Online retail giant Amazon has told employees this week to uninstall the TikTok mobile app from the smartphones they use …
Google bans stalkerware ads
Google announced plans this week to ban ads that promote stalkerware, spyware, and other forms of surveillance technology that can …
Google open-sources Tsunami vulnerability scanner
Google has open-sourced a vulnerability scanner for large-scale enterprise networks consisting of thousands or even millions of internet-connected systems. Named …
Free decryptor available for ThiefQuest ransomware victims
Image: Dinesh Devadoss Cyber-security firm SentinelOne has released today a free decryptor app that can help victims of the TiefQuest …
US Secret Service reports an increase in hacked managed service providers (MSPs)
The US Secret Service sent out a security alert last month to the US private sector and government organizations warning …
Infosec community disagrees with changing ‘black hat’ term due to racial stereotyping
The information security (infosec) community has angrily reacted today to calls to abandon the use of the ‘black hat’ and …
Hackers are trying to steal admin passwords from F5 BIG-IP devices
Hackers have started launching attacks against F5 BIG-IP networking devices, ZDNet has learned. Attacks have been spotted today by Rich …
F5 patches vulnerability that received a CVSS 10 severity score
Image: ZDNet F5 Networks, one of the world’s largest provider of enterprise networking gear, has published a security advisory this …
Sixteen Facebook apps caught secretly sharing data with third-parties
Image: Joshua Hoehne A team of academics has described this week a method that can help identify when Facebook app …
One out of every 142 passwords is ‘123456’
In one of the biggest password re-use studies of its kind, an analysis of more than one billion leaked credentials …