Encryption Flaws in Popular Chinese Language App Put Users’ Typed Data at Risk

Encryption Flaws in Popular Chinese Language App Put Users’ Typed Data at Risk

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A widely used Chinese language input app for Windows and Android has been found vulnerable to serious security flaws that could allow a malicious interloper to decipher the text typed by users.
The findings from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, which carried out an analysis of the encryption mechanism used in Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, an app that has over 455 million monthly active

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A widely used Chinese language input app for Windows and Android has been found vulnerable to serious security flaws that could allow a malicious interloper to decipher the text typed by users.
The findings from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, which carried out an analysis of the encryption mechanism used in Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, an app that has over 455 million monthly active

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/encryption-flaws-in-popular-chinese.html

Cybercriminals Increasingly Using EvilProxy Phishing Kit to Target Executives

Cybercriminals Increasingly Using EvilProxy Phishing Kit to Target Executives,

Threat actors are increasingly using a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit dubbed EvilProxy to pull off account takeover attacks aimed at high-ranking executives at prominent companies.
According to Proofpoint, an ongoing hybrid campaign has leveraged the service to target thousands of Microsoft 365 user accounts, sending approximately 120,000 phishing emails to hundreds of organizations

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Threat actors are increasingly using a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit dubbed EvilProxy to pull off account takeover attacks aimed at high-ranking executives at prominent companies.
According to Proofpoint, an ongoing hybrid campaign has leveraged the service to target thousands of Microsoft 365 user accounts, sending approximately 120,000 phishing emails to hundreds of organizations

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/cybercriminals-increasingly-using.html

Interpol Busts Phishing-as-a-Service Platform ’16Shop,’ Leading to 3 Arrests

Interpol Busts Phishing-as-a-Service Platform ’16Shop,’ Leading to 3 Arrests

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Interpol has announced the takedown of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called 16Shop, in addition to the arrests of three individuals in Indonesia and Japan.
16Shop specialized in the sales of phishing kits that other cybercriminals can purchase to mount phishing attacks on a large scale, ultimately facilitating the theft of credentials and payment details from users of popular services

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Interpol has announced the takedown of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called 16Shop, in addition to the arrests of three individuals in Indonesia and Japan.
16Shop specialized in the sales of phishing kits that other cybercriminals can purchase to mount phishing attacks on a large scale, ultimately facilitating the theft of credentials and payment details from users of popular services

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/interpol-busts-phishing-as-service.html

Collide+Power, Downfall, and Inception: New Side-Channel Attacks Affecting Modern CPUs

Collide+Power, Downfall, and Inception: New Side-Channel Attacks Affecting Modern CPUs,

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a trio of side-channel attacks that could be exploited to leak sensitive data from modern CPUs.
Called Collide+Power (CVE-2023-20583), Downfall (CVE-2022-40982), and Inception (CVE-2023-20569), the novel methods follow the disclosure of another newly discovered security vulnerability affecting AMD’s Zen 2 architecture-based processors known as 

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a trio of side-channel attacks that could be exploited to leak sensitive data from modern CPUs.
Called Collide+Power (CVE-2023-20583), Downfall (CVE-2022-40982), and Inception (CVE-2023-20569), the novel methods follow the disclosure of another newly discovered security vulnerability affecting AMD’s Zen 2 architecture-based processors known as 

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/collidepower-downfall-and-inception-new.html

China-Linked Hackers Strike Worldwide: 17 Nations Hit in 3-Year Cyber Campaign

China-Linked Hackers Strike Worldwide: 17 Nations Hit in 3-Year Cyber Campaign,

Hackers associated with China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) have been linked to attacks in 17 different countries in Asia, Europe, and North America from 2021 to 2023.
Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future attributed the intrusion set to a nation-state group it tracks under the name RedHotel (previously Threat Activity Group-22 or TAG-222), which overlaps with a cluster of activity broadly

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Hackers associated with China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) have been linked to attacks in 17 different countries in Asia, Europe, and North America from 2021 to 2023.
Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future attributed the intrusion set to a nation-state group it tracks under the name RedHotel (previously Threat Activity Group-22 or TAG-222), which overlaps with a cluster of activity broadly

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/china-linked-hackers-strike-worldwide.html

Continuous Security Validation with Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)

Continuous Security Validation with Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS),

Validate security continuously across your full stack with Pen Testing as a Service.
In today’s modern security operations center (SOC), it’s a battle between the defenders and the cybercriminals. Both are using tools and expertise – however, the cybercriminals have the element of surprise on their side, and a host of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that have evolved. These external

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Validate security continuously across your full stack with Pen Testing as a Service.
In today’s modern security operations center (SOC), it’s a battle between the defenders and the cybercriminals. Both are using tools and expertise – however, the cybercriminals have the element of surprise on their side, and a host of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that have evolved. These external

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/continuous-security-validation-with.html

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks,

Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet.
The search giant said it’s introducing a second user setting to turn off support, at the model level, for null-ciphered cellular connections.
« The Android Security Model assumes that all networks are hostile to keep users safe from

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Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet.
The search giant said it’s introducing a second user setting to turn off support, at the model level, for null-ciphered cellular connections.
« The Android Security Model assumes that all networks are hostile to keep users safe from

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/new-android-14-security-feature-it.html

U.K. Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons

U.K. Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons,

The U.K. Electoral Commission on Tuesday disclosed a « complex » cyber attack on its systems that went undetected for over a year, allowing the threat actors to access years worth of voter data belonging to 40 million people.
« The incident was identified in October 2022 after suspicious activity was detected on our systems, » the regulator said. « It became clear that hostile actors had first

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The U.K. Electoral Commission on Tuesday disclosed a « complex » cyber attack on its systems that went undetected for over a year, allowing the threat actors to access years worth of voter data belonging to 40 million people.
« The incident was identified in October 2022 after suspicious activity was detected on our systems, » the regulator said. « It became clear that hostile actors had first

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/uk-electoral-commission-breach-exposes.html

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks,

Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet.
The search giant said it’s introducing a second user setting to turn off support, at the model level, for null-ciphered cellular connections.
« The Android Security Model assumes that all networks are hostile to keep users safe from

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Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet.
The search giant said it’s introducing a second user setting to turn off support, at the model level, for null-ciphered cellular connections.
« The Android Security Model assumes that all networks are hostile to keep users safe from

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/new-android-14-security-feature-it.html

Microsoft Releases Patches for 74 New Vulnerabilities in August Update

Microsoft Releases Patches for 74 New Vulnerabilities in August Update,

Microsoft has patched a total of 74 flaws in its software as part of the company’s Patch Tuesday updates for August 2023, down from the voluminous 132 vulnerabilities the company fixed last month.
This comprises six Critical and 67 Important security vulnerabilities. Also released by the tech giant are two defense-in-depth updates for Microsoft Office (ADV230003) and the Memory Integrity System

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Microsoft has patched a total of 74 flaws in its software as part of the company’s Patch Tuesday updates for August 2023, down from the voluminous 132 vulnerabilities the company fixed last month.
This comprises six Critical and 67 Important security vulnerabilities. Also released by the tech giant are two defense-in-depth updates for Microsoft Office (ADV230003) and the Memory Integrity System

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/microsoft-releases-patches-for-74-new.html