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Netgear Smart Switches Open to Complete Takeover

Three severe Netgear vulnerabilities, codenamed Demon’s Cries, Draconian Fear and Seventh Inferno by the researcher that found them, affect 20 of the company’s managed smart

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Ragnar Locker Gang Warns Victims Not to Call the FBI

All that the FBI/ransomware negotiators/investigators do is muck things up, so we’re going to publish your stuff if you call for help, the Ragnar Locker

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Jenkins Hit as Atlassian Confluence Cyberattacks Widen

A just-patched, critical remote code-execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Atlassian Confluence server platform is suffering wide-scale exploitation, the Feds have warned – as evidenced by

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Authorities Arrest Another TrickBot Gang Member in South Korea

Another alleged member of the TrickBot gang has been apprehended, this time when trying to leave South Korea, according to published reports. The Russian national,

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IoT Attacks Skyrocket, Doubling in 6 Months

The first six months of 2021 have seen a more than 100-percent growth in cyberattacks against internet-of-things (IoT) devices, researchers have found. According to a

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Human Fraud: Detecting Them Before They Detect You

This is Part II of a two-part blog series taking readers inside the criminal enterprise that is account-takeover fraud. For part I, please click here. 

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WhatsApp Photo Filter Bug Allows Sensitive Info to Be Lifted

A security vulnerability in WhatsApp’s pic-retouching function could allow an attacker to read sensitive information from the WhatsApp memory, researchers said – so users should

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7 Ways to Defend Mobile Apps, APIs from Cyberattacks

There are two essential elements driving progress in today’s digital-first economy: Mobile applications and the application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow  those applications to communicate