Users of Evernote’s Web Clipper extension for Google Chrome should check it has been updated to the latest version after a security company published details of a dangerous security flaw. Discovered by Guardio in May, ‘dangerous’ in this context means that anyone using it in its unpatched state is at risk not only of a compromise of their Evernote… Continue reading CRITICAL FLAW FOUND IN EVERNOTE WEB CLIPPER FOR CHROME
Category: TECHNOLOGY
MOST E-COMMERCE WEBSITE RUNNING MAGENTO AT HIGH RISK OF CYBERCRIME
New research has found 87% of SME websites using the Magento platform are currently at high risk from cyber attacks. By contrast, under 10% of websites using other major e-commerce platforms surveyed register in the same high risk category. Foregenix analysed nearly 9 million websites worldwide, including over two million in Europe. 200,000 of sites surveyed worldwide… Continue reading MOST E-COMMERCE WEBSITE RUNNING MAGENTO AT HIGH RISK OF CYBERCRIME
NOKIA ENHANCES IT’S SECURITY PROGRAM FOR 5G END-TO-END NETWORKS
Nokia announces a significant extension of its long-held commitment to the highest standards in network security, unveiling an enhanced security program and establishing an advanced security testing and verification laboratory: both designed to address the critical security needs of 5G end-to-end (E2E) networks. Nokia has a long-standing commitment to creating secure products via its comprehensive, industry-leading… Continue reading NOKIA ENHANCES IT’S SECURITY PROGRAM FOR 5G END-TO-END NETWORKS
HOW TODAY’S CYBER CRIMINALS SNEAK INTO YOUR INBOX
"As organizations continue to move to cloud services, we see attackers going after cloud credentials," Higbee says. "We are also seeing attackers use popular cloud services like SharePoint, OneDrive, Windows.net to host phishing kits. When the threat actor can obtain credentials, they are able to log into the hosted service as a legitimate user."
ATM SKIMMING CROOK BEHIND BARS AFTER DRAINING BANK ACCOUNT FOR 2 YEARS
A Boston federal court on Monday sentenced a Romanian national to 65 months in federal prison for a multi-state ATM card-skimming scheme through which he and his gang drained $868,706 from 531 people’s bank accounts. The Justice Department said that Bogdan Viorel Rusu, 38, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and ordered to pay… Continue reading ATM SKIMMING CROOK BEHIND BARS AFTER DRAINING BANK ACCOUNT FOR 2 YEARS
YOUR PHONE’S SENSORS COULD BE USED AS COOKIES YOU CANNOT DELETE
Researchers keep finding new ways that advertisers can track users across websites and apps by ‘fingerprinting’ the unique characteristics of their devices. Some of these identifiers are well known, including phone and IMEI numbers, or the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Mac addresses, which is why access to this data is controlled using permissions. But iOS and Android… Continue reading YOUR PHONE’S SENSORS COULD BE USED AS COOKIES YOU CANNOT DELETE
MOBILE USERS PRIVACY: Tor BROWSER FOR ANDROID 8.5 RELEASED
After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser for Android can now be downloaded from Google’s Play store or direct from the Project’s website. Tor’s been available in Windows, Mac and Linux versions for years, but the appearance of Tor Browser for Android 8.5 is still an important jump towards the mainstream for a browser… Continue reading MOBILE USERS PRIVACY: Tor BROWSER FOR ANDROID 8.5 RELEASED
IMPROVED ROUTING SECURITY: MICROSOFT JOINS MANRS INITIATIVE
The Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative, supported by the Internet Society, today announced that Microsoft has joined the program whose primary objective is to reduce the most common threats to the Internet’s routing system. Routing security is vital to the future and stability of the Internet. Last year alone, there were 12,600 routing outages or… Continue reading IMPROVED ROUTING SECURITY: MICROSOFT JOINS MANRS INITIATIVE
SIMPLIFIED CLOUD DATA PLATFORM: DATASTAX CONSTELLATION LAUNCHES LATER THIS YEAR
At its DataStax Accelerate user conference, DataStax, the company behind the leading database built on Apache Cassandra, announced DataStax Constellation, a cloud data platform that will simplify the development and operation of modern applications. Constellation will launch later this year with two cloud services: DataStax Apache Cassandra as a Service and DataStax Insights. DataStax Apache Cassandra… Continue reading SIMPLIFIED CLOUD DATA PLATFORM: DATASTAX CONSTELLATION LAUNCHES LATER THIS YEAR
