Facebook faces a US antitrust suit. Cyberespionage hits the European Medicines Agency, apparently looking for COVID-19 vaccine information. Emissary Panda is out and about. A simple ransomware campaign goes for success through volume. Stolen SQL databases are offered for sale back to their owners. React to the FireEye breach, but don’t over-react. We welcome ... Show More
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A beast by any other name. [Research Saturday]
Today we are joined by Brigid O Gorman, Senior Intelligence Analyst on Symantec Threat Hunter team, discussing their work on “GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses." GodDamn ransomware, the latest rebrand from the Hyadina group behind ... Show More
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Oct 2024
FBI suspects China-linked hackers accessed officials’ call logs and SMS messages, Brazil sues Meta and TikTok, and Sony pulled the plug on Concord
The FBI suspects China-linked hackers accessed officials’ call logs and SMS messages, Brazil sues Meta and TikTok for not protecting minors, and Sony pulled the plug on Concord and shut down Firewalk Studios. It's Wednesday, October 30th and this is Engadget News.
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Feb 2025
PP048: News Roundup – 5G Vulnerabilities Abound, CSRB Disbanded, Magic Packets Target Juniper Routers, and More
JJ and Drew catch you up on cybersecurity news including new research that uncovers a host of 5G/LTE vulnerabilities, the chain of breaches in a BeyondTrust attack that led to infiltration of the US Treasury Dept., and a lawsuit against LinkedIn alleging that data from paying cus ... Show More
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