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A malware dubbed CDRThief is targeting voice over IP (VoIP) softswitches inside the networks of large telecom carriers. According to ESET researchers, the malware was [...]

A slew of ransomware attacks and other cyberthreats have plagued back-to-school plans — as if dealing with the pandemic weren’t stressful enough for administrators. Just [...]

A researcher earned a double-payment totaling $10,000 for a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug he found in Google Maps. He earned $5,000 initially. But when Google’s patch fell [...]

Zero Trust has been touted for years as the future of network security. But, only recently has it started to gain traction as a practical enterprise security framework. The [...]

Researchers have discovered more than 300 apps on the Google Play Store breaking basic cryptography code using a new tool they developed to dynamically analyze it. Academics [...]

The process of vulnerability disclosure has improved over the years, but still too many security researchers face threats when trying to report bugs. Disclosure policies that [...]

The Evilnum group, which specializes in targeting financial technology companies, has debuted a new tool: A Python-based remote access trojan (RAT), dubbed PyVil. The [...]

The average wire-transfer loss from business email compromise (BEC) attacks is significantly on the rise: In the second quarter of 2020 the average was $80,183, up from [...]

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has fixed six previously undisclosed vulnerabilities in its chat platform, revealing the move on a new dedicated security advisory site aimed at [...]

Attackers are on the prowl for enterprise Microsoft Outlook credentials, with a new phishing campaign that leverages email-quarantine policies and uses an overlay screen [...]