Monthly Archives: July 2024

Bridging the Gap: How to Ensure Seamless Collaboration Between Security & Development Teams

Written by Urvi Mehta, ArmorCode.In today’s interconnected digital landscape, software serves as the backbone, driving the evolution of increasingly sophisticated applications. While this evolution fuels progress and exciting features, it also creates a vast playground for cyber threats. Simple, standalone programs are a thing of the past; today’s applications are intricate ecosystems with interconnected parts […]

5 Key Questions CISOs Must Ask Themselves About Their Cybersecurity Strategy

Events like the recent massive CDK ransomware attack – which shuttered car dealerships across the U.S. in late June 2024 – barely raise public eyebrows anymore.  Yet businesses, and the people that lead them, are justifiably jittery. Every CISO knows that cybersecurity is an increasingly hot topic for executives and board members alike. And when […]

Experts Warn of Mekotio Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Countries

Financial institutions in Latin America are being threatened by a banking trojan called Mekotio (aka Melcoz). That’s according to findings from Trend Micro, which said it recently observed a surge in cyber attacks distributing the Windows malware. Mekotio, known to be actively put to use since 2015, is known to target Latin American countries like […]

Akool AI Review: Can It Generate Premium Results?

After using the platform to generate images and videos for a week, I decided to write this Akool AI review to show you how it performs. It also offers a face-swapping feature (spoiler alert: it isn’t the best one) and a few extra features that I’ll discuss as well. The app’s true power is in […]

Critical Unpatched Flaws Disclosed in Popular Gogs Open-Source Git Service

Four unpatched security flaws, including three critical ones, have been disclosed in the Gogs open-source, self-hosted Git service that could enable an authenticated attacker to breach susceptible instances, steal or wipe source code, and even plant backdoors. The vulnerabilities, according to SonarSource researchers Thomas Chauchefoin and Paul Gerste, are listed below – CVE-2024-39930 (CVSS

Apple Removes VPN Apps from Russian App Store Amid Government Pressure

Apple removed a number of virtual private network (VPN) apps in Russia from its App Store on July 4, 2024, following a request by Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, Russian news media reported. This includes the mobile apps of 25 VPN service providers, including ProtonVPN, Red Shield VPN, NordVPN and Le VPN, according to MediaZona. […]