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FBI warns of major ransomware attacks as criminals go “big-game hunting”

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Enlarge / Big-time criminals have come to play in the ransomware game, taking down “big game” for big bucks. The FBI has issued a public service announcement entitled “High Impact Ransomware Attacks Threaten US Businesses and Organizations.” While the announcement doesn’t provide any details of specific attacks, the Bureau warns in the announcement: Ransomware attacks […]

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US wants Facebook to backdoor WhatsApp and halt encryption plans

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Extreme closeup photo of a hand holding a smartphone using WhatsApp. Attorney General William Barr plans to once again make his case against end-to-end encryption for the masses, this time in a public call for Facebook to ensure that law enforcement can decrypt messages when investigating terrorists, child abusers, and other criminals. Barr, along with

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Attackers exploit 0-day vulnerability that gives full control of Android phones

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Attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Google’s Android mobile operating system that can give them full control of at least 18 different phone models, including four different Pixel models, a member of Google’s Project Zero research group said on Thursday night. There’s evidence the vulnerability is being actively exploited, either by exploit developer NSO

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Microsoft says Iranian hackers tried to hack a US presidential campaign

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Hackers backed by the Iranian government recently tried to hack email accounts used by the campaign of a US presidential candidate, a Microsoft official said on Friday. The “Phosphorous” hackers, as Microsoft has named the group, targeted the unidentified campaign by attempting to access email accounts campaign staff received through Microsoft cloud services. Rather than

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The broken record: Why Barr’s call against end-to-end encryption is nuts

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Enlarge / The US, UK, and Australia want Facebook to hold off on end-to-end encrypting Messenger until they have a way to inject themselves into the conversation. picture alliance / Getty Images Here we go again. US Attorney General William Barr is leading a charge to press Facebook and other Internet services to terminate end-to-end

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Egypt used Google Play in spy campaign targeting its own citizens, researchers say

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Enlarge / Indexy was removed from Google Play after Check Point researchers discovered it was being used in a campaign to spy on Egyptian citizens. Check Point Technologies Hackers with likely ties to Egypt’s government used Google’s official Play Store to distribute spyware in a campaign that targeted journalists, lawyers, and opposition politicians in that

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Google adds password “checkup” into Web account password manager

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Enlarge / Some people need Password Checkup more than others. Back in February, Google introduced a Chrome extension called Password Checkup—a plug-in that tapped into Google’s collection of account breach data and warned users of exposed passwords. Now, Google has directly integrated Password Checkup into its password manager, allowing users to check passwords from within

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Former Yahoo engineer admits using his access to steal users’ sexual images

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Enlarge / A sign outside a Yahoo corporate building in Los Angeles. A former Yahoo software engineer has pleaded guilty to hacking into thousands of users’ accounts in search of sexually explicit images and videos and other types of private data. Reyes Daniel Ruiz on Monday admitted to using his access as a Yahoo engineer

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Webkit zero-day exploit besieges Mac and iOS users with malvertising redirects

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Enlarge / Artist’s impression of a malicious hacker coding up a BlueKeep-based exploit. Attackers have bombarded the Internet with more than 1 billion malicious ads in less than two months. The attackers targeted iOS and macOS users with what were zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Safari browsers that were recently patched, researchers said on Monday.

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Unpatchable bug in millions of iOS devices exploited, developer claims

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Enlarge / Devices as recent as the iPhone X, based on Apple’s A11 chip, are claimed to be vulnerable to a new boot ROM attack revealed today. SOPA Images / Getty Images Today, an iOS security researcher who earlier developed software to “jailbreak” older Apple iOS devices posted a new software tool that he claims

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