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Check Point experts talked about an interesting case: scammers stole a million dollars, quietly invading the correspondence of two unnamed companies (an Israeli startup and a Chinese venture firm). So, in a young Israeli startup firm, they found that for some reason they did not receive their initial funding, and …

Researchers from the University of New Mexico discovered a vulnerability affecting Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, iOS Android, and other Unix-based OSs. Vulnerability allows to listen, intercept and interfere with the operation of VPN connections. The bug got the identifier CVE-2019-14899, and the root of the problem lies in …

IBM experts have revealed a new malware ZeroCleare, which created and used Iranian hackers. ZeroCleare targets power companies operating in the Middle East. Researchers did not disclose the names of the victims companies, but analysis of the malware presents a 28-page detailed report. “The ZeroCleare malware is the development of …

HackerOne spoke about an incident that recently occurred because of the fault of one of its employees: one of the HackerOne analysts opened to the researcher access to confidential information. Last month, a researcher known as haxta4ok00 talked to one of HackerOne’s security analysts. In one post, a HackerOne employee …

Amazon developers unveiled Access Analyzer, a new cloud container control solution. The system uses mathematical logic to identify public repositories, allowing administrators quickly blocking access to baskets opened by mistake. The service began to work in all regions where Amazon is available, with the exception of two Chinese counties. There …

This week, Google reported about its success in adopting the HTTPS standard: 80% of applications encrypt traffic by default. So, in the official blog of the IT giant, appeared a message that currently 4 out of 5 applications (80%) available through the Google Play Store encrypt traffic by default and …

The Vertcoin (VTC) blockchain project suffered a so-called “51% attack,” which resulted in the cybercriminal losing more money the he could steal. According to one of the developers of the project, James Lovejoy, on November 30, an unknown criminal used leased computing power to carry out a cyber attack. “There …

Researchers from the University of British Columbia (Canada) said that hacking Mars rovers and drones could be quite easy. They discovered dangerous vulnerabilities in the software of robotic vehicles, the operation of which can cause a malfunction in their work. Robotic vehicles (RVs) are cyber-physical systems that operate in the …

According to Reuters, the European Commission and European antitrust authorities are conducting a “preliminary investigation” regarding Google data collection methods. Therefore, the European antitrust monitors again tackle the search giant. “Competition enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic are now looking into how dominant tech companies use and monetise data. …

Check Point experts summed up the results of October 2019. According to them, cryptocurrency miners for the first time in two years have lost their leadership in the ranking of the most active malware. In general, the influence of mining malware decreased by almost 70% during 2019. Researchers note that …