They say a rising tide lifts all boats; unfortunately, the proverb applies to cybercriminals, too.
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APT29 Cyberspies Use Domain Fronting to Evade Detection
The Russia-linked cyber espionage group known as APT29 has been using a technique called “domain fronting” in an effort to make it more difficult for targeted organizations to identify malicious traffic, FireEye reported on Monday.
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Czech Leader Says Computer Hacked With Child Porn
Czech President Milos Zeman has alleged that hackers based in the US state of Alabama put child pornography on one of his computers a year ago, his official website said Monday.
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Apple Updates iTunes to Patch SQLite, Expat Flaws
Apple updated the Windows and Mac versions of iTunes last week to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities affecting the Expat and SQLite libraries.
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JobLink Breach Affects Job Seekers in 10 States
America’s JobLink (AJL), a multi-state online service that connects job seekers with employers, informed users last week that a malicious hacker breached the company’s systems.
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Could Killing of FCC Privacy Rules Lead to End of Net Neutrality?
The Senate on Thursday voted 50-48 to overturn new FCC rules that would prevent ISPs from monetizing customers' information without their consent. The rules, passed during the Obama administration in October 2016, were due to come into force earlier this month, but were delayed by new Republican chairman Ajit Pai.
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Third-Party App Store Slips Inside iOS App Store
A third-party app store application managed to slip into the official iOS App Store by masquerading as a legitimate financial helper application, according to Trend Micro researchers.
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Researcher Builds WMI-Based Hacking Tool in PowerShell
Researcher Builds WMI-Based RAT in PowerShell
Security researcher Christopher Truncer released a WMI-based agentless post-exploitation RAT that he developed in PowerShell.
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Windows Zero-Day Exploited by AdGholas, Neutrino EK
One of the Windows zero-day vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft this month has been exploited by cybercriminals since last summer, Trend Micro said on Friday.
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Google Stops Trusting Symantec-Issued Certificates
Google is displeased with the fact that Symantec has failed to ensure that its partners don’t improperly issue digital certificates, which is why the tech giant has announced its intent to gradually stop trusting all of the company’s existing certificates in Chrome.
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