Economy

March 8, 2022
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New method that amplifies DDoSes by 4 billion-fold. What could go wrong?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Cybercriminals who use giant floods of data to knock sites offline are leveraging a never-before-seen method…
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March 8, 2022
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Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability that makes it easy for untrusted users to execute code…
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March 6, 2022
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Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

Enlarge / A group of Amazon Echo smart speakers, including Echo Studio, Echo, and Echo Dot models. (Photo by Neil…
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March 5, 2022
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Hackers stoke pandemonium amid Russia’s war in Ukraine

Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey | Getty Images) On Thursday, hackers defaced a Russian Space Research Institute website and leaked files…
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March 4, 2022
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Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte of data from Nvidia have delivered one of…
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March 3, 2022
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Google Play app downloaded more than 10,000 times contained data-stealing RAT

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A malicious app downloaded from Google Play more than 10,000 times surreptitiously installed a remote access…
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March 2, 2022
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Conti cybergang gloated when leaking victims’ data. Now the tables are turned

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For months, members of Conti—among the most ruthless of the dozens of ransomware gangs in existence—gloated…
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March 2, 2022
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Ukraine asks ICANN to revoke Russian domains and shut down DNS root servers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) A Ukraine government official on Monday asked the nonprofit group that oversees the…
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March 1, 2022
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DDoSers are using a potent new method to deliver attacks of unthinkable size

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last August, academic researchers discovered a potent new method for knocking sites offline: a fleet of…
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March 1, 2022
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Microsoft identifies and mitigates new malware targeting Ukraine “within 3 hours”

Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft has been pushing harder to increase the baseline security features of Windows…
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