Let’s start this article with a little experiment. When you read the following words, pay attention to the very first image that pops into your head: tech worker. Chances are your brain surfaced a pretty stereotypical, Mark Zuckerberg-type …
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a tremendous amount of empathy from people across the globe. Some have contributed by providing aid and shelter to refugees, while others have donated funds to charities supporting those in Ukrain…
Shortly after South American hacking group LAPSU$ took credit for the cyberattack that stole 1 TB of data from microchip company Nvidia, a LAPSU$ member claimed on the group’s Telegram channel that Nvidia had struck back with ransomware. A …
Special thanks to Ivan Basart of ValidatedID, Viky Manaila of Intesi Group, and Harm Jan Arendshorst of iLabs for their input.
Last November, more than 1 million GoDaddy-managed WordPress customers were part of a breach that could have exposed their email addresses, private SSL keys, and admin passwords. The attacker was apparently able to operate undetected inside…
TrickBot appears to have become a casualty of the ongoing war in the Ukraine. Yesterday, a member of the Conti cybergang decided to go against the rest of the group by leaking all of the group’s IoCs (Indicator of Compromise), source codes,…
We have identified initiatives being shared through social media that encourage regular people to become hackers, by downloading DDoS tools to support DDoS attacks on Russian targets. The analysis of one of these tools shows that it isn’t s…
Avast is deeply saddened by the Ukraine-Russia situation. We have employees and customers in both countries and are monitoring the situation very closely. We are focused as a priority on ensuring our people are safe and providing the suppor…
The IRS said this week that “a new option in the agency’s authentication system is now available for taxpayers to sign up for online accounts without the use of any biometric data, including facial recognition.” The announcement comes in re…
In June 2021, the European Commission proposed an update to its pan-European digital identity framework that will enable every European to have a set of digital identity credentials that are recognized anywhere in the EU. At the core of thi…