An advanced threat actor with an India nexus has been observed using multiple cloud service providers to facilitate credential harvesting, malware delivery, and command-and-control (C2). Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare is tracking the activity under the name SloppyLemming, which is also called Outrider Tiger and Fishing Elephant. “Between late 2022 to present, SloppyLemming
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Nation-state threat actors backed by Beijing broke into a “handful” of U.S. internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign orchestrated to glean sensitive information, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Salt Typhoon, which is also known as FamousSparrow […]
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Here’s one Googler’s story of discovering an unexpected and meaningful memory of his grandfather on Google Street View.
European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox privacy feature (enabled without consent) to track users’ online behavior. […]
Meta announced that it’s ending its direct peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom following a court’s ruling earlier this year that would oblige the tech firm to pay the telecom €20,000,000 to continue using its network. […]
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Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years. The tech giant said focusing on Safe Coding for new features not only reduces the […]
The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in 2024, representing a massive decrease of over 68% in five years. […]
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The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of a couple who recently lost more than $50,000 to an ongoing timeshare scam that spans at least […]
CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using “unsophisticated” methods like brute force attacks and default credentials. […]