US authorities have extradited a dual Russian and Israeli national on charges of being a developer of the notorious LockBit ransomware. Rostislav Panev, aged 51, has been extradited from Israel, where he was arrested in August 2024 pursuant to a US provisional arrest request. He has had an initial appearance before a US magistrate before […]
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How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps – Krebs on Security
A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. ClickFix attacks mimic the […]
encrypted messaging between Android and iOS devices coming, says GSMA – Computerworld
The result is that if you want to send a secure RCS message between Android devices, you need to use Google’s own Messages app at both ends; it implements E2EE using the well-worn Signal protocol. Similarly, Apple adopted RCS in iMessage last year, but with a proprietary implementation of E2EE. In short, it’s a confusing […]