There’s no avoiding it: There’s malware out there for the Mac, and you have to be careful. That being said, groups of hackers have begun using fake software updates to distribute malware. Researchers have identified two new threat actors, TA2726 and TA2727, who are using web injection campaigns to deliver malware. The updates are often […]
As nifty as Apple’s USB-C protocol might be, a security researcher just exposed a potential security issue. The issue, if exploited, could allow for new iPhone jailbreaks as well as other security issues. Revealed at the 38th Chaos Communication Congress in December, with information only being revealed to the public in January, researcher Thomas Roth […]
Following up on last Wednesday’s story about the massive data leak that appears to have captured the personal data of everyone in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, the situation may be even worse than originally thought. The leak, which was originally estimated to have compromised about 2.7 billion records, and the data itself was hosted […]
This probably isn’t the news Microsoft wanted. Per security firm Cisco Talos, no less than six Microsoft applications contain security vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to “gain any privileges already granted to the affected Microsoft applications,” per a report by the security firm. The apps affected include Microsoft Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and […]
Per Restore Privacy, wireless carrier AT&T has had personal data stolen from some 70 million customer records, albeit the company has stated the data isn’t really from their subscribers. The data includes names, phone numbers, social security numbers, birth dates, and physical addresses. The hacker, named ShinyHunters, is trying to sell the database for $1 […]