Joaquín Ruiz Security Vulnerabilities
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What is Ransomware Attack❓ Detection, Removal and Examples
What is Ransomware? Any type of computer virus that encrypts and holds hostage the data of its victims is called a ransomeware. The basic information of a customer or company is encrypted, making it difficult to access documents, data sets, or apps. Then, in order to gain access, you must pay a...
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DOJ recovers pipeline ransom, signals more aggressive approach to cybercrime
The US Department of Justice announced Monday that it recovered much of the ransomware payment that Colonial Pipeline paid to free itself from the attack that derailed the oil and gas supplier’s operations for several days last month. The seizure of 63.7 of the initial 75 paid bitcoins represented....
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Can two VPN “wrongs” make a right? Lock and Code S02E10
This week on Lock and Code, we're presenting you something a little different. We're telling you a story—with no guest interview included—that involves the use of VPNs. In 2016, a mid-20s man began an intense, prolonged harassment campaign against his new roommate. He emailed her from spoofed...
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Amazon Sidewalk starts sharing your WiFi tomorrow, thanks
Amazon smart device owners only have until June 8 to opt out of a new program that will group their Echo speakers and Ring doorbells into a shared wireless network with their neighbors, a new feature that the shopping giant claims will provide better stability for smart devices during initial...
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Intel(R) Audio Service x64 01.00.1080.0 - 'IntelAudioService' Unquoted Service Path
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Intel(R) Audio Service x64 01.00.1080.0 - (IntelAudioService) Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability
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WhatsApp reverses course, will not limit app functionality
WhatsApp, the end-to-end encrypted messaging service that has lost users, its founders, and a large amount of public goodwill, issued a reversal on its recent privacy policy enforcement measures, clarifying that it will no longer punish users who refuse to share some of their data with the...
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Colonial Pipeline attack spurs new rules for critical infrastructure
Following a devastating cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, the Transportation Security Administration—which sits within the government’s Department of Homeland Security—will issue its first-ever cybersecurity directive for pipeline companies in the United States, according to exclusive...
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Shining a light on dark patterns with Carey Parker: Lock and Code S02E09
This week on Lock and Code, we speak to cybersecurity advocate and author Carey Parker about "dark patterns," which are subtle tricks online to get you to make choices that might actually harm you. Dark patterns have been around for years, and the tricks they're based on are even older. Ever...
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Corsair_Scan - A Security Tool To Test Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Corsair_scan is a security tool to test Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) misconfigurations. CORS is a mechanism that allows restricted resources on a web page to be requested from another domain outside the domain from which the first resource was served. If this is not properly configured,...
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WhatsApp calls and messages will break unless you share data with Facebook
WhatsApp told users last week that there was no need for alarm regarding an upcoming privacy policy deadline, as users who refuse to accept the privacy policy will not have their accounts deleted—they will just have their apps rendered useless, eventually incapable of receiving calls and messages.....
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UPDATE 04:23 pm Pacific Time, May 12: _On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that broadly directs the Commerce Department to create cybersecurity standards for companies that sell software to the federal government. The Order comes in the immediate aftermath of a ransomware...
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Alleviating ransomware’s legal headaches with Jake Bernstein: Lock and Code S02E08
This week on Lock and Code, we speak to cybersecurity and privacy attorney Jake Bernstein about ransomware attacks that don't just derail a company's reputation and productivity, but also throw them into potential legal peril. In 2020, the cybersecurity community noticed a worrying trend from...
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Signal app insists it’s so private it can’t provide subpoenaed call data
Signal—the private, end-to-end encrypted messaging app that surged in popularity in recent months—once again reminded criminal investigators that it could not fully comply with a legal request for user records and communications because of what it asserts as a simple, unchanging fact: The records.....
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Ransomware group threatens to leak information about police informants
UPDATE 12:12 PM Pacific Time, April 28: _As of at least 9:40 AM Pacific Time, the Babuk ransomware gang removed any reference to the allegedly stolen DC Police Department data from its data leak website. This does not indicate with any certainty that the DC Police Department paid Babuk, but it is.....
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Password manager hijacked to deliver malware in supply chain attack
In the latest example of a supply chain attack, cybercriminals delivered malware to customers of the business password manager Passwordstate by breaching its developer’s networks and then deploying a fraudulent update last week, said Passwordstate’s maker, Click Studios. Though the number of...
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Breaking free from the VirusTotal silo: Lock and Code S02E07
This week on Lock and Code, we speak to Malwarebytes Chief Information Security Officer John Donovan about the flaws in using VirusTotal as the one source of truth when evaluating whether or not a cybersecurity tool actually works. It's a practice that is surprisingly common. Weeks ago,...
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Artificial Intelligence ban slammed for failing to address “vast abuse potential”
A written proposal to ban several uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and to place new oversight on other “high-risk” AI applications—published by the European Commission this week—met fierce opposition from several digital rights advocates in Europe. Portrayed as a missed opportunity by privacy.....
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Chrome users, here’s how to opt out of the Google FLoC trial
Two weeks after Google launched a trial to replace run-of-the-mill online user tracking with new-fangled online user tracking, several companies and organizations have pushed back, criticizing the new technology—called FLoC—which is designed to respect people's privacy more, as a detriment to user....
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BRATA Malware Poses as Android Security Scanners on Google Play Store
A new set of malicious Android apps have been caught posing as app security scanners on the official Play Store to distribute a backdoor capable of gathering sensitive information. "These malicious apps urge users to update Chrome, WhatsApp, or a PDF reader, yet instead of updating the app in...
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Beating security fatigue with Troy Hunt, Chloé Messdaghi, and Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S02E06
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs. In addition, we speak to Point3 Security chief strategist Chloé Messdaghi, HaveIBeenPwned founder Troy Hunt, and We Hack Purple founder and CEO Tanya Janca about security fatigue. Security fatigue is...
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Millions of Chrome users quietly added to Google’s FLoC pilot
Last month, Google began a test pilot of its Federated Learning of Cohorts—or FLoC—program, which the company has advertised as the newest, privacy-preserving alternative in Google Chrome to the infamous third-party cookie. Sounds promising, right? Well, about that. Despite Google’s rhetoric about....
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Android “System Update” malware steals photos, videos, GPS location
A newly discovered piece of Android malware shares the same capabilities found within many modern stalkerware-type apps—it can swipe images and video, rifle through online searches, record phone calls and video, and peer into GPS location data—but the infrastructure behind the malware obscures its....
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