The Patch Tuesday security update due in July should hammer the last nail in the coffin of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft has updated its roadmap for eliminating Adobe Flash Player from the Windows 10 operating system. Starting in July, the removal of the piece of software that has helped shape the internet will become a … More Microsoft will soon remove Flash Player from Windows 10 devices
The agency’s new initiative will also warn about the high cost of the free lunch – the increased risk of malware exposure. INTERPOL is stepping up its fight against online piracy after this ever-popular ‘activity’ has seen 60% growth in some countries over the past year. “Digital piracy is yet another crime area impacted by … More INTERPOL aims to deal a blow to digital piracy
The data breach notification site now allows you to check if your login credentials may have been compromised by Emotet. The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has shared more than 4.3 million email addresses, harvested by the Emotet botnet, with data breach tracking website Have I Been Pwned (HBIP) in an effort to help alert … More FBI teams up with ‘Have I Been Pwned’ to alert Emotet victims
A year into the pandemic, ESET reveals new research into activities of the LuckyMouse APT group and considers how governments can rise to the cybersecurity challenges of the accelerated shift to digital. Earlier this year, a well-known APT group dubbed LuckyMouse (aka Emissary Panda, APT27) began exploiting several zero-day Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities. Its end goal? … More Prime targets: Governments shouldn’t go it alone on cybersecurity
Mac users are being urged to update to macOS Big Sur 11.3 as at least one threat group is exploiting the zero-day bug to sneak past the operating system’s built-in security mechanisms. Apple has rolled out an update for its macOS Big Sur operating system to address a bevy of security flaws, including a vulnerability that could … More Apple patches severe macOS security flaw
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