A new variation of spyware that targets Android devices has been observed by researchers since October specifically targeting banking applications and impersonating applications from several large reputable financial institutions.
The looming deadline for Microsoft to stop supporting Windows 8 presents some serious issues for many small businesses, government agencies, and medical facilities, experts told SC Media.
Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet informed users of a new high-severity vulnerability in its FortiADC web interface that could allow threat actors to perform arbitrary code execution, SecurityWeek reports.
Qualcomm on Tuesday disclosed nearly two dozen security vulnerabilities in its chipsets, including the company’s flagship suite of SnapDragon processor chips and affecting products that range from cars to powerline communications.
Synology, a networking and storage solutions provider based in Taiwan, has published two advisories before the end of last year notifying its customers that patches to several recently discovered bugs had been released, SecurityWeek reports.
U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said that the total TikTok ban in India was an "incredibly important precedent" that should be used by the U.S. and other countries amid concerns over the Chinese video sharing app's potential threat to national security, The Economic Times reports.
Chinese fraudsters part of the RedZei operation, also known as RedThief, have been targeting U.K.-based Chinese international students for more than a year, The Hacker News reports.
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