The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to know which of the quantum computers now in development have the best chance of being game-changing technologies
Redmond hopes you’ve forgotten or got over why everyone hated it the first time After temporarily shelving its controversial Windows Recall feature amid a wave of backlash, Microsoft is back at it - now quietly slipping the screenshotting app into the Windows 11 Release Preview channel for Copilot+ PCs, signaling its near-readiness for general availability.…
Domain Controllers Commandeered to Distribute Malware, Warns MicrosoftRansomware hackers are hitting up Active Directory domain controllers to boost privileges within compromised networks, warns Microsoft. Nearly eight out of every 10 human-operated cyberattacks involves a breached domain controller. Securing the servers is a challenge.
2024 brought about countless new cybersecurity challenges including significant growth of the mobile threat landscape, according to Lookout. Threat actors, ranging from nation-states to individuals, are increasingly targeting mobile devices for the onset of their attacks to steal credentials and infiltrate the enterprise cloud in a pathway known as the modern kill chain. More than ever, organizations of every size across every industry must view mobile targeting as a canary in the coal mine – … More →
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Apple’s latest iOS 18.4 update has introduced a significant bug affecting dynamic symbol resolution on devices supporting Pointer Authentication Code (PAC). This issue, first observed by Fabien Perigaud, a noted reverse-engineering expert, has implications for applications relying on dynamic library loading and symbol resolution. The bug manifests when applications attempt to resolve symbols using the […]
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Google is secretly using its education products, including those used in many Bay Area schools, to identify students individually, track their online activity including sites they visit and links they click, and "steal" their personal data for profit, a lawsuit filed by California parents and others claims.
Incident Reporting Low, Government Study FindsRansomware attacks targeting U.K. organizations continued to rise last year concluded the British government despite a low reporting rate by victims. The findings come as the government is considering banning public sector organization from paying ransom and mandating incident reporting.
Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been accused of compromising the US healthcare organization's IT systems to ogle female clinicians using webcams at their workplace and at their homes.…
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Sources: hackers intercepted ~100 bank regulators' emails, 150K+ in total, for over a year at the US Treasury's OCC, which disclosed a breach on February 26 — - Attackers lurked within OCC email accounts since 2023 — Chinese state hackers previously targeted Treasury files