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Experts Discover Flaw in U.S. Govt’s Chosen Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithm
A group of researchers has revealed what it says is a vulnerability in a specific implementation of CRYSTALS-Kyber, one of the encryption algorithms chosen by the U.S. government as quantum-resistant last year. The exploit relates to "side-channel attacks on up to the...
Australia commits to establishing second national cyber security agency
Australia is set to establish a second cyber security agency to coordinate the cyber security efforts across government - part of its response to numerous high-profile cyber attacks that rocked the nation last year. The new agency will be called the National Office...
WH Smith Cyberattack – Employee Data Stolen
W.H. Smith is the latest UK-based business to suffer a cyber attack, following the Royal Mail ransomware attack and data breach at JD Sports. WH Smith has confirmed that it was targeted in a cyberattack resulting in the theft of employee data. Following the detection...
Google’s Chrome browser now squeezes more battery life out of MacBooks
Google has announced several changes to its Chrome web browser that can boost the battery life on MacBooks, extending how much usage users can get out of a single charge. By optimizing systems like memory compression and JavaScript timers, MacBook users can now browse...
Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing Chat now lets you choose ‘precise’ or ‘creative’ answers
Microsoft continues to tweak the AI-powered Bing Chat by adding new features such as the abilty to respond with different 'tones'. Over the weekend Micosoft said some users are now able to choose a style for the responses from Bing that are either 'Precise',...
LastPass breach: Hackers put malware on engineer’s home computer to steal their password
LastPass has revealed that hackers stole a master password that they used to access highly restricted corporate databases and information by targeting a senior engineer's home computer. The password manager company first revealed that it had been hacked in August last...
Hackers Using Trojanized macOS Apps to Deploy Evasive Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Trojanized versions of legitimate applications are being used to deploy evasive cryptocurrency mining malware on macOS systems. Jamf Threat Labs, which made the discovery, said the XMRig coin miner was executed by means of an unauthorized modification in Final Cut...
Microsoft patches three exploited zero-days (CVE-2023-21715, CVE-2023-23376, CVE-2023-21823)
The three zero-days (CVE-2023-21715, CVE-2023-23376, CVE-2023-21823) CVE-2023-21715 a vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass a Microsoft Publisher security feature: Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files. “The attack itself is carried...
Apple fixes actively exploited WebKit zero-day in iOS, macOS (CVE-2023-23529)
Apple has released security updates that fix a WebKit zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-23529) that “may have been actively exploited.” The bug has been fixed in iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1, macOS Ventura 13.2.1, Safari 16.3.1, and possibly also in tvOS 16.3.2 and...
Norway Seizes $5.84 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen by Lazarus Hackers
Norwegian police agency Økokrim has announced the seizure of 60 million NOK (about $5.84 million) worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the Lazarus Group in March 2022 following the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack. "This case shows that we also have a great capacity to...