When traveling into China through the northwest border, border patrol may install a new spyware app called Fengcai or BXAQ on your phone. Some users have reported that the app was installed on their phone when stopped by police as well. Like the MFsocket app that Chinese police install on your cellphone in Beijing and Shanghai, this app appears to pull data from your phone and … [Read more...]
Friday News Roundup – June 28
This week we saw lots of interesting cyber security reports. We would love to cover all of them in depth, but we just don't have the time. Here’s the top security reports that we missed out on this week. Norsk Hydro recently got hit with ransomware and BBC recently covered the aftermath of the attack. This five-minute video shows just how must devastation ransomware … [Read more...]
$98 Million Spent Just To Replace Credit Cards in 2018
How much should you spend on cyber defense, recovery, and insurance? A recent research study from WEIS [PDF]—a collection of cyber security researchers—analyzes the costs of cyber crime and how it has changed over the years. While the report mostly covers world e-commerce losses and how governments can combat them, it also reports cyber security trends, and their findings match … [Read more...]
Why the 2FA Lawsuit Against Apple Doesn’t Have Two Legs to Stand On
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is one of the most powerful security controls in existence. At WatchGuard, we believe that strong authentication is the cornerstone of security, which is why it’s so encouraging to see MFA beginning to become increasingly common in everyday products and services. So, what happens when one Apple customer decides to file a class action lawsuit … [Read more...]
Dragonblood: What You Need to Know About the Latest WPA3 Vulnerabilities
As most know, mid-last year the Wi-Fi Alliance announced WPA3, a replacement for the aging WPA2 Wi-Fi security and authentication standard. WPA3 was supposed to make it nearly impossible to crack a network password. However, this week, the same researchers behind the KRACK disclosure in 2017 released five new WPA3 vulnerabilities collectively named Dragonblood. What do you … [Read more...]
