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The database, which was left on-line for about two weeks, contained unpublished legal documents concerning the US court proceedings. “Cases are from 2002-2010, from across the[ America],” Bob Diachenko, Security Discovery Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence. The leaked files are usually documents exchanged between the lawyers and the court before official versions are filed. The database included both public and non-public versions, showing a full history of how certain cases developed....

It is transforming the workspace not just for big corporations but also for small businesses, in all fields, from tech companies to hospitals. It is a fact that VR is the future, but not the future we were promised in movies like the 1992 The Lawnmower man or, more recently, in Player Number One. With VR being around for a while now and with most of the bugs worked out and companies are starting to create their own hardware, it is going to become a lot more affordable and accessible to the everyday man on the street....

You are only as strong as your weakest password. Use strong and unique passwords for all your online accounts so that if one of them is involved in a data breach, you do not run the risk of compromising all your information. Use a password manager to generate and store strong passwords for all your accounts, especially for online banking and government services. While posting updates on social networks is perfectly okay, be aware of what you post....

It may seem like an apocalyptic scenario, but online gangs have already attacked certain stock markets around the world. Intelligence agencies have warned that this could happen again unless tight controls are put in place to try and block sophisticated hackers, but of course, this is much more difficult than it sounds. But how much of a threat do cyber attacks really present, and could stock markets be targeted again?...

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There are two options: you can either manually do a face-to-face swap or you can use an app to do it automatically. These are the top face swap apps for smartphones right now. 1. Face Swap Live Face Swap Live makes use of photos you already have stored locally on your phone. Either take a photo of yourself before applying the effect, or you can import an image. There are many effects to choose from, which is a good thing....

Despite the availability of additional mitigations, the zero-day vulnerabilities had been targeted in live attacks long before patches were released on March 2, with exponentially more adversaries picking them up over the past three weeks. The number of unpatched Exchange installations has decreased dramatically, from about 80,000 on March 14 to less than 30,000 on March 22. “As of today, we’ve seen a substantial reduction in the number of servers that are still vulnerable – over 92 percent of identified global Exchange IPs have been fixed or mitigated....

According to a report from the New York Times, the country’s official Xinhua news agency also published a statement that the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, might be required to obtain a license to sell the technology to a US company. The updated export rules reportedly add 23 items to the list of technologies requiring licensing approval, including technologies such as personal information push services and artificial intelligence interactive interface technology....

In the city of Pascagoula, computer systems are almost all up and running again after a third-party vendor malware was compromised on the 28th Nov., Acting City Manager Frank Corder announced Monday. No data was permanently lost and the hackers got no ransom, he stressed. Corder also reassured residents that there was no compromise on personal information. The hackers requested ransom payment and locked email accounts temporarily, stopped telephone lines and stopped access to critical information, news outlets reported....

Linux and Viruses When signing up for sites like ScandinavianSlots.com, for instance, users want to feel confident they won’t deal with a hacker or virus-induced crisis. A website and its publishers and hosts could invest significant time and money to protect users. However, the website and its owner cannot keep a user’s computer safe. So, it becomes incumbent on computer owners to install current antivirus programs and support the definitions updated....

Because of the software supply chain implications of the attack, GitHub issued a “critical severity” warning that any computer with the embedded npm package “should be regarded fully hacked.” “Three versions of the npm package ua-parser-js were released with malicious code. Users of the impacted versions (0.7.29, 0.8.0, and 1.0.0) should upgrade immediately and examine their systems for suspicious activity, according to GitHub’s alert. “Any machine with this package installed or running should be regarded completely vulnerable....

In addition to commercial cybersecurity solutions, every organisation requires additional cyber safeguards. This is necessary since no system can be completely safeguarded. Regardless of how advanced technology is, there is always the possibility that more advanced dangers will get past the defensive layers. Many dangers should be prevented with basic hygiene and the right use of firewalls and other reinforced security solutions. However, after an intruder has gained access to your network without being recognised, there may be less protection available to detect and remediate the situation....

Any cybersecurity risk management strategy begins with a cyber risk assessment. This stage provides a business owner with a summary of the dangers that could jeopardise their company’s cybersecurity, as well as the severity of those concerns. Cyber risk assessments are tasks used to identify, estimate, and prioritise risk to organisational operations, organisational assets, individuals, and other organisations as a result of the operation and use of information systems, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)....

A tentative agreement was reached between EU lawmakers and the European Council to update restrictions on so-called dual-use products, such as facial recognition technologies and spyware, in order to deter them from being used to breach human rights. Under the new regulations, European companies will have to register for government permits to sell such goods and will have to follow beefed up conditions to include provisions for considering whether the sale presents a danger to human rights....

Initially outlined in 2018, the malware is a custom backdoor affiliated with a threat actor identified as Orangeworm, which has been active since at least 2015, primarily targeting healthcare sector organizations but also launching attacks on healthcare-related sectors, including IT, manufacturing, and logistics. According to the FBI, attacks involving the Kwampirs Remote Access Trojan (RAT) have occurred since 2016, targeting healthcare, the software supply chain, resources, and engineering companies in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East....

Hundreds of injuries have been triggered by the SolarWinds supply chain attack, and potentially affected entities should monitor their networks for signs of this attack-related interference. In the other hand, in the event that they are attacked in the future, it is also necessary for organisations not harmed by the incident to learn the expertise and tools required to identify and neutralise these types of attacks, particularly because other threat actors are likely to take inspiration from the UNC2452 playbook for their future operations....

The malware has been in service since June 2020, also known as FonixCrypter and Xonif, with several versions observed since. The ransomware will apply to the infected files the extensions .FONIX, .XINOF, .Fonix, or .repter. You know the Fonix squad, but we’ve drawn a decision. In constructive ways, we should use our expertise to support others. […] Anyway, the main administrator has now agreed to set aside all previous work and decrypt all infected systems at no cost....

Its simple graphics coupled with straightforward gameplay that still makes a lot of creativity has made this game popularly skyrocket. Minecraft has been able to reach out on nearly every digital platform, from personal computers to mobile devices and consoles, thanks to its loyal fan base. Minecraft is currently available in plain vanilla, or as one of many custom builds created by fans and developers. Multiplayer Mode In Minecraft While Minecraft can be played solo, one of its main attractions is the multiplayer mode which allows users to interact with one another....

According to Investintech, Able2Extract Professional has more than 250,000 registered users in 135 countries, including 90% of Fortune 100. The platform-based tool enables users to view, convert and edit PDF files. Researchers at Cisco Talos discovered that the ability of Able2Extract Professional to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine has two high-severity memory corruption vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities monitored under the words CVE-2019-5088 and CVE-2019-5089 can be used using JPEG or BMP image files specially created to cause an out – of-bounder memory....

Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, the Ellucian Banner ERP module that allows Universities to personalize their web applications in front of them is vulnerable. Ellucian Banner Enterprise Idemtity Services, a user account management module, also has an impact on the vulnerability. You may use the following free web scanning tool to know the issue directly. Earlier in the year, Joshua Mulliken, a safety researcher, identified a vulnerability (use the ) in the authentication mechanism used in both modules to allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions of victims and gain access to their accounts....