July 22, 2022 There’s no shortage of tools offered on the internet to help people solve problems. But some are really malware. According to researchers at Dragos, one is password cracking software for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), Human-Machine more...
July 22, 2022 Microsoft has enabled the Account Lockout Policy by default in Windows 11. The security measure will automatically lock user accounts (including Administrator accounts) after 10 failed login attempts for 10 minutes. This enables Microsoft to more...
July 22, 2022 Google Search and Drive erroneously marks links to research papers and websites of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as malware. Google Search results for the ACM website, ACM Digital Library research papers, and contact more...
July 22, 2022 Apple has released essential updates for all of its products, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch, Macs and even Apple TV. Apple released the iOS 15.6 update for iPhone and iPadOS 15.6 for iPad. WatchOS 8.7 more...
July 22, 2022 Five-character passwords allegedly good enough for some firms, PayPal used by scammers and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday July 22nd., 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. A number more...
July 21, 2022 A lot of infosec professionals believe cybersecurity vendors torque the capabilities of their products, a new survey suggests. 75 % of respondents surveyed either agreed or strongly agreed when asked if they feel security technology more...
July 21, 2022 Governments and regulators have to do more to counter groups and individuals behind ransomware attacks, says a group representing global insurance companies. The recommendation is one of several made in a report on ransomware and more...
July 21, 2022 A new ransomware named Luna was discovered by Kaspersky security researchers via a dark web ransomware forum. Luna can be used to encrypt devices running Windows, Linux and ESXi systems. The ransomware is very simple more...
July 21, 2022 The U.S. Department of Justice has seized US$500,000 worth of Bitcoin from suspected North Korean hackers. According to Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, the successful recovery of funds was made possible thanks to a more...
July 21, 2022 Some 89% of the 2,000 IT experts surveyed in a new report by Freshworks say they waste time working with bloatware every week. Bloatware is considered unwanted software. 44% of IT experts also say they more...
