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“After a meeting between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J Trump, Microsoft is ready to start negotiations to pursue TikTok ‘s purchase in the United States,” the company said in a statement, noting the “importance of resolving the President ‘s concerns” about national security. Microsoft added that it will continue talks with ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, with the goal of “completing these discussions by September 15 at the latest” The announcement came after Trump said Friday that he would ban the app, which is overwhelmingly popular with young audiences who produce and watch its short-form videos and has an estimated one billion users around the world....

Although standard phishing campaigns do not pick up and use a shootgun spray approach in order to compromise as many objectives as possible effectively, spear phishing attacks use personalized messages for one single objective. “In fact, they are so targeted that sometimes we call them’ laser’ phishing,” says Microsoft. “And even technical managers and other top managers have been tricked into handing over money and confidential documents via a well-targeted email because these attacks are so focussed....

Phishing Mitm attacks are often used to extract sensitive data, such as passwords and credit card numbers, from unsuspecting users. One of the most common methods used to carry out mitm attacks is called “phishing.” Phishing is when a user is sent an email that looks like it comes from a trustworthy source, but actually contains malicious content intended to steal personal information. Phishing attacks can be carried out using a variety of methods, including online advertisements, emails, and even text messages....

This error is assigned CVE ID CVE-2019-9506 and enables an attacker to decrease the duration of the encryption key used to connect. In some cases, the length of an encryption key could be reduced to one octet. “The researchers identified that it is possible for an attacking device to interfere with the procedure used to set up encryption on a BR/EDR connection between two devices in such a way as to reduce the length of the encryption key used,” stated an advisory on Bluetooth....

Mike Wiacek, who previously formed Google’s Threat Research Division and co-founded Chronicle, Alphabet ‘s corporate security company, founded and led the new agency. As COO and general counsel, Jan Kang, former Chief Legal Officer at Chronicle, enters Stairwell. Stairwell shared very little information about its devices, but identified them as user-centered tools designed to help security teams “understand the core relationships between their external and internal data sources,” thus helping them battle cyber attacks proactively....

Purple Fox, the malware campaign, has been operating since at least 2018, and the discovery of the latest worm-like infection vector is yet another indication that cybercriminals continue to benefit from consumer-grade malware. Purple Fox operators mainly used exploit kits and phishing emails to create botnets for crypto-mining and other nefarious purposes, according to Guardicore researcher Amit Serper. The new SMB brute-force approach is now being used in conjunction with rootkit capabilities to cover and propagate through internet-facing Windows computers with poor passwords....

The good news is that, much like other technical fields like computer science or engineering, an online cybersecurity degree will open doors on many fronts — and although some cybersecurity professionals choose to specialize in one area of the field and obtain a graduate degree, cybersecurity bachelor degree holders have a lot of options. In this manual, you can learn how to: Indeed, there is an unprecedented shortage of skilled experts in the industry, resulting in short work hunts and lucrative job offers for those with the required qualifications....

Platinum is a cyberespionage organization that has been active for at least a decade, but only described in 2016. The hackers are known to threaten public agencies, intelligence agencies, security organizations and ISPs. Security researchers from Kaspersky recently discovered Titanium, a new platinum-like backdoor with an advanced multi-stage execution method which masks each move as popular software including a sound driver, protective or DVD development code. In line with the previous team campaigns, the attackers attacked victims in South and South-East Asia....

Tracked as CVE-2019-2215, the vulnerability was identified in early October by Google Project Zero security researcher Maddie Stone, who confirmed that compromised devices have already been attacked by attackers. The researcher then also said that the information she had suggested the backdoor that Israel’s spyware company NSO used to develop Pegasus’ notoriousiOS malware. The vulnerability was previously fixed in version 4.14 of the Linux kernel in December 2017, but a CVE was not assigned at that time....

Here’s how IBM defines the concept: “Quantum computers leverage quantum mechanical phenomena to manipulate information. To do this, they rely on quantum bits or qubits.” It’s not a definition that a layman can understand. That’s why most of us leave it to computer scientists. However, we can all benefit from having a basic understanding of something that will have a huge impact on our future. Most people didn’t understand how standard computers worked....

The cash and stock transaction is worth $52 million, and it comes less than a year after Reported Future was purchased for $780 million. The Gemini Advisory deal is supposed to include tools and resources to sell the “most robust intelligence network” with “the visibility to operate at the pace of the adversary to minimise cyber risk and fraud,” according to Reported Future. Gemini Advisory will act as a separate business entity within Reported Future following the acquisition....

The regulatory community, which is responsible for protecting the privacy of individuals worldwide, is concerned that the growing usage of video conferencing solutions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risks associated with VTC companies’ handling of personal information, and has also generated additional risks. “Media reports, and directly to us as privacy enforcement authorities, in some cases indicate the awareness of those threats. This has given us cause for concern as to whether VTC companies’ protections and interventions are keeping pace with the rapidly increasing risk profile of the personal information they handle, “reads the letter....

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Spyse, a new cybersecurity search engine, has recently combined all their products into a single service which offers mass data on various internet elements: networks, companies, vulnerabilities, and more. With this tool, security specialists, pen-testers, and bug bounty hunters can dramatically accelerate the process of gathering data. Utilizing a database approach, Spyse pre-gathers data to make it available to all users instantly. With a service like this, security personnel can seal vulnerabilities on time and keep cyberpunks off their business’s infrastructure....

The company said Friday it responded to a detected “cyber incident” at one of its US-based businesses. Although BlueScope did not share any information about the type of attack, iTnews confirmed the business had been hit by ransomware and it was working to restore backup systems. BlueScope said the incident affected some of its IT processes, which mainly affected Australia’s manufacturing and sales operations. “Some processes have been paused while some manual processes and workarounds continue with other processes including steel dispatches,” the company said....

What is end-to-end testing? This is why software testing has become more important than ever. End-to-end testing helps you see the product from the customer’s perspective and also gauge the application’s flow. You can then make the much-needed edits and how the software works. It will also help you debug it if there are any bugs that might have slipped past you. Three core activities that must be included in end-to-end testing User Function One will need to make a list of all the interconnected subsystems and track and record their performance....

In comparison, many search engines other than Google have too much to do, not just in terms of anonymity, but also in terms of useful functionality. Everybody uses Google for all kinds of searches. As of 2020, Google holds 92.54% global market share for search engines. This is to show how it has dominated its market. But did you know that Google is not the only search engine to find answers to your queries?...

Launched in April, the Smittestopp (“Infection Stop”) smartphone app was set up to collect movement data to help authorities track COVID-19 spread, and to inform users if they were exposed to someone carrying the novel coronavirus. The data agency, Datatilsynet, issued a alert on Friday that it would stop the Norwegian Public Health Institute from handling data collected through Smittestopp. Datatilsynet said the limited spread of coronavirus in Norway, as well as the limited efficacy of the software due to the small number of people actually using it, meant a disproportionate violation of the privacy resulting from its use....

Known as CVE-2020-3992, the critical vulnerability has been identified as a use-after-free problem that affects the ESXi OpenSLP application. On July 22, the vulnerability was disclosed to VMware by Lucas Leong of the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) of Trend Micro. ZDI claimed in its own recommendations that the vulnerability can be abused to execute arbitrary code by a remote, unauthenticated attacker. In the handling of SLP messages, a particular flaw occurs....

Bitcoin Exchange in 2022: What’s New? For those interested in wbtc to usdt exchange, it will be useful to know about the latest developments in the cryptocurrency. In 2021, Bitcoin’s price surged and dropped several times, proving its volatility. In 2022, experts expect this trend to continue. One of the predictions for Bitcoin is that it may have a significant drop in the nearest future. This is exactly why many Bitcoin investors may be looking to exchange WBTC to other cryptocurrencies this year....