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New UEFI rootkit Black Lotus offered for sale at $5,000

Security Affairs

Black Lotus is a new, powerful Windows UEFI rootkit advertised on underground criminal forums, researcher warns. Cybersecurity researcher Scott Scheferman reported that a new Windows UEFI rootkit, dubbed Black Lotus, is advertised on underground criminal forums.

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Meal delivery service Home Chef discloses data breach

Security Affairs

The company is investigating the incident and announced that it is taking action to strengthen its security defenses and prevent similar incidents in the future. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

” The card reader Mark bought was sold by a company called Saicoo , whose sponsored Amazon listing advertises a “DOD Military USB Common Access Card (CAC) Reader” and has more than 11,700 mostly positive ratings. In response to KrebsOnSecurity’s request for comment, Saicoo sent a somewhat less reassuring reply.

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Airbus data breach exposes some employees’data

Security Affairs

Airbus declared to have begun taking immediate and appropriate actions to reinforce existing security measures. The airplane maker has also instructed its employees to “take all necessary precautions going forward,” to strengthen their security defenses. and to mitigate the potential impact of the data breach.

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Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?

Krebs on Security

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. advertise Dedserver and include images watermarked with the nickname “oneillk2.”

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Crooks abuse GitHub platform to host phishing kits

Security Affairs

Researchers at Proofpoint reported that crooks are abusing free code repositories on GitHub to host phishing websites and bypass security defenses. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google Play Protect prevented 1.9 billion malware installs from Third-party stores in 2019

Security Affairs

In May 2017, Google introduced a security defense system called Google Play Protect to protect the devices running its mobile OS. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. billion malware installs from Third-party stores in 2019 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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