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Cyber Security Archive

Archives for May 2024

Election officials are role-playing AI threats to protect democracy

The job has never been harder, and the threats have never been stranger.

Lauren Feiner
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Android 15 will hide one-time passwords in notifications.

In response to malware and social engineering attacks that work by snooping notifications or activating screen sharing, Google says Android 15 will hide notifications with one-time passwords (with some exceptions, like wearable companion apps).

They’re also automatically hidden during screen sharing, and developers can enable their apps to check if Google Play Protect is active, or if another app might be capturing the screen during use.

Simulated Android screenshot showing a bank app demo and a notification for a one-time passcode that doesn’t display the code, in order to keep it secure from malware that may try to steal it.
Image: Google
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
The UK’s Ministry of Defence was hit with a data breach.

The hackers obtained the names and banking information belonging to an unknown number of UK military personnel, according to reports from the BBC and Sky News.

Members of Parliament will reportedly be made aware of the breach on Tuesday. Although the UK government has not revealed who’s behind the attack, Sky News has linked it to China.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Police are trolling Lockbit with its own site.

An international police coalition seized the ransomware gang’s dark web site in February, and is now using the site to tease blog posts with a timer hinting that it will reveal information about the group tomorrow at 10AM ET, reports BleepingComputer.

Lockbit previously resurfaced after the coalition’s takedown, claiming to have struck back at the FBI, and reportedly soon resumed its other activities.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Proton Pass adds advanced password monitoring.

Proton’s encrypted password manager — available on Windows, Android, and iOS — has added a Pass Monitor feature that will alert users if their account information is being sold on the dark web (requires $1.99/mth subscription), and identifies weak and reused passwords and any accounts with missing 2FA (free).

Alerts from Proton’s new Pass Monitor feature.
Alerts from Proton’s new Pass Monitor feature.
Image: Proton