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Initial access broker pleads guilty to selling access to 50 corporate networks
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (526+ words) A 40-year-old Jordanian man has admitted to selling unauthorized access to computer networks of at least 50 companies, the US Attorney's Office of the District of New Jersey has announced. Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti has pleaded guilty last Thursday to fraud…...
Let's Encrypt rolls out 6-day and IP-based certificates
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (218+ words) Let's Encrypt says its short-lived TLS certificates with a 6-day lifetime are now generally available. Each certificate is valid for 160 hours from the time it is issued. To request one, operators must select the "shortlived" profile in their ACME client....
Confusion and fear send people to Reddit for cybersecurity advice
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (916+ words) A strange charge appears on a bank account. An email claims a package is on the way. A social media account stops accepting a password that worked yesterday. When these moments hit, many people do the same thing. They open…...
Product showcase: PrivacyHawk for iOS helps users track and remove personal data from data brokers
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (236+ words) PrivacyHawk focuses on reducing this digital footprint by identifying where personal data is exposed and helping remove it before it can be misused. After downloading the app from the Apple App Store, users select the email account they want to…...
AWS European Sovereign Cloud puts data, operations, and oversight inside the EU
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (275+ words) Amazon has made the AWS European Sovereign Cloud generally available to customers across the European Union, backed by a "7.8 billion investment. According to AWS, the funding will support infrastructure buildout, staffing, and long-term operations, and is expected to drive regional…...
QR codes are getting colorful, fancy, and dangerous
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (419+ words) QR codes have become a routine part of daily life, showing up on emails, posters, menus, invoices, and login screens. Security-savvy users have learned to treat links with caution, but QR codes still carry an assumption of safety. Researchers from…...
Product showcase: Orbot - Tor VPN for iOS
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (386+ words) Orbot for iOS is a free, open-source networking tool that routes supported app traffic through the Tor network. Developed by the Guardian Project, it is intended for users who want to reduce tracking and limit network-level monitoring on iPhone and…...
F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud protects cloud-native applications
1+ week, 19+ min ago (446+ words) Developed in collaboration with Google Cloud, this offering addresses the challenges of delivering modern and containerized applications by consolidating load balancing, security, and observability into a unified solution, helping enterprises eliminate tool sprawl, simplify operations, and reduce costs. As businesses…...
Noction adds automatic anomaly detection to IRP v4.3 for faster DDoS mitigation
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (147+ words) Noction has released Noction Intelligent Routing Platform (IRP) v4.3, delivering new capabilities in automated DDoS detection, routing safety, and operational control for modern IP networks. A key highlight of IRP v4.3 is the introduction of Automatic Anomaly Detection (AAD), a new capability…...
Browser-in-the-Browser phishing is on the rise: Here's how to spot it
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (480+ words) Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) phishing attacks are on the rise, with attackers reviving and refining the technique to bypass user skepticism and traditional security controls. For BitB phishing, attackers create a pop-up window inside a real web page (browser) by using HTML,…...