SpaceX’s Starlink has quietly added a much-requested security feature: Two-factor authentication. A growing number of Starlink subscribers have complained about… Story on PCMag
Category: Cybersecurity
What Is Stalkerware? How to Find and Remove It
What if your phone calls, texts, FaceTime sessions, and GPS locations were being logged without your consent? What if they were all being sent to a tech-savvy… Story on PCMag
Why Did CrowdStrike Update Only Hit Windows? Blame the EU, Microsoft Says
Friday’s CrowdStrike update nightmare took down 8.5 million Windows-based machines globally, prompting some to question why Microsoft allows third-party kernel… Story on PCMag
Massive Microsoft Windows Outage Bricks PCs, Halts Flights Worldwide
Microsoft systems and Windows PCs around the world experienced a sudden outage early Friday morning when cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike released an update… Story on PCMag
CrowdStrike causes Windows outage chaos for airports, banks, and more. Here’s what you can do
In what looks like the biggest IT outage in years, a massive cybersecurity software outage is causing chaos across the globe… Story on ZDNet
‘Port Shadow’ Flaw Can Exploit Some VPNs to Attack Users
VPNs are supposed to protect your privacy, but new research has uncovered a sophisticated way to exploit a user’s VPN activity to spy on and potentially hack… Story on PCMag
Kaspersky Shuts Down US Operations Following Nationwide Ban
Moscow-based antivirus firm Kaspersky is shutting down its US office and laying off staff a few weeks after the Commerce Department banned sales of the… Story on PCMag
Cloudflare reports almost 7% of internet traffic is malicious
In its latest State of Application Security Report, Cloudflare paints a sobering picture of the internet’s threat landscape in 2024 Story on ZDNet
ATT: ‘Nearly All’ Customer Phone, Text Records Leaked, One Arrest Made
A trove of ATT call and text records was downloaded by an unknown threat actor in April. Now, ATT says the scope of the breach impacts ‘nearly all’… Story on PCMag
Cisco Talos: Top Ransomware TTPs Exposed
Cisco Talos analyzed the top 14 ransomware groups between 2023 and 2024 to expose their attack chain and highlight interesting Tactics, Techniques and Protocols Story on TechRepublic