The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Bill Toulas is a technology writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications. An open source advocate and Linux enthusiast, is currently finding pleasure in following hacks, malware campaigns, and data breach incidents, as well as by exploring the intricate ways through which tech is swiftly transforming our lives.

Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack

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Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web.

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Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

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The latest generations of Intel processors, including Xeon chips, and AMD's older microarchitectures on Linux are vulnerable to new speculative execution attacks that bypass existing 'Spectre' mitigations.

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EDRSilencer red team tool used in attacks to bypass security

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A tool for red-team operations called EDRSilencer has been observed in malicious incidents attempting to identify security tools and mute their alerts to management consoles.

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New FIDO proposal lets you securely move passkeys across platforms

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The Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance has published a working draft of a new specification that aims to enable the secure transfer of passkeys between different providers.

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Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times

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Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads.

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