Cybersecurity
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Banking companies worldwide are finally shifting away from custom-made Point of Sale (POS) devices towards the wildly adopted and battle-tested Android operating system. No more obscure terminals; the era of giant, colorful touchscreens is here! While Android is a secure, hardened OS, implementing and integrating your own features with custom hardware requires a lot of […]
A Russian tech student could face treason charges for helping Ukrainian hackers carry out cyberattacks against Russia. A resident of the Siberian city of Tomsk, Seymour Israfilov was detained by Russian security services (FSB) in October, but little information was given about him and his alleged crime at the time of his arrest. The FSB […]
Israeli startup Vicarius, which develops an autonomous end-to-end vulnerability remediation platform, announced on Wednesday a $30 million Series B led by cybersecurity investment firm Bright Pixel Capital. AllegisCyber Capital, AlleyCorp, and Strait Capital all participated in the financing. The company’s total funding, including investments from previous investors such as JVP, is now over $56 million. […]
Scammers are using fake news campaigns and cheaply acquired domain names to sell dubious health products, often claiming endorsements from popular entrepreneurial reality shows like Shark Tank and Dragons’ Den.
While most of its students enjoyed summer break, Colorado State University revealed vast and duplicative exposure to a data breach. CSU was one of thousands of organizations caught in the flurry of zero-day attacks targeting Progress Software’s MOVEit file-transfer service customers. It wasn’t the first victim to come forward, nor would it be the last. […]
XProtect, macOS’s built-in anti-malware system, struggles to detect evolving info-stealers like KeySteal and Atomic Stealer, highlighting the need for more robust security measures.
Developer-focused security company Snyk said it has acquired Helios, a startup focused on helping developers troubleshoot applications in runtime and production. The acquisition enhances Snyk’s “cloud-to-code risk visibility” by combining Helios’ full-stack runtime data collection and insights with the Snyk Developer Security Platform, Snyk said in a statement. While security testing, such as static analysis […]
A cryptocurrency trading company has shut down after agreeing to pay an $8 million penalty and surrender its licenses to New York state regulators, who found it had violated multiple financial industry rules, including cybersecurity protections. Genesis Global Trading, Inc. had “compliance failures” that “left the company vulnerable to illicit activity and cybersecurity threats,” including […]
Citrix warns admins to immediately patch NetScaler for actively exploited zero-days Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2024 Citrix fixed two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities impacting Netscaler ADC and Gateway appliances. Citrix warns customers to install security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-6548 and CVE-2023-6549, impacting Netscaler ADC and Gateway appliances. “Exploits […]