Arizona Takes Google to Court Over Location Tracking

Posted on 29-05-2020
https://www.securityweek.com/arizona-takes-google-court-over-location-tracking

The US state of Arizona filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Google of committing fraud by being deceptive about gathering location data. Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich said the suit resulted f...

Industrial Suppliers in Japan, Europe Targeted in Sophisticated Attacks

Posted on 29-05-2020
https://www.securityweek.com/industrial-suppliers-japan-europe-targeted-sophisticated-attacks

Threat actors have targeted industrial suppliers in Japan and several European countries in sophisticated attacks that employed various techniques to make malware detection and analysis more difficult...

Hackers Sell Data from 26 Million LiveJournal Users on Dark Web

Posted on 27-05-2020
https://threatpost.com/hackers-sell-data-livejournal-dark-web/156063/

Passwords and other credentials have been listed on Have I Been Pwned as attack rumors circulate. A database containing credentials from more than 26 million LiveJournal accounts has been leake...

70 Percent of Mobile, Desktop Apps Contain Open-Source Bugs

Posted on 26-05-2020
https://threatpost.com/70-of-apps-open-source-bugs/156040/

A lack of awareness about where and how open-source libraries are being used is problematic, researchers say. A full 70 percent of applications being used today have at least one security flaw ...

Cyber Security Today – A cunning cyber attack, two email scams, hack at Wishbone and a smartphone take-over

Posted on 24-05-2020
https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/cyber-security-today-a-cunning-cyber-attack-two-email-scams-hack-at-wishbone-and-a-smartphone-take-over/431066

A cunning cyber attack, two email scams, hack at Wishbone and a smartphone take-over Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday May 22nd. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cy...