To tap or not to tap: Are NFC payments safer?
Contactless payments are quickly becoming ubiquitous – but are they more secure than traditional payment methods?
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Friday Squid Blogging: Influencer Accidentally Posts Restaurant Table QR Ordering Code
Another rare security + squid story: The woman—who has only been identified by her surname, Wang—was having a meal with…
Bypassing major EDRs using Pool Party process injection techniques
Researchers devised a novel attack vector for process injection, dubbed Pool Party, that evades EDR solutions. Researchers from cybersecurity firm…
Founder of Bitzlato exchange has pleaded for unlicensed money transmitting
Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded in a money-laundering scheme. Anatoly Legkodymov (41) (aka Anatolii…
New Bluetooth Attack
New attack breaks forward secrecy in Bluetooth. Three. news articles. The vulnerability has been around for at least a decade.
Android barcode scanner app exposes user passwords
An Android app with over 100k Google Play downloads and a 4.5-star average rating has let an open instance go…
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Russia-linked APT8 exploited Outlook zero-day to target European NATO members
Russia-linked group APT28 exploited Microsoft Outlook zero-day to target European NATO members, including a NATO Rapid Deployable Corps. Palo Alto…
UK and US expose Russia Callisto Group’s activity and sanction members
The UK NCSC and Microsoft warned that Russia-linked threat actor Callisto Group is targeting organizations worldwide. The UK National Cyber…
A cyber attack hit Nissan Oceania
Japanese carmaker Nissan announced it has suffered a cyberattack impacting the internal systems at Nissan Oceania. Nissan Oceania, the regional…