Some residents of South Africa’s biggest city left without electricity after ransomware hits city power provider. Source: Ransomware incident leaves some Johannesburg residents without electricity | ZDNet
August 7, 2019
Researchers Easily Trick Cylance’s AI-Based Antivirus Into Thinking Malware Is ‘Goodware’
By taking strings from an online gaming program and appending them to malicious files, researchers were able to trick Cylance’s AI-based antivirus engine into thinking programs like WannaCry and other malware are benign. Source: Researchers Easily Trick Cylance’s AI-Based Antivirus Into Thinking Malware Is ‘Goodware’
August 7, 2019
Hackers Publish List of Phished Discord Credentials
The small list of around 2,500 login details acts a reminder to stay vigilant and use two-factor authentication. Source: Hackers Publish List of Phished Discord Credentials
Have your tax returns, Nest videos, and medical info been made public? Source: My browser, the spy: How extensions slurped up browsing histories from 4M users
August 6, 2019
Siemens contractor pleads guilty to planting logic bomb in company spreadsheets | ZDNet
Logic bomb would crash spreadsheets after a certain date, resulting in Siemens hiring the contractor to fix the latest bugs. Source: Siemens contractor pleads guilty to planting logic bomb in company spreadsheets | ZDNet