Day: July 6, 2021

Researchers Learn From Nation-State Attackers’ OpSec Mistakes

Security researchers discuss how a series of simple and consistent mistakes helped them learn more about ITG18, better known as Charming Kitten. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Russian State Hackers Breached Republican National Committee

Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week, around the time a Russia-linked criminal group unleashed a massive ransomware attack, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. From the report: The government hackers were part of a group known as APT 29 or Cozy Bear,…


Cisco announces Webex for Defense, built specifically for the Pentagon

Webex for Defense comes about a month after Cisco debuted a revamped version of the collaboration suite and gives Cisco the opportunity to tout its security capabilities. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Here comes Microsoft’s Cloud PC virtualization service

Microsoft’s ‘Cloud PC’ desktop virtualization service seems to be on tap to debut the week of July 12, which is the week of Microsoft’s annual Inspire partner conference. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Kaspersky Password Manager’s random password generator was about as random as your wall clock

Could be brute-forced due to design blunders, according to infosec outfit Last year, Kaspersky Password Manager (KPM) users got an alert telling them to update their weaker passwords. Now we’ve found out why that happened.… …read more Source:: Register


Biden Sets Up Tech Showdown With ‘Right-to-Repair’ Rules for FTC

President Joe Biden will direct the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to draft new rules aimed at stopping manufacturers from limiting consumers’ ability to repair products at independent shops or on their own, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the plan. From the report: While the agency will ultimately decide the size and scope…


No, Open Source Audacity Audio Editor Is Not ‘Spyware’

Over the Fourth of July weekend, a number of news outlets, including Slashdot, ran stories warning that the free and open-source audio editor Audacity may now be classified as spyware due to recent updates to its privacy policy. Ars Technica’s Jim Salter looked into these claims and found that that is not the case. An…


Android Apps in Google Play Harvest Facebook Credentials

The apps all used an unusual tactic of loading a legitimate Facebook page as part of the data theft. …read more Source:: Threatpost


China Aerospace Investment Holdings chairman in custody after two academics assaulted

Boffins in hospital, official goes to work as normal until social media blows up The head of China Aerospace Investment Holdings has been taken into police custody after a video showing two senior scientists being attacked went viral on China’s microblogging site Weibo and TenCent’s WeChat last week.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


TikTok is Taking the Book Industry By Storm, and Retailers Are Taking Notice

An anonymous reader shares a report: Author Adam Silvera four years ago released the young adult science fiction novel “They Both Die at the End,” which found success and landed a few weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. But years later in August 2020, Silvera said his publisher noticed a significant sales bump,…