Search ads abused to spread malware – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Threat actors used search engine ads to impersonate makers of popular software and direct internet users to malicious websites The…
2023
Google Translate Helps BEC Groups Scam Companies in Any Language
BEC gangs Midnight Hedgehog and Mandarin Capybara show how online marketing and translation tools are making it easy for these…
Learning Sign Language for The Last of Us
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Check Point Boosts AppSec Focus With CNAPP Enhancements
Established network security players like Check Point are responding to the shift to cloud-native applications, which have exposed more vulnerabilities…
Novel Spy Group Targets Telecoms in ‘Precision-Targeted’ Cyberattacks
The primary victims so far have been employees of telcos in the Middle East, who were hit with custom backdoors…
NASA Images a Weirdly Long Asteroid
Six radar observations made of an asteroid swinging by our planet have revealed an unusually oblong space rock. The object…
Apocalyptic Horror Friend of the World Asks: What’s the Price of Survival?
When the world ends, as it no doubt will someday, would it be better to survive and try to rebuild,…
New Protections for Food Benefits Stolen by Skimmers
Millions of Americans receiving food assistance benefits just earned a new right that they can’t yet enforce: The right to…
IBM CEO Says It’s a ‘Good Thing’ if AI Takes Your Job
Once, IBM was the world leader in AI, trotting out robots to face off against chess grand masters and Jeopardy!…
Not Stoked: Burton Snowboards’ Online Orders Disrupted After Cyberattack
The snow sports specialist is investigating to see what caused the operations-disrupting “cyber incident.”