The Other Virus Threat: Surge in COVID-Themed Cyberattacks
It may look like an email from a supervisor with an attachment on the new “work from home policy.” But it could be a cleverly…
Senate Votes to Renew Surveillance Powers, Delaying Changes
The U.S. Senate has voted to extend, rather than tweak, three surveillance powers that federal law enforcement officials use to fight terrorists, passing the bill…
Many Backdoors Found in Zyxel CloudCNM SecuManager Software
Researchers have discovered 16 types of vulnerabilities, including many backdoors, in Zyxel’s CloudCNM SecuManager network management software. The vendor has confirmed the flaws and says…
Coronavirus Campus Shutdowns Hit Some Groups Especially Hard
The kids are alright, except for the ones who are not.
Exclusive: Ricoh’s 360 Camera Division Spins Out to Form Vecnos
Vecnos wants to make 360-degree content mainstream, starting with its first compact and wand-like camera.
FireEye Spotted Over 500 New Malware Families in 2019
FireEye’s incident response division Mandiant observed more than 500 new malware families last year, the company revealed in its M-Trends 2020 report released this week….
Fidelis Adds Risk Simulation and MITRE ATT&CK Mapping to Elevate Platform
Fidelis Cybersecurity has announced a raft of enhancements to its Fidelis Elevate platform, which comprises a network product, an endpoint product, and a deception product….
F-Secure Patches Old AV Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability addressed by F-Secure in some of its business products could have been exploited to bypass their scanning engine using malformed archives. read more
Flaws in Accusoft ImageGear Expose Users to Remote Attacks
Critical vulnerabilities addressed in the Accusoft ImageGear library could be exploited by remote attackers to execute code on a victim machine, Cisco Talos’ security researchers…
Turn Your Ikea Frekvens Gear Into a Boombox—or a Chicken
The new collection, a collaboration with Teenage Engineering, has its own set of 3D-printable accessories.
Google Shared Private Videos With Wrong Users
A bug in the Google Takeout download service has resulted in some users’ videos being inadvertently shared with other people. read more
Twitter Moves to Curb Manipulated Content Including ‘Deepfakes’
Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to curb the spread of manipulated content including “deepfake” videos as part of a move to fight misinformation which could…