Malware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages
Malware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages
Description: Microsoft has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities which affect several Microsoft products or components. The list of security updates can be found at: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-us/releaseNote/2021-Aug Reports indicated that an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 and some versions of Windows Server (CVE-2021-36948) is being actively exploited and multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows…
Credit: 105074399 © Ihor Svetiukha | Dreamstime.com The NSW Department of Education has been hit by a cyber attack, with a number of internal systems being deactivated as a precautionary measure. The internal systems have been made unavailable since late Wednesday, with NSW Education secretary Georgina Harrisson claiming the shutdown was in an attempt to…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:55 — 38.3MB) | Embed Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sarah Tatsis of the firm BlackBerry about her 20-year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping…
A new Android Trojan codenamed FlyTrap has hit at least 140 countries since March 2021 and has spread to over 10,000 victims through social media hijacking, third-party app stores, and sideloaded applications. Zimperium’s zLabs mobile threat research teams recently found several previously undetected applications using Zimperium’s z9 malware engine and on-device detection. Following their forensic…
Breach Notification , Incident & Breach Response , Security Operations Employee and Customer Information Compromised in January Attack; ICO Investigating Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 23, 2021 The Fat Face store inside the Putney Exchange shopping center in London (Photo: Edward Hands via Wikimedia Commons) British clothing and accessories retailer Fat Face…
Germany has blamed Russia for a cyber attack on politicians just weeks before its general election. Berlin said it had “reliable information” that Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was behind the attack. The German Foreign Ministry said hackers had tried to steal email passwords from lawmakers in what may have been an attempt at election…