Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that. Russia’s vote against the resolution was no surprise. As one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, […]
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Nearly five months after security researchers warned of the Cactus ransomware group leveraging a set of three vulnerabilities in Qlik Sense data analytics and business intelligence (BI) platform, many organizations remain dangerously vulnerable to the threat. Qlik disclosed the vulnerabilities in August and September. The company’s August disclosure involved two bugs in multiple versions of […]
My sweet dog is addicted to eating cicadas. Every year, for the five years she’s graced this planet, my dog has scarfed down all of the cicadas that emerge all summer long, only to yack them up (dead and alive, to the horror of my family) in my living room. Due to her proclivity, she […]
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Cybercriminals are taking advantage of people’s fears about online dating by getting them to download fake “verification” apps that allow them to steal information and money. The FBI published a warning on Friday about the scam, noting that it was akin to an offshoot of romance scams and pig butchering schemes that have proliferated in […]
, make it really easy to do this. Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you’re streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to […]
The IRS Is holding onto more than $1 billion in unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020, but not for much longer. If you didn’t file taxes in 2021 because you didn’t think you qualified, you forgot or simply didn’t want to deal with the stress of filing, the IRS could be holding onto your tax […]
Apr 27, 2024NewsroomMalware / Software Security An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat actors. “During these fraudulent […]