Under the latest privacy controls of the Tencent-owned website, developers are expected to clarify what personal information they gather and how. Knowledge can only be obtained for mini-programs, which run inside the WeChat app, on a need-to-know basis. They also need to include in the backend data of the app information about the types of personal data they collect, and how they do so. Experts claim this change is a mixture of new policy legislation, customer privacy and WeChat’s bid to gain competitive advantage as such third-party apps include Tencent’s competitor Alibaba’s DingTalk workplace app, which WeChat accused of violating its rules and “might leak private information without user awareness....

Make your agents/technicians’ lives easier. Allow customers to assist themselves. Allow customers greater direct contact with agents. Give administrators the tools they need to accomplish their duties well. Make your workplace more productive. That is why you want our product, which can assist you with on-premises models that take a proactive approach to IT management issues rather than waiting until a problem arises. What Services Do We Provide? Although most individuals would agree that everything stated is correct, they may be suspicious or concerned because they do not have a significant budget....

TTEC, a customer experience technology company based in the United States, has disclosed a “cybersecurity problem,” but employees have confirmed that it was affected by ransomware. According to KrebsonSecurity, the corporation, which has roughly 61,000 employees and billions in annual revenue, issued a message to staff this week advising them not to click on a URL marked “!RA!G!N!A!R!” The statement suggests that the attack was carried either by the well-known Ragnar Locker ransomware organisation, or someone attempting to spoof them....

The Toll Group, based in Melbourne, Australia, is a global logistics company offering freight, warehouse and distribution services. Toll has nearly 40,000 workers and operates a distribution network spanning more than 50 countries. On February 3, Toll said that IT systems had been disabled due to a malware infection that later became MailTo ransomware. MailTo, also known as Netwalker, is a typical ransomware and does not even pretend to be stealthy, encrypting files at the time of infection, according to Carbon Black researchers....

What is Geo-blocking? Geo-blocking is the practice of limiting access to content based on a user’s geographic location. This means that users in certain countries or regions may be unable to access certain websites or online services. There are several reasons why content may be geo-blocked. In some cases, it may be due to copyright or licensing restrictions. For example, a movie that is only licensed for release in North America may not be available to stream for users in other countries....

Although Carsten Willems and Ralf Hund established the company in 2016, its birth continues. Chad Loeven, current VP for sales and marketing, told that more than a dozen years ago Willems approached him with the brief to market the master’s thesis job. The outcome resulted in the world’s first commercial sandbox, even before FireEye. This was commonly marketed to government and three-letter organizations from 2006 to 2010. But it was not good enough— the malware it sought to analyze could be detected....

Microsoft Authenticator is a two-factor authentication app for customers to log into their accounts. It can allow passwordless login; react to a user name / password signup prompt for authentication; or behave like a code generator for all other authenticator app supporting accounts. Microsoft has gradually developed this function over the previous few weeks. As of today, September 12, “there’s 100% now for version 6.6.0 + accessible,” states the Microsoft blog article....

CVE-2018-8653 is the vulnerability. It was identified by the Threat Analysis Group of Google and the vulnerability is currently wildly exploited. Microsoft recently released Security Updates & Fixed 39 Vulnerabilities Including Active Zero Day The bug can be exploited by visiting a specially crafted web page designed to exploit the vulnerability via the Internet Explorer browser. — US-CERT (@USCERT_gov) December 12, 2018 An attacker who used the vulnerability successfully could gain the same user rights as the current user....

The crucial vulnerability was found in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC) tracked as CVE-2020-1472 and discussed on August 2020 Patch Tuesday, and can be exploited to compromise Active Directory domain controllers and obtain admin access. The vulnerability came into the spotlight in September, after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told federal agencies to urgently submit patches for it, exploitable by unauthenticated attackers willing to run a specially designed programme on a computer on the network....

The vulnerabilities were made public on March 2, when Microsoft revealed not only patches for them, but also that a Chinese threat actor had been actively leveraging them in attacks. Multiple adversaries were able to pick up exploits for the Exchange vulnerabilities, according to security researchers, and some were targeting the weaknesses even before patches were published. The first reported attempt at manipulation was on January 3, 58 days before the public disclosure....

Cloud service MEGA hosted nearly 773 million unique email addresses and just under 22 million unique passwords. In a blog post, security researcher Troy Hunt said that more than 12,000 separate files and more than 87 GB of data were collected. The data, dubbed Collection #1, is a set of email addresses and passwords with a total of 2,692,818,238 rows, supposedly from a variety of sources. “What I can say is that my own personal data is in there and it’s accurate; right email address and a password I used many years ago, “wrote Hunt....

Run the script on windows or on Linux machines, so you can run the script on the windows compiler using python. Here I used Kali Linux for snipping network victims. It is not important to install Python in Kali Linux. System Attackers(Kali Linux) Run the script using a command: net-creds.py python -i andh0- Choose your interface, here I choose -i eth0 as my interface. Username Sniff Out & Password Net-creds sniff out URLs visited to capture clear protocols for network text....

Threat actors using the Fallout exploit kit, a toolkit designed to exploit ports, software vulnerabilities and deploy backdoors in vulnerable systems. Malwarebytes security researchers observed a threat actor using the Fallout exploit kit to distribute GandCrab ransomware to the Vidar information stealer and secondary payload. Credit : MalwareBytes The malware identified as Vidar has the ability to steal and can be customized according to the requirements of the threat actors....

WhiteShadow was originally identified when the downloader was providing a Crimson Remote Access Trojan (RAT) version in August 2019. In the meantime, the detection evasion and fundamental obscuring characteristics have developed. Microsoft Word and Excel files are connected to malicious messages, and SQL queries are carried out when the macro is enabled against the Microsoft SQL Server attacker-controlled databases, where malware is stored as lengthy strings ASCII coded, according to scientists....

With a net worth of $465.76, the international bookmaking market is at the highest level it has ever been. The Irish post reported about Ireland’s gambling per capita; it’s currently ranked in third position in the world. Ireland is only ranked behind countries like Singapore and Australia. Types of Gambling and Bonuses The Irish law breaks down gambling into three main categories that include: lotteries, gaming and betting. Commercial gambling is made up of horse betting, number games (like Keno and Lotto), lotteries and electronic gaming machines....

Most resumed leaks were due to malfunctioning MongoDB database and ElasticSearch servers, which were left unpassword-exposed online or ended up online due to unintended firewall errors. In recent months, and particularly in the past weeks, we received various tips on exposed servers belonging to HR-focused Chinese companies when examined. From small companies to professional executive hunters that expose a handful of CVs, everyone has, in one form or another, lost information about their customers....

Crafted to help develop and maintain promotional modal popups for blogs and websites in WordPress, Popup Creator also provides the ability to run custom JavaScript code while loading the popup. Security researchers at WordPress security firm Defiant warn that Popup Builder is affected by vulnerabilities before version 3.64.1 that could enable attackers to insert malicious code without authentication, or leak user and device configuration details. A high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) bug monitored as CVE-2020-10196 with a CVSS score of 8....

What is a Botnet? A botnet is a network of compromised computers that are used to launch cyber attacks. The term can also refer to the malware used to infect these computers and control them. Botnets can be built with a single attack or by infecting hundreds or even thousands of machines over time. Botnets typically use infected computers as ‘zombies’ to launch attacks on other targets. They can also be used for spamming, data theft, and other malicious activities....

The bug in issue, identified as CVE-2019-11510, is one of the many security holes that a team of researchers from Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure in corporate VPN software discovered last year. At the time of release, the researchers cautioned that bugs could be abused to penetrate corporate networks, obtain sensitive information, and conversations eavesdrop. The first attempts against Fortinet and Pulse Secure devices to manipulate the weaknesses were discovered on August 21 and 22— the attempts mainly reflected scanning operation with the aim of detecting compromised systems....

APT27 is known for cyber espionage activities targeting hundreds of organisations around the world and has been involved since at least 2010 and monitored by numerous security firms such as Emissary Panda, TG-3390, Iron Tiger, Bronze Union, and Lucky Mouse. The party was also observed targeting, among others, U.S. military contractors, a European drone manufacturer, financial sector companies, and a national data centre in Central Asia, in addition to government agencies....