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Amer Owaida • 08 Jul 2021 • 2 min. read
Digital Security
Microsoft issues patch to fix PrintNightmare zero-day bug
Ransomware
Ransomware: To pay or not to pay? Legal or illegal? These are the questions …
Ransomware, Business Security
Kaseya supply-chain attack: What we know so far
The out-of-band update fixes a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Print Spooler service
Amer Owaida • 08 Jul 2021
Caught between a rock and a hard place, many ransomware victims cave in to extortion demands. Here’s what might change the calculus.
Tony Anscombe • 08 Jul 2021
As news breaks about the supply-chain ransomware attack against Kaseya's IT management software, here’s what we know so far
Cameron Camp • 03 Jul 2021
Social Media
Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method
You can now secure your account with a physical security key as your sole 2FA method, without any additional 2FA option
Amer Owaida • 02 Jul 2021
Cybercrime
Global police shut down VPN service favored by cybercriminals
A global operation takes down the infrastructure of DoubleVPN and seizes data about its customers
Amer Owaida • 30 Jun 2021
How To
Common Facebook scams and how to avoid them
Are you on Facebook? So are scammers. Here are some of the most common con jobs on Facebook you should watch out for and how you can tell if you’re being scammed.
Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum
Information scraped from LinkedIn user profiles includes full names, gender, email addresses and phone numbers
Amer Owaida • 29 Jun 2021
In Memoriam: John McAfee
What was it like to work for, and be friends with, the technology entrepreneur back when he helped shape the computer security industry?
Aryeh Goretsky • 28 Jun 2021
Cybercrime, Business Security
Gaming industry under siege from cyberattacks during pandemic
Cyberattacks targeting the gaming industry skyrocket, with web attacks more than tripling year-on-year in 2020
Amer Owaida • 24 Jun 2021