarding attackers getting into a network or compromising protected data. It is not often applied to security researchers unlocking information encrypted…
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Monday, 21 February 2022 08:29
The Risks, the Crime, and the Illusions of Blockchain or Decentralized Networks.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Blockchain, the immutable public transaction log where many say the future lies and the concept of “code is law” is often bandied about. However, the bank ending utopian promise of block chain and web3.0 has not exactly arrived and it…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 10:12
Concerned about Android Tracking? You Can Remove your Ad ID in Android 12 and Up to Help with This
Written by Sean Kalinich
After Google talked about their response to Apple requiring user acceptance for cross app tracking on mobile devices, the internet sort of exploded with different articles about the pros and cons of each. We wrote about this 2 days ago…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 08:29
Linux has a New Local Privilege Escalation Bug in Snap-Confine
Written by Sean Kalinich
Linux has always had something of a mystique about it. Regardless of the distro (flavor) of Linux there simply certain misconception around Linux that are both entertaining and concerning. One of my all-time favorites was/is that it is a “hacker”…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 07:38
Microsoft to Require Microsoft Account for Windows 11 Pro Soon
Written by Sean Kalinich
Will someone tell Microsoft (again) that to lead in the industry means not just following the competition? They seem to have lost that message again as we are hearing that they will require a Microsoft account to set up and…
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:20
Trickbot Evolves as The Developers Target Customers of Multiple Financial Institutions
Written by Sean Kalinich
Researchers have identified Trickbot in use in campaigns targeting several financial institutions. These groups along with a few tech companies thrown in a predominantly in the US and appear to be using an evolved version of the malware to get…
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 08:14
Joint Advisory from the NSA, FBI and CISA Warns of Long-Term Attack by State Actors with Little Detail.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Life would not be the same without new popping up that one state level threat actor or another was attacking and compromising US defense contractors or other businesses linked to US national security and defense. The counties of origin for…
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 13:45
After Apple Unveils Privacy Features that Block Meta Tracking, Google Says they Can Do it Too
Written by Sean Kalinich
A couple of weeks ago Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced that they were losing money (to the tune of $10 Billion) due to changes in the way Apple mobile devices handle user tracking by apps. The move by Apple was…
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 12:57
Is Firefox Going away and Taking Privacy Options with It?
Written by Sean Kalinich
Firefox was once one of the leading “alternative” browsers on the internet. After the death of Netscape Firefox came along and offered people an alternative to the building Windows Internet Explorer and even to Safari on macOS. This trend continued…
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 08:13
Apache Cassandra Database Manager Patches an RCE Vulnerability
Written by Sean Kalinich
Apache and their open-source tools have gotten a lot of press lately. After the Lgo4Shell vulnerability in their Log4J tool, and the massive response from vendors and security organizations we are now learning that researchers have discovered a remote code…
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Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:30
Google Patches the First Zero-Day in Chrome for 2022
Written by Sean Kalinich
Google has announced the release of a new version of Chrome. The new version comes with fixes for eight vulnerabilities. Once of these vulnerabilities CVE-2022-0609, which is describes as a user-after-free vulnerability is already being exploited in the wild. This…
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Monday, 14 February 2022 12:07
Network Management Software from Moxa Has Five Critical Bugs that Could Allow for an RCE Attack
Written by Sean Kalinich
Management and a monitoring software are ubiquitous in the IT operation industry. They are force multipliers that allow for what are usually small teams to manage a large number of assets. By design they need to have elevated permission to…
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Monday, 14 February 2022 07:38
Hacking Groups that Plant Fake Evidence Identified in Trukey and India, Where Else are They?
Written by Sean Kalinich
SentinelOne’s threat team has been tracking a couple of threat groups with an unusual goal. These groups are not looking to steal money or get a ransom, instead they are looking to track, monitor and incriminate specific targets. The targets…
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Friday, 11 February 2022 12:40
Russia Shutters Four Marketplaces for Stolen Credit Cards on the Dark Web
Written by Sean Kalinich
The Dark Web (whispered in Letterkenny) is a playground for all kinds of illegal activity. One well traded item is Personal Information including Credit Card numbers. Due to the state of security in most organizations (Stuart!) there is no shortage…
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Friday, 11 February 2022 06:53
Linux Attacks and Malware on the Rise as the Workforce Shifts to Remote
Written by Sean Kalinich
The shift to services like AWS, GCP and more have meant that many organizations are also making a shift away from the Microsoft Windows platform and moving to a Linux centric environment and while this is a good move for…
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