CoinVault Ransomware Authors Sentenced to 240 Hours of Community Service – Info CCrime
Almost three years after the arrest of two young Dutch brothers, who pleaded guilty to their involvement in creating and distributing CoinVault…
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Sextortion Scam Luring Victims in with Breached Passwords – Don’t Pay! – Info CCrime
If you haven’t been targeted already, you might have at least heard about the latest “sextortion scam” that surfaced a couple weeks ago. I’ve been…
Titan Security Keys – Google launches its own USB-based FIDO U2F Keys – Info CCrime
At Google Cloud Next '18 convention in San Francisco, the company has introduced Titan Security Keys—a tiny USB device, similar to Yubico's YubiKey,…
Senator calls on US Government to start killing Adobe Flash now – Info CCrime
Security-conscious IT administrators around the globe know that they shouldn’t really have Adobe Flash in their organisation.
For years, researchers…
Malicious Software Packages Found On Arch Linux User Repository – Info CCrime
Yet another incident which showcases that you should not explicitly trust user-controlled software repositories.One of the most popular Linux…
U.S. Senators Ask FTC to Launch Privacy Investigation of Smart TVs – Info CCrime
Two United States Senators asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the privacy policies and practices of smart TV manufacturers.
In…
Breaking into InfoSec: A Beginners Curriculum – Info CCrime
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Two New Spectre-Class CPU Flaws Discovered—Intel Pays $100K Bounty – Info CCrime
Intel has paid out a $100,000 bug bounty for new processor vulnerabilities that are related to Spectre variant one (CVE-2017-5753).The new…
How the Federal Government Is Working to Improve Its Cybersecurity Workforce – Info CCrime
On the heels of last month’s White House reorganization plan, the state of cybersecurity careers within the government is changing. In part, this plan…
Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in U.K. Over Cambridge Analytica Leak – Info CCrime
Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. after the country's data protection watchdog concluded that its data-sharing scandal broke…