The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint security advisory …
Free photos, graphics site Freepik discloses data breach impacting 8.3m users
Image: Freepik Company Freepik, a website dedicated to providing access to high-quality free photos and design graphics, has disclosed today …
University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gang
Image via University of Utah; Composition: ZDNet The University of Utah revealed today that it paid a ransomware gang $457,059 …
Experian South Africa discloses data breach impacting 24 million customers
Image: chunleizhao, Experian The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed a data breach on Wednesday. The …
Some email clients are vulnerable to attacks via ‘mailto’ links
A lesser-known technology known as “mailto” links can be abused to launch attacks on the users of email desktop clients. …
US Army report says many North Korean hackers operate from abroad
Image: zhushenje, ZDNet Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. …
US regulators settle with CenturyLink over anti-competition violations
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the settlement of anti-competition allegations made against CenturyLink in association with the …
Mac malware spreads through Xcode projects, abuses WebKit, Data Vault vulnerabilities
Xcode projects are being exploited to spread a form of Mac malware specializing in the compromise of Safari and other …
For six months, security researchers have secretly distributed an Emotet vaccine across the world
Image: CDC Most of the time, fighting malware is a losing game. Malware authors create their code, distribute payloads to …
FBI and NSA expose new Linux malware Drovorub, used by Russian state hackers
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now …