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Google Emergency Update Fixes Two Chrome Zero Days

This is the second pair of zero days that Google's fixed this month, all four of which have been actively exploited in the wild.

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Military’s RFID Tracking of Guns May Endanger Troops

RFID gun tags leave the military exposed to tracking, sniffing and spoofing attacks, experts say.

Tips & Tricks for Unmasking Ghoulish API Behavior

Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence Security, discusses how to track user-agent connections to mobile and desktop APIs, to spot malicious activity.

Baby’s Death Alleged to Be Linked to Ransomware

Access to heart monitors disabled by the attack allegedly kept staff from spotting blood & oxygen deprivation that led to the baby's death.

Innovative Proxy Phantom ATO Fraud Ring Haunts eCommerce Accounts

The group uses millions of password combos at the rate of nearly 2,700 login attempts per minute with new techniques that push the ATO envelope.

Apple Pay with Visa Hacked to Make Payments via Locked iPhones

Researchers have demonstrated that someone could use a stolen, locked iPhone to pay for thousands of dollars of goods or services, no authentication needed.

The Top Ransomware Threats Aren’t Who You Think

Move over REvil, Ragnar Locker, BlackMatter, Conti et al: Three lesser-known gangs account for the vast majority of ransomware attacks in the U.S. and globally.

Thousands of University Wi-Fi Networks Expose Log-In Credentials

Certificate misconfigurations of the EAP protocol in Eduroam (and likely other networks globally) threaten Android and Windows users.

Keep Attackers Out of VPNs: Feds Offer Guidance

The NSA and CISA issued recommendations on choosing and hardening VPNs to prevent nation-state APTs from weaponizing flaws & CVEs to break into protected networks.

How to Prevent Account Takeovers in 2021

Dave Stewart, Approov CEO, lays out six best practices for orgs to avoid costly account takeovers.