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TikTok Assures U.S. Lawmakers it’s Working to Safeguard User Data From Chinese Staff
Following heightened worries that U.S. users’ data had been accessed by TikTok engineers in China between September 2021 and January…
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Google Improves Its Password Manager to Boost Security Across All Platforms
Google on Thursday announced a slew of improvements to its password manager service aimed at creating a more consistent look…
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Microsoft Warns About Evolving Capabilities of Toll Fraud Android Malware Apps
Microsoft has detailed the evolving capabilities of toll fraud malware apps on Android, pointing out its “complex multi-step attack flow”…
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New ‘SessionManager’ Backdoor Targeting Microsoft IIS Servers in the Wild
A newly discovered malware has been put to use in the wild at least since March 2021 to backdoor Microsoft…
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Solving the indirect vulnerability enigma – fixing indirect vulnerabilities without breaking your dependency tree
Fixing indirect vulnerabilities is one of those complex, tedious and, quite frankly, boring tasks that no one really wants to…
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Amazon Quietly Patches ‘High Severity’ Vulnerability in Android Photos App
Amazon, in December 2021, patched a high severity vulnerability affecting its Photos app for Android that could have been exploited…
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Microsoft Warns of Cryptomining Malware Campaign Targeting Linux Servers
A cloud threat actor group tracked as 8220 has updated its malware toolset to breach Linux servers with the goal…
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What is Shadow IT and why is it so risky?
Shadow IT refers to the practice of users deploying unauthorized technology resources in order to circumvent their IT department. Users…
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Google Blocks Dozens of Malicious Domains Operated by Hack-for-Hire Groups
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday disclosed it had acted to block as many as 36 malicious domains operated…
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U.S. FCC Commissioner Asks Apple and Google to Remove TikTok from App Stores
One of the commissioners of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has renewed calls asking for Apple and Google to…
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