Image: Catalin Cimpanu Threat actors have discovered they can abuse the Google Chrome sync feature to send commands to infected …
Webdev tutorials site SitePoint discloses data breach
Image: SitePoint, ZDNet, Florian Olivo SitePoint, a website that provides access to a wealth of web development tutorials and books, …
Plex Media servers are being abused for DDoS attacks
Image: Citrix DDoS-for-hire services have found a way to abuse Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify distributed …
Android devices ensnared in DDoS botnet
Netlab, the networking security division of Chinese security firm Qihoo 360, said it discovered this week a new fledgling malware …
Mozilla expected to launch its VPN service in Germany and France in Q1 2021
Image: Mozilla, ZDNet, Jason Leung Mozilla is expected to expand its virtual private network (VPN) offering in Germany and France …
Ransomware gangs are abusing VMWare ESXi exploits to encrypt virtual hard disks
At least one major ransomware gang is abusing vulnerabilities in the VMWare ESXi product to take over virtual machines deployed …
Electronic health records provider Athena to pay $18m settlement in kickback lawsuit
Electronic health records (EHR) provider Athena has agreed to pay $18.25 million to settle claims the company was involved in …
Google deploys Chrome mitigations against new NAT Slipstreaming attack
Image: Samy Kamkar Google has blocked eight additional ports inside the Chrome web browser in order to prevent a new …
FonixCrypter ransomware gang releases master decryption key
Image: ZDNet The cybercrime group behind the FonixCrypter ransomware has announced today on Twitter that they’ve deleted the ransomware’s source …
Google bans another misbehaving CA from Chrome
Getty Images/iStockphoto Google intends to ban and remove support from Chrome for digital certificates issued by Spanish certificate authority (CA) Camerfirma, …