Singapore held its most recent general election on July 10 2020, and although they used the electoral system called first-past-the-post (FPTP), a scheme favored by the US, UK, and most English-speaking countries, the road leading to Election Day was not without challenges and obstacles. While all voters used paper ballots (thus removing the exposure to risk that comes with using electronic … [Read more...]
September 11, 2020
September 10, 2020
Report: Pandemic caused significant shift in buyer appetite in the dark web
Last year, credentials for PayPal, Facebook, and Airbnb were among the top goods on high demand in the dark web, aka the Internet’s underground market. But due to the COVID-19 outbreak, with most of the worldwide population sheltering, working, and studying indoors, many facets of life have made a full 180-degree turn—including the criminal world. Almost everything we do is not how we … [Read more...]
September 3, 2019
TrickBot adds new trick to its arsenal: tampering with trusted texts
Researchers from Dell Secureworks saw a new feature in TrickBot that allows it to tamper with the web sessions of users who have certain mobile carriers. According to a blog post that they published early last week, TrickBot can do this by “intercepting network traffic before it is rendered by a victim’s browser.” If you may recall, TrickBot, a well-known banking Trojan we detect as … [Read more...]
