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LG Electronics plans to suspend smart TV apps that convert televisions into residential proxy nodes, following findings that over 42% of webOS store apps allowed unauthorized traffic routing.
The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one's television into an always-on residential proxy node. The move comes less...
Microsoft released a record 570 security patches this month, nearly tripling last month's count, driven largely by AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant ...
CISA released a postmortem after a contractor exposed internal credentials, including AWS keys, on GitHub for six months before external notification.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials -- including AWS Govcloud keys --...
A new ransomware group called The Gentlemen is rapidly growing by offering hackers an unusually high 90% cut of ransoms. Investigators are now uncovering clues about the real identity behind the group's administration.
A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strateg...
NSO Group has been caught phishing WhatsApp users in direct violation of a court order, despite previous legal restrictions on their activities.
WhatsApp has caught the NSO Group phishing its users, in violation of a court order.
A disgruntled researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows Defender bug that allows attackers to take over systems. This action escalates an ongoing public feud between the researcher and Microsoft.
The disgruntled researcher released yet another PoC for a Windows Defender bug that allows for system takeover, showing no signs of abandoning their ongoing feud with Microsoft.
Microsoft released a record-breaking 200 security patches this month, including critical fixes for vulnerabilities where exploit code is already public.
Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company's monthly Patch Tuesda...
Researchers discovered the U.S. military has used public GPS satellites to secretly broadcast encryption keys for nearly two decades. This means everyday GPS devices have unknowingly received hidden government data for years.
This is interesting: The U.S. military has likely been quietly broadcasting codes for its global encryption network using public GPS for nearly 20 years, turning each satellite into a hidden “numbers ...
Artificial intelligence is accelerating vulnerability discovery, leading to a record 206 CVEs in a single Patch Tuesday cycle.
Voluminous patch updates could soon be the norm, as artificial intelligence accelerates the speed and scale of vulnerability discovery.
A critical flaw named Ghost-Sender allows attackers to spoof any email address by exploiting Microsoft Exchange hybrid configurations paired with third-party filters.
"Ghost-Sender" uses Exchange Online or on-premises in hybrid mode with a third-party mail server or spam filter to achieve this level of spoofing.