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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that automatically checks all apps downloaded from the Internet if they are notarized and developer-signed (approved by Apple)...BleepingComputer From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Analysts at Securonix discovered the attacks but couldn't attribute the campaign to any known threat actors, despite some similarities to past APT37 (Konni) attacks...BleepingComputer From ACM News | September 29, 2022
Threat analysts at HP Wolf Security have discovered a recent malware distribution campaign that uses PDF attachments to transport Word documents with malicious...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2022
An Advanced Persistent Threat gang discovered by researchers at security company Mandiant is penetrating corporate networks to steal Exchange emails from those...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2022
Symantec researchers have identified a campaign perpetrated by a hacker group associated with the Chinese government using VLC Media Player to launch a custom malware...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2022
HP issued security advisories for three critical-severity vulnerabilities impacting its LaserJet Pro, Pagewide Pro, OfficeJet, Enterprise, Large Format, and DeskJet...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2022
The withdrawal of Western cloud computing companies from Russia has left the country with roughly two months before it runs out of IT data storage.
BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2022
The updates cause Windows domain controllers enter a boot loop, with servers getting into an endless cycle of Windows starting and then rebooting after a few minutes...BleepingComputer From ACM News | January 13, 2022
Researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich found that study participants aged 18-19 and those aged 50-59 are most likely to click on phishing links.
BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2021
AT&T researchers found the BotenaGo malware botnet uses 33 exploits to attack millions of routers, modems, network attached storage, and Internet of Things devices...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2021
BleepingComputer has identified a new targeted phishing campaign in which emails pretending to be company invoices use Morse code in an attachment to hide malicious...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2021
Researchers have demonstrated an effective global-positioning system spoofing hack against road navigation systems.
BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | July 19, 2018
A U.S.-based multi-university research effort has yielded distinct fingerprinting methods to track users when they use different browsers installed on the same...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2017
Ultrasounds emitted by ads or JavaScript code hidden on a page accessed through the Tor Browser can deanonymize Tor users by making nearby phones or computers send...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | January 9, 2017