Day: December 10, 2020

‘Fingerprint-Jacking’ Attack Technique Manipulates Android UI

Researchers explore fingerprint-jacking, a user interface-based attack that targets fingerprints scanned into Android apps. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Defending the Intelligent Edge from Evolving Attacks

Fortinet’s Aamir Lakhani discusses best practices for securing company data against next-gen threats, like edge access trojans (EATs). …read more Source:: Threatpost


Oracle fiscal Q2 revenue, profit top expectations on cloud subscriptions

The database giant said its subscriptions for Fusion and NetSuite was the star of the quarter. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Microsoft warns of ad-scamming, credential-stealing malware hitting Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Yandex browsers

Sophisticated campaign that’s been going on for months, we’re told On Thursday Microsoft warned that there’s an ongoing campaign to distribute malware that modifies web browsers to conduct credential theft and ad fraud.… …read more Source:: Register


The Macro Keyboard Is On Deck

The idea of a reconfigurable macro keyboard is a concept that has been iterated on by many all the way from custom DIY keypads to the polarizing TouchBar on MacBooks. The continual rise of cheap powerful microcontrollers with Wi-Fi and 3D printers makes rolling your own macro keyboard easier every year. [Dustin Watts] has joined…


Apple Shifts Leadership of Self-Driving Car Unit To AI Chief

Apple has moved its self-driving car unit under the leadership of top artificial intelligence executive John Giannandrea, who will oversee the company’s continued work on an autonomous system that could eventually be used in its own car, Bloomberg reports. From the report: The project, known as Titan, is run day-to-day by Doug Field. His team…


Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Targeted in EU Cyberattack

Threat actors accessed Pfizer vaccine documentation submitted to EU regulators in the latest cyberattack trying to profit off pandemic suffering. …read more Source:: Threatpost


‘Malwareless’ ransomware campaign operators pwned 83k victims’ MySQL servers, 250k databases up for sale

$500 a pop, $25k ‘earned’ and not much of a trace left, says Guardicore A “malwareless” ransomware campaign delivered from UK IP addresses targeting weak security controls around internet-facing SQL servers successfully pwned 83,000 victims, according to Israeli infosec biz Guardicore.… …read more Source:: Register


‘This Is a Bad Time to Build a High-End Gaming PC’

Joel Hruska, writing at ExtremeTech: It’s not just a question of whether top-end hardware is available, but whether midrange and last-gen hardware is selling at reasonable prices. If you want to go AMD, be aware that Ryzen 5000 CPUs are hard to find and the 6800 and 6800 XT are vanishingly rare. The upper-range Ryzen…


The best gifts for foodies in 2020 – CNET

A spread of gift ideas for those serious about eats. …read more Source:: CNet