It was reported today that China is now blocking all encrypted HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI. The block was put in place at the end of July and is enforced via China’s Great Firewall.
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Following the news about “Have I Been Pwned” opening up its code base to the open source community after unsuccessfully attempting to have the platform acquired, a Cybersecurity expert has some insight on the topic.
In response to the recent news about ProctorU’s data breach after a threat actor released a stolen database of user records, below are some insightful comments from cybersecurity experts on this topic.
The cybersecurity professional reacted below on the recent warning by BBB on how the scam artists using the Diversity Visa Program to prey on immigrants seeking the United States work or study visa. Scammers are crafting the emails as they are coming from an official US immigration agency in an attempt to tempt the immigrants with urgent matters to click these fraudulent links especially taking advantage of the uncertain situations because of the pandemic.
Popular messaging app WhatsApp may be adding the option to chat using multiple devices at once, according to The Independent. Currently, WhatsApp still limits its users to one main device, unlike many of its competitors, meaning that messages cannot be synchronized between different phones, and using the app on a new device means logging out on another. The company does offer the ability to send messages from another device, such as a computer, using WhatsApp Web. But that app is severely limited, requiring a constant connection to the phone, and having only limited features. The new update could bring the ability…
US chipmaker Intel is investigating a security breach of 20 GB of internal documents classified as “Confidential” or “Restricted Secret” uploaded on file-sharing site MEGA.The data was published by Till Kottmann, a Swiss software engineer, who claims to received files from anonymous person. The cybersecurity experts highlight the danger of using third party services.
A new high severity WordPress vulnerability has been found in a Facebook chat plugin, which has been installed on over 80,000 WordPress websites. If exploited, attackers would be able to obtain “authorized” access to the chat plugin and be able to communicate with site visitors to carry out social engineering attacks in an effort to retrieve sensitive information.
US election hacking and the US Department of State’s rewards of up to $10 million for any information leading to the identification of any person who works with or for a foreign government for the purpose of interfering with US elections through “illegal cyber activities.” This includes attacks against US election officials, US election infrastructure, voting machines, but also candidates and their staff.
London, UK – August 5th, 2020 – LastPass by LogMeIn today unveiled a new Security Dashboard, providing end-users with a complete overview of the security of their online accounts and actionable steps to strengthen their online security. Building on the original LastPass Security Challenge, the new LastPass Security Dashboard now includes dark web monitoring, a new feature available to LastPass Premium, Families and Business customers, that proactively watches for breach activity and alerts users when they need to take action. In addition to displaying weak and reused passwords, the new Security Dashboard now gives all LastPass users, regardless of tier, a full picture of their online security, providing complete…
A bail hearing by Zoom for the 17-year-old who hacked some of the world’s highest-profile Twitter accounts last month was interrupted by participants showing porn, according to Bloomberg.Graham Ivan Clark, who was arrested last week and hacking into many notable Twitter accounts, was represented by lawyers asking a Florida court to lower their client’s bail. It was at this point that the raunchy images were broadcast into the hearing. While prosecutors urged the judge to keep Clark in jail, the judge didn’t get a chance to rule on the bail request as he was forced to cancel the hearing because…