Fake Social Security Emails Trick Users into Installing Remote Access SW Cybersecurity experts have uncovered ongoing schemes where criminals are exploiting the US Social Security Administration (SSA) to trick people into installing a dangerous Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This program gives the attackers complete remote control, allowing them to steal personal information and install more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Spy Agencies Setting Up Platform to Buy Your Data There is so much data for the government to acquire without a search warrant that it is a problem. As a result the DNI is working on a system to make it easier to buy our data. This even includes the use of AI tools […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers found malware targeting Mac devices which has silently infected thousands of Macs. The malware has been named Silver Sparrow. The malware is being tracked by researchers at Red Canary, Malwarebytes and VMWare Carbon Black. The malware has infected Macs in 153 countries including the US, UK, Canada, France and Germany. However, researchers don’t really understand […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The most recent federal administration’s security “malfunction” is with the use of a Signal app clone called TeleMessage. Signal (or TeleMessage) is the app that the Secretary of Defense used to communicate war plans to the VP and others, including the editor of The Atlantic. TeleMessage is a clone of Signal (as well as WhatsApp […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AirBorne is a family of 23 vulnerabilities in Apple AirPlay affecting billions of devices. The bugs enable remote control and data theft on iPhones, Macs, CarPlay and other Apple – and non-Apple – devices. Steve Jobs, wherever he may be, is definitely unhappy. We did not have these levels of problems on his watch. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Probably this does not come as a surprise. Unfortunately. Researchers analyzed a half million apps and here is what they found. One in five (20%) have hard coded the encryption keys that protect your data, so that anyone who has the app can look at your data. One in six use software libraries that have […]
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