Twitter, which is in the process of being acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has agreed to pay $150 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle allegations that it abused non-public information collected for security purposes to serve targeted ads. In addition to the monetary penalty for “misrepresenting its privacy and security
The maintainers of the Tails project have issued a warning that the Tor Browser that’s bundled with the operating system is unsafe to use for accessing or entering sensitive information. “We recommend that you stop using Tails until the release of 5.1 (May 31) if you use Tor Browser for sensitive information (passwords, private messages,
In any organization, there are certain accounts that are designated as being privileged. These privileged accounts differ from standard user accounts in that they have permission to perform actions that go beyond what standard users can do. The actions vary based on the nature of the account but can include anything from setting up new
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a free-to-use browser automation framework that’s being increasingly used by threat actors as part of their attack campaigns. “The framework contains numerous features which we assess may be utilized in the enablement of malicious activities,” researchers from Team Cymru said in a new report published Wednesday. “The technical entry
A malvertising threat is witnessing a new surge in activity since its emergence earlier this year. Dubbed ChromeLoader, the malware is a “pervasive and persistent browser hijacker that modifies its victims’ browser settings and redirects user traffic to advertisement websites,” Aedan Russell of Red Canary said in a new report. ChromeLoader is a rogue Chrome
Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) servers have been identified as vulnerable to the severe “Pantsdown” Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) flaw, according to new research published today. “An attacker running code on a vulnerable QCT server would be able to ‘hop’ from the server host to the BMC and move their attacks to the server management network,
Zyxel has released patches to address four security flaws affecting its firewall, AP Controller, and AP products to execute arbitrary operating system commands and steal select information. The list of security vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2022-0734 – A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in some firewall versions that could be exploited to access information stored
Researchers have demonstrated what they call the “first active contactless attack against capacitive touchscreens.” GhostTouch, as it’s called, “uses electromagnetic interference (EMI) to inject fake touch points into a touchscreen without the need to physically touch it,” a group of academics from Zhejiang University and Technical University of Darmstadt said in a new research paper.
Today’s modern companies are built on data, which now resides across countless cloud apps. Therefore preventing data loss is essential to your success. This is especially critical for mitigating against rising ransomware attacks — a threat that 57% of security leaders expect to be compromised by within the next year. As organizations continue to evolve,
The first hours after a mass shooting are often awash in disinformation, as Internet hacks try to piece together a portrait of the killer. Frequently, the worse the information, the faster it spreads — because the sloppy sleuthing appeals to the prejudices of those determined to blame the deadly violence on anything but guns. On
In the hours since Tuesday’s deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, some family members are beginning the unimaginable mourning process after learning that their loved one was taken from them. Others, meanwhile, are still trying to find their missing child, praying that their biggest fear isn’t about to become a reality. At
As the gut-wrenching news that 19 children and two teachers were killed in their Uvalde, Texas school on Tuesday, a few people remarked grimly on social media that it was time, once more, to post The Headline. “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens” was written in the days following
Berlinda Arreola lost her “world’s sweetest” granddaughter in the Texas school massacre that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers Monday, so when she watched Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defend the state’s lenient gun laws during a press conference Tuesday, it was personal. When Abbott said, “There are more people who are shot
Armed law enforcement officers were present on Tuesday as a shooter entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and slaughtered 21 people, including 19 young children. Witnesses say they weren’t doing enough to stop the shooter. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that onlookers urged police to go into the school and stop the massacre,
If you live in the state of New York, you may have seen some new public service announcements in the past several weeks. With bright blocks of color and bold lettering appearing in English and Spanish iterations, they look like any other PSAs about mask-wearing or being polite on public transportation — except they’re about
In the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, which left 19 children and two adults dead, thousands of students from across the country walked out of their classrooms at 12:00 pm EST today to protest gun violence in schools. Organized by Students Demand Action, a national organization against gun
The family of Irma Garcia — one of the two teachers who sacrificed their lives to save their students at the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas — is now also mourning the loss of another family member. Garcia’s husband, Joe, died Thursday of a heart attack, minutes after dropping off flowers at her memorial,
Ana Rodriguez lost her only daughter in the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, this week. She calls it utter madness that the gunman was able to legally purchase two AR-15 rifles the minute he turned 18 this month, but still couldn’t get served at a bar. “How can an 18
An 11-year-old survivor of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, described the moment the gunman shot her teacher and how she pretended to be dead in an interview with CNN. Miah Cerrillo said her teachers found out there was an active shooter in the school while the class was watching the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch.
Roger Miller will forever be a staple of country music. The Country Music Hall of Famer recorded hundreds of songs over his extensive career, among 19 studio albums, with 52 singles. His hits like “King of the Road,” “Dang Me,” “Chug-A-Lug,” and “England Swings” defined the sound of Nashville in the ’60s, and played a