Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2022

Several articles here have delved into the history of John Bernard , the pseudonym used by a fake billionaire technology investor who tricked dozens of startups into giving him tens of millions of dollars. Bernard’s latest victim — a Norwegian company hoping to build a fleet of environmentally friendly shipping vessels — is now embroiled in a lawsuit over a deal gone bad, in which Bernard falsely claimed to have secured $100 million from six other wealthy investors, including t

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2022

QNAP forces its customers to update the firmware of their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect against the DeadBolt ransomware. QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. DeadBolt ransomware is targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2022

Well, true to my opening dialogue, this was a monotopical weekly update (and yeah, apparently that's a word ). The Azure bill story got a huge amount of traction this week and there are many interesting angles to it that I didn't fully cover in the original blog post. And incidentally, yep, there's a little background hiss on this video.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoked the license for the China Unicom Americas over serious national security concerns. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked the license for China Unicom Americas over “serious national security concerns.” China Unicom is the world’s sixth-largest mobile service provider by subscriber base.

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