Malware-Free Cyberattacks Are On the Rise; Here’s How to Detect Them
Last year, 71% of enterprise breaches were pulled off quietly, with legitimate tools, research shows.
2023
Effects of the Hive Ransomware Group Takedown
Despite some success in limiting damage from Hive, there's no time to relax security vigilance.
Google’s New Two-Factor Authentication Isn’t End-to-End Encrypted, Tests Show
A new two-factor authentication tool from Google isn’t end-to-end encrypted, which could expose users to significant security risks, a test…
TikTok Adds AI Avatar Generation Feature
TikTok’s greatest innovation was its ability to capture our attention spans, and the addictive social media platform is trying to…
Galactic Collisions Could Be the Source of Quasars
A team of astrophysicists say quasars, some of the most brilliant phenomena in the universe, are likely caused by collisions…
UK Blocks $68.7 Billion Microsoft Activision Blizzard Deal
On Wednesday, UK regulators torpedoed Microsoft’s planned $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying the deal wouldn’t help anybody but…
Mysterious Near-Earth Asteroid Phaethon Just Got Even Weirder
A comet-like asteroid has been flaunting a tail of material as it approaches the Sun. But unlike its cometary counterparts,…
These Failed Missions to the Moon Remind Us That Space Is Hard
For millennia, our species looked at the Moon as a place that would forever be beyond our reach, but 20th-century…
Charming Kitten’s New BellaCiao Malware Discovered in Multi-Country Attacks
The prolific Iranian nation-state group known as Charming Kitten targeted multiple victims in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and…
San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office Goes Back to Radios After Ransomware Attack
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department was recently hit with a cyberattack that forced deputies to go back to radios…