Canonical Launches Ubuntu 21.10 For Desktop And Server The latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 21.10, codenamed ‘Impish Indy’, has landed on Canonical’s download channels. The highlight of the release is the inclusion of GNOME 40 as the default desktop environment, bringing aboard a horizontal workspace Read more…
US Government Discloses More Ransomware Attacks On Water Plants U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector facilities have been breached multiple times in ransomware attacks during the last two years, U.S. government agencies said in a joint advisory on Thursday. The advisory also mentions ongoing malicious activity targeting WWS facilities Read more…
WhatsApp Rolls Out iOS, Android End-to-end Encrypted Chat Backups ​WhatsApp is rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups on iOS and Android to prevent anyone from accessing your chats, regardless of where they are stored. Currently, WhatsApp allows you to create backups of all your chats and store them on online Read more…
Microsoft Releases Linux Version Of The Windows Sysmon Tool Microsoft has released a Linux version of the very popular Sysmon system monitoring utility for Windows, allowing Linux administrators to monitor devices for malicious activity. For those not familiar with Sysmon (aka System Monitor), it is a Sysinternals tool that monitors a system Read more…
FTC Fires Warning Shot At 700 Leading Companies About Fake Reviews The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it will fine companies for using fake online reviews or other deceptive endorsements to deceive their customers. The US government agency announced this on Wednesday after it sent letters warning over 700 leading Read more…
University of Sunderland Announces Outage Following Cyberattack The University of Sunderland in the UK has announced extensive operational issues that have taken most of its IT systems down, attributing the problem to a cyber-attack. The first signs of disruption for the university’s IT systems appeared in Tuesday morning, but remain widely impactful Read more…
DocuSign Phishing Campaign Targets Low-ranking Employees Phishing actors are following a new trend of targeting non-executive employees but who still have access to valuable areas within an organization. As reported by Avanan researchers, half of all phishing emails they analyzed in recent months impersonated non-executives, and 77% of them targeted Read more…
Google Sent 50,000 Warnings Of State-Sponsored Attacks In 2021 Google said today that it sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021, a considerable increase compared to the previous year. “So far in 2021, we’ve sent over 50,000 warnings, a nearly 33% increase from this Read more…
Malicious Chrome Ad Blocker Injects Ads Behind The Scenes The AllBlock Chromium ad blocking extension has been found to be injecting hidden affiliate links that generate commissions for the developers. This extension is still available on Chrome’s Web Store and promotes itself as an ad blocker that focuses on YouTube Read more…
Belarus: Joining Banned Telegram Channels Will land You In Prison Belarusian law enforcement has published a list of Telegram channels that are now considered extremist and warned people that merely joining them would be punishable by up to seven years of imprisonment. The announcement follows the approval of a new Read more…
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