The U.S. government on Thursday published a new cybersecurity advisory warning of North Korean threat actors’ attempts to send emails in a manner that makes them appear like they are from legitimate and trusted parties. The joint bulletin was published by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of State. “The
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Google on Thursday announced that passkeys are being used by over 400 million Google accounts, authenticating users more than 1 billion times over the past two years. “Passkeys are easy to use and phishing resistant, only relying on a fingerprint, face scan or a pin making them 50% faster than passwords,” Heather Adkins, vice president of security engineering […]
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HPE Aruba Networking (formerly Aruba Networks) has released security updates to address critical flaws impacting ArubaOS that could result in remote code execution (RCE) on affected systems. Of the 10 security defects, four are rated critical in severity – CVE-2024-26304 (CVSS score: 9.8) – Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the L2/L3 Management Service Accessed via
Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for selling $100 million worth of counterfeit Cisco network equipment to government, health, education, and military organizations worldwide. […]
Bitwarden, the creator of the popular open-source password manager, has just launched a new authenticator app called Bitwarden Authenticator, which is available for iOS and Android devices. […]
CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping. […]
Sony’s latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia 1 VI, is set to launch on May 17th. We’ve managed to get exclusive details ahead of the official reveal, and while it appears to be a modest upgrade, there are still exciting updates in store. Camera: Triple Rear Setup The Xperia 1 VI boasts a triple rear camera […]
Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of scam calls daily. […]
An update to the Xbox system introduces an improved Wi-Fi network management feature. This feature now allows users to store connection details for up to 10 different wireless networks. Take an note LG TVs. Users can now save the SSID (network name) and password for up to 10 Wi-Fi networks on their Xbox console. The Xbox can be configured to remember the currently connected Wi-Fi network in […]