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Detailed analysis: what vulnerabilities were found in Tor? The developers of the popular tool for anonymous Internet surfing, Tor Browser, have released the results of an extensive security audit. The audit covered the main projects: Tor Browser, OONI Probe, rdsys, BridgeDB and Conjure. Experts...

Your movements are very easy to follow, even if you don't want to. A new study by Citizen Lab has shown that outdated technologies that enable mobile phone roaming also allow you to track the location of phone owners on a global level. The main vulnerability of the system is its flexibility...

The country's parliamentarians approved a new bill. The UK Parliament has approved a new bill that will strengthen measures to combat crimes in the field of cryptocurrencies. The draft law "On Countering Economic Violations and Corporate Integrity" regulates a wide range of crimes: from...

Is it worth installing a fix, given all its shortcomings? Microsoft has released an optional cumulative update KB5031445 for Windows 10 22H2. It contains 9 fixes, including fixing a memory leak in "ctfmon.exe", about real attacks using which we recently reported . Update KB5031445 is part of...

What are the real security implications of long-running espionage campaigns in France? The APT28 hacker group has been attacking government structures, businesses, universities, research institutes and think tanks in France since mid-2021. According to a new report by the French National...

Attacks reach 200 million requests per second, and a new defense strategy is needed. Cloudflare reports a sharp increase in the number of hypervolumetric HTTP DDoS attacks in the third quarter of 2023, exceeding the figures of all previous years. This indicates a new stage in the field of...

Will the new bill allow the use of AI? A group of State Duma deputies headed by Yaroslav Nilov and a senator from the LDPR faction registered draft law No. 467977-8, which proposes to make amendments to existing legislation, in particular to the laws "On Basic Guarantees of electoral rights and...

From hacking social networks to pig butchering: what did the educational program include? Nigerian police have exposed an organized group of cyber scammers in Abuja, the capital of the country. On September 13, 2023, six suspects were detained. Representatives of the law also defeated the...

What was the reason for the court's refusal to proceed with the murder and state espionage case? A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the widow of journalist Jamal Khashoggi against Israeli spy software developer NSO Group. The judge ruled that the phone hacking charges in the...

A new quantum computer achieves the coherence of a qubit on an electron charge in 0.1 milliseconds. A team led by the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Security Laboratory has achieved an important breakthrough in quantum computing. The researchers increased the coherence time of their...

More than 100 US federal agencies can see current threats in real time, isn't this a victory in the field of information security? According to a senior Congressional official, the Exploited Vulnerability Catalog (KEV), which is managed by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

Google will allow you to check the authenticity and origin of images. Google introduces a new "About This Image" tool that analyzes image metadata to determine its origin and identify manipulations created with the help of artificial intelligence. The updated tool is included in the latest...

Find out what the new bomber is hiding. The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider heavy strategic bomber has begun ground testing in Palmdale, California. These secret tests indicate that the first flight of the stealth aircraft is scheduled for the end of this...

The group announced bad news for guests and employees of the largest hotel chains. The ALPHV/BlackCat group, known for its ransomware attacks on entertainment companies Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts, announced a new victim-the American hotel chain LBA Hospitality. LBA's portfolio...

Hackers Cyber Av3ngers gained access to the automated process control system of the station. The hacker group CyberAv3ngers has announced the hacking of a sewage treatment plant in the city of Netanya, Israel. In their Telegram channel, the hackers posted screenshots showing that they had...

The company has already released fixes, and also offered a number of temporary solutions for administrators. The multinational company F5, which specializes in services related to Internet sites and applications, warned its customers about a critical vulnerability in the company's BIG-IP...

How does the CIA's tool relate to such a deliberate attack? The information security company Sangfor discovered a series of phishing attacks that exploit a vulnerability in WinRAR. Documents related to the geopolitical issues of Belarus and Russia serve as bait for victims, and the sender of...

They created fake accounting websites to steal money. Kovrov City Court sentenced two men from Moscow and Novosibirsk, who were members of an organized criminal group engaged in the creation and distribution of malicious computer programs. With their help, they stole over 16 million rubles from...

The "Double Alien Rat" group masterfully imitates the activity of other hackers, making it difficult to investigate. Recently, experts from NSFOCUS's Fuying Lab discovered a large-scale cyberattack against Chinese government institutions that lasted more than 6 months. The attack was organized...

Russia invests in tablet production: a chance for domestic developers. In 2024, Russian teachers and doctors will receive the first tablets based on the domestic operating system, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadaev. According to him, the initial order for...