Cybersecurity

Read the latest Cybersecurity news on the Packt Hub. We feature up-to-date articles on IT security and hacking. We also feature the latest software security updates and cyber security threats.

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NordVPN reveals it was affected by a data breach in 2018

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NordVPN, a popular Virtual Private Network revealed that it was subject to a data breach in 2018. The breach came to light a few...
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Smart Spies attack: Alexa and Google Assistant can eavesdrop or vish (voice phish) unsuspecting...

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In a new study security researchers from SRLabs have exposed a serious vulnerability - Smart Spies attack in smart speakers from Amazon and Google....
Mozilla launches Firefox 63.0

Mozilla’s sponsored security audit finds a critical vulnerability in the tmux integration feature of...

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Yesterday, Mozilla announced that a critical security vulnerability is present in the terminal multiplexer (tmux) integration feature in all the versions of iTerm2, the...

The US, UK, and Australian governments call Facebook’s end-to-end encryption plan a hindrance to...

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Last week, the US, UK, and Australian governments wrote an open letter to Facebook urging it to drop end-to-end encryption from WhatsApp and halt...
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NCSC investigates several vulnerabilities in VPN products from Pulse secure, Palo Alto and Fortinet

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Last week, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported that they are investigating the exploitation, by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors, of known vulnerabilities...
vulnerability

Google Project Zero discloses a zero-day Android exploit in Pixel, Huawei, Xiaomi and Samsung...

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Google’s Project Zero disclosed a zero-day Android exploit in popular devices from Pixel, Huawei, Xiaomi, and Samsung, last Friday. This flaw unlocks root-level access...

An unpatched security issue in the Kubernetes API is vulnerable to a “billion laughs”...

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Last week, a potentially serious and unpatched security issue was revealed in the Kubernetes API server GitHub repository by StackRox. The security lapse was...

“621 U.S. government, schools, and healthcare entities are impacted by ransomware attacks since January’19”,...

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A report released by antivirus company Emisoft on October 1 sheds light on the increase in ransomware attacks on government and municipal entities. Per...

How Chaos Engineering can help predict and prevent cyber-attacks preemptively

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It's no surprise that cybersecurity has become a major priority for global businesses of all sizes, often employing a dedicated IT team to focus...
vulnerability

An unpatched vulnerability in NSA’s Ghidra allows a remote attacker to compromise exposed systems

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On September 28, the National Security Agency revealed a vulnerability in Ghidra, a free, open-source software reverse-engineering tool. The NSA released the Ghidra toolkit...

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Top 6 Cybersecurity Books from Packt to Accelerate Your Career

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With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber-attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. In organizations worldwide, there is not only a dire need for cybersecurity...

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