Microsoft warns of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting aerospace and travel organizations with multiple remote access trojans (RATs) deployed using a new and stealthy malware loader. “In the past few months, Microsoft has been tracking a dynamic campaign targeting the aerospace and travel sectors with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then…
MSI Afterburner is one of the most reliable programs for overclocking GPUs. Using Afterburner you can set clock speeds for the GPU and memory, adjust the voltage, and monitor the temperature of the card. In a nutshell, Afterburner allows users to run a GPU at its full potential. In addition to MSI Graphics cards, Afterburner…
An emergency alert from enterprise security firm Rapid7 notes that its systems were affected during the recent cyberattack on Codecov’s supply chain, a tool for code test analysis. The company confirmed that a set of sensitive data from its customers was compromised due to the attack. In its message, Rapid7 notes that a small subset…
There is a bigger context to the current hostilities between Israel and Gaza, the political analyst and former spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, Nour Odeh, has said. She told BBC World News: “We have to look at the wider picture. We cannot just say that Hamas needs to stop firing rockets. We have to ask…
A premature ceasefire will not solve the problem, the senior adviser to the Israeli prime minister says.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have issued an alert about an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign that is affecting organizations across a wide range of industries in the United States and across the world. Avaddon ransomware associates are attempting to breach the networks of manufacturing, healthcare, and…
LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Royal Mail announces a trial of autonomous drones to deliver packages remotely from the mainland UK to the Isles of Scilly Tesla suspends the option to purchase its vehicles using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk…
Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security Researcher: If Exploited, an Attacker at Close Range Could Inject Malicious Code Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 14, 2021 A Belgian security researcher says he uncovered vulnerabilities that affect all modern Wi-Fi security protocols and most wirelessly connected devices, including smartphones,…
Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, has expressed her concern about the ongoing violence between Jewish and Israeli-Arab mobs in the country. “Jerusalem is a city of peace and a city of co-existence,” she told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur. “What we have seen this week is actually the result of a horrible incitement of…
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Affiliate-Driven Ransomware-as-a-Service Operations Keep Generating Big Profits Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 11, 2021 Statements posted to DarkSide’s data leak site “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” See Also: Live Webinar | Software Security: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive That immortal…
