Chinese Engineer Charged in U.S. for Years-Long Cyber Espionage Targeting NASA and Military

A Chinese national has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of conducting a “multi-year” spear-phishing campaign to obtain unauthorized access to computer software and source code created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), research universities, and private companies. Song Wu, 39, has been charged with 14 counts of wire fraud and 14 […]

Documentary chronicles challenges faced by Ukrainian game studio

Very few, if any, game studios have as many challenges as GSC Game World did while trying to finish a long-awaited sequel. “War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2” is a documentary focused on the Ukrainian-based team and how they’ve overcome obstacle after obstacle, including working in a warzone and moving studios across countries. Variety […]

Scam ‘Funeral Streaming’ Groups Thrive on Facebook

Scammers are flooding Facebook with groups that purport to offer video streaming of funeral services for the recently deceased. Friends and family who follow the links for the streaming services are then asked to cough up their credit card information. Recently, these scammers have branched out into offering fake streaming services for nearly any kind […]

Fundamentals of Cloud Security Stress Testing

Originally published by Pentera.“Defenders think in lists, attackers think in graphs” said John Lambert from Microsoft, distilling the fundamental difference in mindset between those who defend IT systems and those who try to compromise them.The traditional approach for defenders is to list security gaps directly related to their assets in the network and eliminate as […]

North Korean Hackers Target Energy and Aerospace Industries with New MISTPEN Malware

A North Korea-linked cyber-espionage group has been observed leveraging job-themed phishing lures to target prospective victims in energy and aerospace verticals and infect them with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MISTPEN. The activity cluster is being tracked by Google-owned Mandiant under the moniker UNC2970, which it said overlaps with a threat group known as TEMP.Hermit, […]

Chrome Introduces One-Time Permissions and Enhanced Safety Check for Safer Browsing

Google has announced that it’s rolling out a new set of features to its Chrome browser that gives users more control over their data when surfing the internet and protects against online threats. “With the newest version of Chrome, you can take advantage of our upgraded Safety Check, opt out of unwanted website notifications more […]