Jan 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy Meta Platforms on Monday announced that it has started to expand global testing of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Messenger chats by default. "Over the next few months, more people will continue to see some of their chats gradually being upgraded with an extra layer of protection provided by end-to-end encryption," Meta's … [Read more...] about Facebook Introduces New Features for End-to-End Encrypted Messenger App
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Logz.io’s New Features: Easier, Faster, and More Cost-Efficient Observability
Our product strategy this year was relatively simple. Many observability practitioners we spoke with complained that observability was oftentimes slow, heavy, complex, and costly – which can be summed up in our CEO’s recent blog on modern observability challenges.While our customers didn’t report similar challenges, we wanted to further distance ourselves from this typical … [Read more...] about Logz.io’s New Features: Easier, Faster, and More Cost-Efficient Observability
Cybercriminals Developing BugDrop Malware to Bypass Android Security Features
In a sign that malicious actors continue to find ways to work around Google Play Store security protections, researchers have spotted a previously undocumented Android dropper trojan that's currently in development. "This new malware tries to abuse devices using a novel technique, not seen before in Android malware, to spread the extremely dangerous Xenomorph banking trojan, … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Developing BugDrop Malware to Bypass Android Security Features
Elastic Contributors: Announcing New Features and Ways to Earn Points
What’s new?1. Additional opportunities to earn bonus pointsContributors can now earn bonus points for submitting content in different solutions and contribution types. We encourage our contributors to venture outside of one solution area, so we provide bonus points to those who submit at least three contributions under Elastic’s solutions (i.e., Elastic Enterprise Search, … [Read more...] about Elastic Contributors: Announcing New Features and Ways to Earn Points
New Features of the Botnet and How to Detect it
One of the most dangerous and infamous threats is back again. In January 2021, global officials took down the botnet. Law enforcement sent a destructive update to the Emotet's executables. And it looked like the end of the trojan's story. But the malware never ceased to surprise. November 2021, it was reported that TrickBot no longer works alone and delivers Emotet. And … [Read more...] about New Features of the Botnet and How to Detect it
New features of the Trickbot Trojan
Exactly five years ago, in October 2016, our solutions first encountered a Trojan named Trickbot (aka TrickLoader or Trickster). Found mostly on home computers back then, its primary task was to steal login credentials for online banking services. In recent years, however, its creators have actively transformed the banking Trojan into a multifunctional modular tool. What’s … [Read more...] about New features of the Trickbot Trojan
Facebook Will Limit Your WhatsApp Features For Not Accepting Privacy Policy
WhatsApp on Friday disclosed that it won't deactivate accounts of users who don't accept its new privacy policy rolling out on May 15, adding it will continue to keep reminding them to accept the new terms. "No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15 because of this update," the Facebook-owned messaging service said in a statement. The … [Read more...] about Facebook Will Limit Your WhatsApp Features For Not Accepting Privacy Policy
Android 11 — 5 New Security and Privacy Features You Need to Know
After a long wait and months of beta testing, Google last week finally released Android 11, the latest version of the Android mobile operating system—with features offering billions of its users more control over their data security and privacy. Android security is always a hot topic and almost always for the wrong reason, including Google's failure to prevent malicious apps … [Read more...] about Android 11 — 5 New Security and Privacy Features You Need to Know
New Privacy Features Added to the Upcoming Apple iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures.No, we're not talking about 'coronavirus,' the current global pandemic because of which Apple—for the very first time in history—organized its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) virtually.Here we're talking about a world in which we are all connected and constantly sharing data, also known as the new oil, with something … [Read more...] about New Privacy Features Added to the Upcoming Apple iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur
Gustuff return, new features for victims
Threat Research The Gustuff banking trojan is back with new features, months after initially appearing targeting financial institutions in Australia. Cisco Talos first reported on Gustuff in April. Soon after, the actors behind Gustuff started by changing the distribution hosts and later disabled its command and control (C2) infrastructure. … [Read more...] about Gustuff return, new features for victims