As the markets continue to fluctuate, budget cuts and layoffs now extend across the tech industry, with cybersecurity no exception from tightening its belt and assessing its priorities. Investors are proceeding with caution and waiting to see a correction in valuations, while cybersecurity startups are examining their runway and long-term viability. The growing number and […]
Requires a pro subscription Pro Learn how to support SwiftUI drawing with Core Graphics! This course picks up where our Drawing in iOS with SwiftUI course left off. You’ll enhance the Open Mind app with help from UIKit and Core Graphics. You’ll learn how to integrate UIKit views with SwiftUI, use UIKit touch methods to […]
Image: freestocks/Unsplash Microsoft’s security tools aren’t just for Microsoft platforms, because attackers don’t just go after Windows. “Over the last few years, we’ve seen the threat landscape evolve where attackers and cyber criminals are targeting all platforms equally,” Tanmay Ganacharya, partner director for security research at Microsoft, told TechRepublic. “We’ve seen a significant rise in […]
From robotic assembly lines to self-driving cars, automated processes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping society in significant ways. But AI can’t do everything on its own — in fact, many organizations are beginning to recognize that automation often functions best when it works hand in hand with a human operator. Likewise, humans can […]
Both the Linux zip and zipcloak commands can create encrypted zip files, but they have some important and interesting differences. Here’s what you need to know about how they work and what you should understand when using them. zip The zip command provides an easy way to take a group of files and squeeze their […]
Cobalt Strike, a popular red-team tool for detecting software vulnerabilities, has been repurposed by cyberattackers so frequently that publisher Fortra instituted a system for vetting potential buyers. In response, malicious actors have switched to using cracked versions of the software distributed online like any other hacker tool. Google’s Cloud Security team has now come up […]
The County of Tehama, California, has started informing employees, recipients of services, and affiliates that their personal information might have been compromised in a data breach. The incident, Tehama County says, was identified on April 9, but the investigation into the matter stretched to August 19, when it was determined that personally identifiable information (PII) […]
Phishing scams that try to trick you into putting your real password into a fake site have been around for decades. As regular Naked Security readers will know, precautions such as using a password manager and turning on two-factor authentication (2FA) can help to protect you against phishing mishaps, because: Password managers associate usernames and […]
The cybercrime group called Daixin Team has leaked sample data belonging to AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline, on its data leak portal. The development comes a little over a week after the company fell victim to a ransomware attack on November 11 and 12, per DataBreaches.net. The threat actors allegedly claim to have obtained the […]
The notorious Emotet malware has returned with renewed vigor as part of a high-volume malspam campaign designed to drop payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee. “Hundreds of thousands of emails per day” have been sent since early November 2022, enterprise security company Proofpoint said last week, adding, “the new activity suggests Emotet is returning to its […]