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Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama

Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 12 Jul 2024 388 Views

Ticket Heist fraud gang uses 700 domains to sell fake Olympics tickets

A large-scale fraud campaign with over 700 domain names is likely targeting Russian-speaking users looking to purchase tickets for the Summer Olympics in Paris.
Bleeping Computer 11 Jul 2024 528 Views

New Blast-RADIUS attack bypasses widely-used RADIUS authentication

Blast-RADIUS, an authentication bypass in the widely used RADIUS/UDP protocol, enables threat actors to breach networks and devices in man-in-the-middle MD5 collision attacks.
Bleeping Computer 10 Jul 2024 623 Views

Apple Geolocation API Exposes Wi-Fi Access Points Worldwide

Beyond the devices that use them, Wi-Fi hubs themselves can leak interesting data, thanks to some quirks in Apple's geolocation system.
Dark Reading 9 Jul 2024 611 Views

Avast releases free decryptor for DoNex ransomware and past variants

Antivirus company Avast have discovered a weakness in the cryptographic scheme of the DoNex ransomware family and released a decryptor so victims can recover their files for free. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 9 Jul 2024 660 Views

Notepad finally gets spellcheck, autocorrect for all Windows 11 users

Microsoft has finally released a spell check and autocorrect feature in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, forty-one years after the program was introduced in 1983. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 9 Jul 2024 647 Views

New Eldorado ransomware targets Windows, VMware ESXi VMs

A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called Eldorado emerged in March and comes with locker variants for VMware ESXi and Windows. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 5 Jul 2024 788 Views

Australian charged for ‘Evil Twin’ WiFi attack on plane

An Australian man was charged by Australia's Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting an 'evil twin' WiFi attack on various domestic flights and airports in Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide to steal other people's email or social media credentials.
Bleeping Computer 3 Jul 2024 1256 Views

Latest Intel CPUs impacted by new Indirector side-channel attack

Modern Intel processors, including chips from the Raptor Lake and the Alder Lake generations are susceptible to a new type of a high-precision Branch Target Injection (BTI) attack dubbed 'Indirector,' which could be used to steal sensitive information from the CPU. [...
Bleepingcomputer 2 Jul 2024 1248 Views

A new MOVEit vulnerability is igniting hacking attempts. Companies should patch ASAP

MOVEit, a popular file transfer platform used by thousands of companies and government entities, is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. [...]
ZDnet 28 Jun 2024 1985 Views