Infecting mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria has reduced the insect’s ability to spread dengue fever by 77% in a trial, scientists have said. The Wolbachia bacteria persists in the mosquito population meaning the intervention only has to be done once to give a community protection from dengue for many years, the lead researcher on the project,…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service With Nonstop Cryptocurrency Paydays, No Wonder Extortionists Love Ransomware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 10, 2021 Ransom note for a REvil – aka Sodinokibi – ransomware infection (Source: Cisco Talos) Is it any wonder that criminals keep flocking to ransomware when their individual haul…
Beryl Voss is 88-years-old and is still very active – going hiking on a regular basis and volunteering twice a week at a food hall to help people who are hungry. She is also part of a study to find out why people like her have aged well and what scientists can learn from her….
Intel issued 29 security alerts to correct some severe bios firmware flaws for Intel processors, as well as in its Bluetooth products, the NUC Mini PC line, and in its own security library. Jerry Bryant, Intel’s senior director of communications, says the company is investigating these issues internally through its own security teams, as well…
Credit: Dreamstime Malware attacks against cloud containers are nothing new, but these attacks have primarily focused on Linux deployments because they are the most common and where containers were born. Now, attackers are targeting Docker deployments on Windows, and researchers have found a new malware program designed to escape from Windows Server Containers and infect…
In a press release, the US Department of Justice declared it had charged a Latvian woman for her part in reportedly creating and deploying the Trickbot malware, which infected millions of devices, targeting schools, healthcare institutions, public utilities, and governments. The agency claims that Alla Witte was part of a criminal organization known as the…
Bain and Crosspoint Capital acquire ExtraHop in $900M deal | IT Security News 8. June 2021 This article has been indexed from Security – VentureBeat Bain Capital Private Equity and Crosspoint Capital Partners have agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm ExtraHop in a deal worth $900 million. Like this: Like Loading… Related Tags: Security – VentureBeat…
Detroit: The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $US11 million ($14.2 million) to hackers who broke into its computer system forcing the closure of meat processing plants in the United States and Australia. Last week Brazil-based JBS said it was the victim of a ransomware attack, but this is the…
Joe Biden last night declared “America is back” as he arrived in Britain for his first trip abroad as US president. The US president also declared that he wanted to see Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, face-to-face to “let him know what I want him to know.
The Biden administration last week expanded a Trump-era list of Chinese companies that Americans can’t invest in because of purported links to the Chinese military and surveillance. Companies on the list include telecom equipment maker Huawei and Chinese oil company China National Offshore Oil Corp. On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill that aims to…
