ZDNet has identified five COVID-19-themed malware strains that can wipe an infected PC's files or rewrite its master boot record (MBR).
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2020
The number of open source software vulnerabilities identified rose from 4,100 last year to 6,100 this year, according to security firm WhiteSource.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2020
Extensive mitigations deployed during the last six years have failed to eliminate modern random-access memory (RAM) cards' vulnerability to Rowhammer exploits. ...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 13, 2020
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Recorded Future report that eight of the top 10 software flaws most commonly exploited last year were associated with Microsoft...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | February 11, 2020
Dutch cybersecurity firm Fox-IT said in a report that a hacker group associated with the Chinese government has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 2, 2020
Among the findings of a Harris Poll survey of 11,000 consumers in 11 countries was that nearly all Brazilians feel companies are not adequately protecting their...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2019
Mozilla has increased payouts for its bug bounty program while adding new websites and services to the list in order to draw more interest from bug hunters.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2019
The Australian government has issued a draft code of practice for Internet of Things cybersecurity, with a public consultation to run until March 1, 2020.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 25, 2019
Researchers in Germany discovered a new type of Web attack that can compromise content delivery networks into caching and then serving error pages instead of legitimate...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 24, 2019
IBM, McAfee, and 16 more firms have launched an effort to address fragmentation and interoperability problems in cybersecurity.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2019
Scientists at China's OPPO ZIWU Cyber Security Lab, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Singapore Management University identified eight flaws in Android's...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 8, 2019
Researchers in Germany have developed a new attack that can extract and steal data from encrypted Portable Document Format (PDF) files, sometimes without user...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2019
Researchers have described a new exploit targeting Intel central processing units that support Data-Direct I/O Technology and Remote Direct Memory Access features...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2019
Antivirus maker Avast and the French National Police neutralized the back-end infrastructure of a malware botnet.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 10, 2019
A cybersecurity audit found 21% of 430 U.K. schools had their computers, networks, or servers hacked by students.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2019
Researchers said Greece's top-level domain registrar has suffered a hacker breach, and identified the state-sponsored "Sea Turtle" hacker group as the perpetrator...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2019