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Ionut Arghire
Ionut Arghire is an international correspondent for SecurityWeek.
Recent articles by Ionut Arghire
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Eight applications designed to mine for crypto-currency without users’ knowledge made their way into the Microsoft Store, Symantec has discovered.
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Carbon Black’s security researchers recently discovered a new variant of the Shlayer malware that targets macOS versions ranging from 10.10.5 to 10.14.3.
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Over 5 billion records were exposed last year in 6,515 publicly disclosed data breaches, a new report from Risk Based Security reveals.
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Cybersecurity asset management company Axonius this week announced that it has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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A Windows application that can run on Macs has been caught downloading and installing malware.
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SAP's February 2019 security updates address over a dozen vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including a Hot News flaw in SAP HANA Extended Application Services.
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UK-based Identity Data Intelligence specialist GBG has agreed to acquire the Atlanta-based identity verification and fraud prevention services provider IDology for $300 million in cash.
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Email provider VFEmail was hit by a destructive attack, where a hacker who accessed its network was able to erase its servers in the United States, including the backup systems.
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One day before Adobe’s monthly security updates, a third-party fix has been released for an Adobe Reader vulnerability revealed several weeks ago.
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A vulnerability in the latest macOS release could allow a malicious application to access restricted Safari data, an application developer has discovered.
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A vulnerability in the runc container runtime could allow malicious containers to achieve root-level code execution on the host. AWS, Google Cloud and Linux distributions are affected.
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A piece of Android malware capable of hijacking users’ crypto-currency transactions has slipped into Google Play, ESET security researchers have discovered.
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United States senators have voiced concerns over the use of foreign-made Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications within the Department of Homeland Security.
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A recently observed coin miner targeting Linux machines can remove a broad range of other malware families from infected systems, Trend Micro’s security researchers reveal.
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Google has introduced a new form of encryption called "Adiantum" for Android devices without cryptographic acceleration.
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Mozilla is getting ready to boost the security of Firefox users with the addition of Site Isolation in the not too distant future.
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Cloud-based data backup provider Carbonite has agreed to acquire cybersecurity company Webroot for roughly $618.5 million in cash.
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Google announced this week that it has open sourced ClusterFuzz, the fuzzing infrastructure it built to help finding memory corruption bugs in Chrome.
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A recent phishing attack targeting mobile users leveraged Google Translate to serve fake login pages to Google and Facebook users.
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Fortinet this week announced new FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), designed to help customers improve security through implementing Intent-based Segmentation.
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The China-linked cyberspy group known as APT10 has targeted a US law firm, a major Norwegian MSP, and an international apparel company in an extended cyber-espionage campaign.
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A group of scammers has been abusing a Gmail feature that gives users control over all dotted versions of their Gmail addresses.
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A malware attack using a newly discovered backdoor has been targeting the mailing list of the organization officially representing the Tibetan government-in-exile.
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Microsoft has updated its Authenticator application to provide users with security notifications whenever suspicious activity is detected on their accounts.
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A new backdoor is targeting Linux servers in East Asia and Latin America, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted machines, Check Point security researchers say.
SecurityWeek Daily Briefing
- Cryptojacking Applications Land in Microsoft Store
- US Says Ex-intel Official Defected to Iran, Revealed Secrets
- DHS Cyber Leader Says 2020 Security Preparations Underway
- CSRF Vulnerability in Facebook Earns Researcher $25,000
- Mozilla, Others Want Big Retailers to Pledge Minimum IoT Security
- Facebook Taps User Data to Defend Workers From Threats
- Hackers Target WordPress Sites via WP Cost Estimation Plugin
- New Variant of Shlayer macOS Malware Discovered
- Germany to Let NATO Use its Cyber Skills
- Google Paid Out $3.4 Million for Vulnerabilities Reported in 2018
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