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DuckDuckGo is Creating a Privacy-Focused Desktop Browser
DuckDuckGo, creator of the privacy-focused search engine of the same name, is working on a desktop browser that looks to bring its strong emphasis on privacy to users’ entire web experience, according to a company blog post posted...
Pegasus Spyware Placed on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi's Wife by UAE Authorities Before His Murder
Pegasus spyware was placed on the phone of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s wife, Hanan Elatr, by United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities months before he was murdered by Saudi agents in October 2018, according to a report by The Washi...
Meta Takes Legal Action Against Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Phishing Attacks
Meta Platforms announced on Monday that it has filed a federal lawsuit in California against the hackers who were behind the recent Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram phishing attacks. The hackers operated over 39,000 phishing webs...
Apache Rolls Out 3rd Patch to Fix Log4j Vulnerability
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) rolled out another patch, version 2.17.0, to combat a new Log4j vulnerability. This vulnerability in the widely used logging library could be potentially exploited by malicious actors to set up...
Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of Iranian Hackers Targeting Crucial US Sectors
Hackers linked to the Iranian government have been targeting a “broad range of victims” in the United States by using data exfiltration, extortion, and ransomware, according to an advisory issued on Nov. 17 by American, British, a...
GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes Over 1M WordPress Users' Data
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, was the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the unauthorized access of data belonging to 1.2 million active and inactive WordPress users.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities an...
Apple Sues NSO Group for Pegasus Spyware Attacks on iPhones
Apple is joining WhatsApp, and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook), in a lawsuit against NSO Group, which is the developer of the Pegasus spyware. Apple said in a statement that it’s seeking a permanent injunction...
Four Banking Trojan Campaigns Targeted Over 300,000 Android Devices in 2021
Hackers circumvented the Google Play Store to distribute four separate Android banking Trojans between August and November, cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric reported. The malware infected more than 300,000 Android devices through d...
Kronos Ransomware Hack to Have Impact on Employers
Ultimate Kronos Group (Kronos), one of the largest human resources companies, said in a Dec. 15 update that it experienced a ransomware attack that will potentially keep Kronos’s systems offline for weeks.
The attack on Kronos’ sy...
Meta: Expanding Bug Bounty Program
Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, announced in a Dec. 15 blog post that it’s expanding its bug bounty program.
With this expansion, the tech company will start rewarding valid reports of data scraping bugs across its pla...