First-ever flight: Plane with US, Israeli officials lands in UAE | Israel News

High-level delegations from Israel and the US have arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), via the first-ever commercial flight between the Middle Eastern nations, to put final touches on a controversial pact establishing open relations. Top aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on board the direct flight from Tel Aviv to the UAE capital Abu

Number of US coronavirus cases nears six million: Live news | Coronavirus pandemic News

The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States is nearing six million, with states including Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota reporting daily records. More than 183,000 people have died from the disease in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of cases globally has gone past 25 million, with deaths exceeding 844,000. More than 16.5 million people

Fire erupts near ancient Greek site of Mycenae | News

A wildfire has erupted near the ruins of the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in Greece, prompting the evacuation of visitors to the archaeological site.      The fire started on Sunday near the tomb of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, one of the major centres of civilisation in the Mediterranean in the second millennium BC. According to legend, Agamemnon led the Greek forces in the Trojan war. The

India sets biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases: Live | News

India’s health ministry announced on Sunday at least 78,761 new infections in 24 hours, setting a new daily record worlwide. More than 24.9 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and 16.4 million have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 842,400 people have died. Brazil’s Ministry of Health has reported at least 758 additional

Ukraine, Indonesia report record rise in coronavirus cases: Live | News

Indonesia has reported its biggest rise in infections for a third successive day, while Ukraine and Myanmar have also registered a record daily rise in coronavirus cases. Russia’s coronavirus cases have surpassed 980,000 after the country reported 4,829 new cases in the last 24 hours. The number of coronavirus cases in Latin America surpassed seven million, as legislators in Argentina’s

Libya interior minister suspended after gunmen fire on protesters | Libya News

Libya’s internationally recognised government suspended its interior minister on Friday, saying his handling of street protests and a violent crackdown against them would be investigated. The move coincides with reports of growing friction between Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), and Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha, an influential figure

‘That same fight’: DC civil rights march commemorates MLK’s dream | News

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC on Friday to denounce racism, protest against police brutality and commemorate the anniversary of the 1963 civil rights march when Martin Luther King Jr made his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. In his iconic address, King lamented “the unspeakable horrors of police brutality” and envisioned a reality, a future where his children would “one

Iranian Hackers Pose as Journalists to Trick Victims Into Installing Malware

An Iranian cyberespionage group known for targeting government, defense technology, military, and diplomacy sectors is now impersonating journalists to approach targets via LinkedIn and WhatsApp and infect their devices with malware. Detailing the new tactics of the “Charming Kitten” APT group, Israeli firm Clearsky said, “starting July 2020, we have identified a new TTP of the group,

Japan’s Shinzo Abe to step down because of Ill-health: NHK | News

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will resign because of ill-health, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday, as Abe prepared to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon in which he was expected to address concerns about his health after two recent hospital visits. NHK said the 65-year-old wanted to avoid causing problems to the government because of his worsening health. The news

Migrants stuck for three weeks on cargo ship off Malta: Charity | News

At least 27 migrants or refugees who were rescued at sea have been stuck on a cargo ship near Malta for more than three weeks, German charity Sea-Watch has said. The Danish-flagged Maersk Etienne tanker picked up the migrants on August 5 after being alerted by Sea-Watch, the charity said as it laid out a timeline of events. Maersk Tankers’ head of communications Kis Soegaard confirmed this on

QakBot Banking Trojan Returned With New Sneaky Tricks to Steal Your Money

A notorious banking trojan aimed at stealing bank account credentials and other financial information has now come back with new tricks up its sleeve to target government, military, and manufacturing sectors in the US and Europe, according to new research. In an analysis released by Check Point Research today, the latest wave of Qbot activity appears to have dovetailed with the return of Emotet

South Korea coronavirus cases highest since March: Live news | News

South Korea reports the highest number of daily coronavirus cases since March, and parliament forced to close amid expectations that authorities will impose tougher restrictions.  The U-turn by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on testing close contacts of people with COVID-19 raises concern among experts about asymptomatic spread of the disease. The Australian state

Russian Arrested After Offering $1 Million to U.S. Company Employee for Planting Malware

Hackers always find a way in, even if there’s no software vulnerability to exploit. The FBI has arrested a Russian national who recently traveled to the United States and offered $1 million in bribe to an employee of a targeted company for his help in installing malware into the company’s computer network manually. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27-year-old, entered the United States as a tourist

Calls for probe as dead dolphins wash up near Mauritius oil spill | Mauritius News

Greenpeace has called on the government of Mauritius to carry out an “urgent investigation” after several dead dolphins washed up on the island country’s shores, a month after a major oil spill caused by a ship that ran aground. “This is a deeply sad and alarming day for the people of Mauritius,” Happy Khambule, Greenpeace Africa’s senior climate and energy campaign manager, said in a statement

APT Hackers Exploit Autodesk 3D Max Software for Industrial Espionage

It’s one thing for APT groups to conduct cyber espionage to meet their own financial objectives. But it’s an entirely different matter when they are used as “hackers for hire” by competing private companies to make away with confidential information. Bitdefender’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab discovered yet another instance of an espionage attack targeting an unnamed international

S Korea doctors ordered off strike on coronavirus jump: Live news | News

  Doctors in South Korea have been ordered to return to work because of the continued surge in coronavirus cases, after they began a three-day strike on Wednesday over government plans to train more medical students. The University of Cambridge is due to start vaccine trials in the autumn after securing government funding. The Australian state of Victoria has reported its second deadliest-day

Popular iOS SDK Caught Spying on Billions of Users and Committing Ad Fraud

A popular iOS software development kit (SDK) used by over 1,200 apps—with a total of more than a billion mobile users—is said to contain malicious code with the goal of perpetrating mobile ad-click fraud and capturing sensitive information. According to a report published by cybersecurity firm Snyk, Mintegral — a mobile programmatic advertising platform owned by Chinese mobile ad tech company

Teens killed by Angolan police enforcing virus curbs: Amnesty | News

Amnesty International has said Angolan security forces tasked with enforcing coronavirus restrictions killed at least seven young men, including minors, between May and July. After a joint investigation with Angolan rights group OMUNGA, the UK-based watchdog said on Tuesday most of the victims were teenagers allegedly shot dead by police and army officers, who either fired at them directly or

Teens killed by Angolan police enforcing virus curbs: Amnesty | News

Amnesty International has said Angolan security forces tasked with enforcing coronavirus restrictions killed at least seven young men, including minors, between May and July. After a joint investigation with Angolan rights group OMUNGA, the UK-based watchdog said on Tuesday most of the victims were teenagers allegedly shot dead by police and army officers, who either fired at them directly or

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“In today’s knowledge economy, continual learning is an imperative.” — Those words from Aytekin Tank, the founder of JotForm, are particularly important for anyone working in IT or development. With over 1,000 premium courses (complete list) from top instructors, StackSkills Unlimited provides endless learning opportunities. Right now, you can grab lifetime membership for $59. Categories of

Google Researcher Reported 3 Flaws in Apache Web Server Software

If your web-server runs on Apache, you should immediately install the latest available version of the server application to prevent hackers from taking unauthorized control over it. Apache recently fixed multiple vulnerabilities in its web server software that could have potentially led to the execution of arbitrary code and, in specific scenarios, even could allow attackers to cause a crash

Fauci warns of risk in rushing coronavirus vaccine: Live news | News

  US top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci has warned about the risks of rushing out a coronavirus vaccine before it is proved to be effective. Champion sprinter Usain Bolt has tested positive for coronavirus days after celebrating his 34th birthday with a big – unmasked – party. More than 23.6 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and 15.3 million

German hospital: Clinical findings point to Navalny’s poisoning | Russia News

The German hospital treating leading Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has said tests indicate that he was poisoned. Berlin’s Charite hospital said in a statement on Monday the team of doctors who have been examining the 44-year-old since he was admitted on Saturday have found the presence of “cholinesterase inhibitors” in his system. They said at the moment the specific substance is

Japan PM Abe reassures on health after second hospital visit | Japan News

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who suffers from an inflammatory bowel disease, returned from a check-up at a Tokyo hospital on Monday to reassure the media over the state of health and insist he wanted to do the best job possible. There has been rising concern about the state of his health amid the coronavirus crisis, after he underwent a more than seven and a half hour medical examination

Tens of thousands of anti-Lukashenko demonstrators rally in Minsk | News

Tens of thousands of Belarusian demonstrators have defied warnings as they flooded into central Minsk to demand President Alexander Lukashenko step down, in the latest in a wave of protests against his disputed re-election earlier this month. The streets surrounding the capital’s Independence Square turned red and white on Sunday as demonstrators carried flags symbolising their opposition to

India’s coronavirus cases cross 3 million: Live updates | Coronavirus pandemic News

India is generating the highest number of daily new cases in the world for the last 18 days, with over 50,000 fresh cases everyday.  More than 23.1 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 around the world, and more than 14.91 million have recovered. At least 804,400 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Mexico’s death toll has surpassed 60,000 – the

Global coronavirus death toll hits 800,000: Live news | News

India confirms 69,878 new infections – the fourth straight day above 60,000. Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said he would shut down the United States to contain its coronavirus outbreak if experts recommended such a measure.  Brazil’s COVID-19 outbreak is stabilising and any reversal of the virus’s rampant spread in the vast country would be “a success for the world”, the

A Google Drive ‘Feature’ Could Let Attackers Trick You Into Installing Malware

An unpatched security weakness in Google Drive could be exploited by malware attackers to distribute malicious files disguised as legitimate documents or images, enabling bad actors to perform spear-phishing attacks comparatively with a high success rate. The latest security issue—of which Google is aware but, unfortunately, left unpatched—resides in the “manage versions” functionality offered

Plane carrying Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for Germany | News

A plane carrying a prominent Russian politician who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning has left the Siberian city of Omsk for Germany, according to his spokeswoman.  The plane took off just after 8am local time (02:00 GMT) on Saturday, after more than 24 hours of wrangling over Alexei Navalny’s condition and treatment, with the opposition leader’s allies accusing Russian authorities of

Fadi Sawan: The man leading the Beirut explosion investigation | Lebanon News

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat is married to Public Works Minister Ghazi Zaieter’s sister. In fact, Oueidat’s sister is married to Zaieter, as is now reflected below. Beirut, Lebanon – Fadi Sawan was not the first choice to lead investigations into Lebanon’s single-most destructive explosion. Nor was he the second. The

Experian South Africa Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions; Attacker Identified

The South African arm of one of the world’s largest credit check companies Experian yesterday announced a data breach incident that exposed personal information of millions of its customers. While Experian itself didn’t mention the number of affect customers, in a report, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre—an anti-fraud and banking non-profit organization who worked with Experian

Microsoft Issues Emergency Security Updates for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2

Microsoft has issued an emergency out-of-band software update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems to patch two new recently disclosed security vulnerabilities. Tracked as CVE-2020-1530 and CVE-2020-1537, both flaws reside in the Remote Access Service (RAS) in a way it manages memory and file operations and could let remote attackers gain elevated privileges after

Latin America coronavirus death toll tops 250,000: Live updates | News

South Korea reported 324 cases, its highest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases since March 8, and authorities urged people who attended a massive rally in Seoul to come forward for testing.  Morocco’s king warned of a return to a full lockdown amid a surge in cases, while authorities in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine imposed a stay-at-home order in the state capital, Sittwe.  Peru and Argentina

Former Uber Security Chief Charged Over Covering Up 2016 Data Breach

The federal prosecutors in the United States have charged Uber’s former chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, for covering up a massive data breach that the ride-hailing company suffered in 2016. According to the press release published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Sullivan “took deliberate steps to conceal, deflect, and mislead the Federal Trade Commission about the breach” that also

Hackers Target Defence Contractors’ Employees By Posing as Recruiters

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a new report warning companies about a new in-the-wild malware that North Korean hackers are reportedly using to spy on key employees at government contracting companies. Dubbed ‘BLINDINGCAN,’ the advanced remote access trojan acts as a backdoor when installed on compromised computers. According to the FBI

Germany reports highest daily coronavirus cases since April: Live | News

Germany confirmed 1,707 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily toll since April, official figures showed. India, the third worst-affected country in the world, has reported a record number of cases of coronavirus.  Brazil has expressed cautious optimism that the country’s coronavirus outbreak could be about to slow down, with cases and deaths on a weekly basis

Experts Reported Security Bug in IBM’s Db2 Data Management Software

Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of a memory vulnerability in IBM’s Db2 family of data management products that could potentially allow a local attacker to access sensitive data and even cause a denial of service attacks. The flaw (CVE-2020-4414), which impacts IBM Db2 V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, and V11.5 editions on all platforms, is caused by improper usage shared memory,

US State Dept notifies Hong Kong it has ended three agreements | News

The US State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements after China imposed a sweeping national security law on the semi-autonomous territory. The ending of the agreements follows US President Donald Trump’s order last month to end Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for what he called “oppressive

A New Fileless P2P Botnet Malware Targeting SSH Servers Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a sophisticated, multi-functional peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet written in Golang that has been actively targeting SSH servers since January 2020. Called “FritzFrog,” the modular, multi-threaded and file-less botnet has breached more than 500 servers to date, infecting well-known universities in the US and Europe, and a railway company, according

Sudan foreign ministry spokesman sacked after Israel deal comment | Israel News

Sudan’s foreign ministry spokesman has been dismissed after making allegedly unauthorised comments indicating there were contacts with Israel regarding normalising ties. The development on Wednesday comes after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel announced last week that they were to establish diplomatic ties, a deal denounced by the Palestinians as a “betrayal” of their cause. The

The Next Level of Prevention, Detection and Response [New Guide]

One new security technology we keep hearing about is Extended Detection and Response (XDR). This new technology merges multiple prevention and detection technologies on a single platform to better understand threat signals so that you don’t need to purchase, integrate, and manage various control and integration technologies. Think of XDR as prepackaged EDR, NTA, UEBA (and perhaps other

Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass 22 million: Live updates | News

  Australia has signed a deal to secure supplies of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca should it pass clincal trials. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has also said the vaccine should be compulsory for Australia’s 25 million people. South Korea has reported the highest daily number of coronavirus cases since March with many of those diagnosed with the

Gunfire heard at Mali army base, warnings of possible mutiny | News

Soldiers have taken up arms near Mali’s capital and staged an apparent mutiny that triggered fears of a coup attempt amid an ongoing political crisis in the country. The soldiers on Tuesday fired their guns into the air in the base in Kati, a garrison town some 15km (nine miles) from Bamako, while witnesses said armoured tanks and military vehicles could be seen on its streets, according to

Critical Jenkins Server Vulnerability Could Leak Sensitive Information

Jenkins—a popular open-source automation server software—published an advisory on Monday concerning a critical vulnerability in the Jetty web server that could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information to be disclosed. Tracked as CVE-2019-17638, the flaw has a CVSS rating of 9.4 and impacts Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.27.v20200227 to 9.4.29.v20200521—a full-featured tool

WHO says younger people now driving coronavirus pandemic: Live | News

  The WHO says younger people – those in their 20s, 30s and 40s – are the ones now driving the coronavirus pandemic and many don’t know they have the virus. Hopes are growing in Australia that a second wave outbreak in Victoria may finally be easing after the state reported the lowest number of daily cases in a month. New Zealand has ruled out frozen food and freight as the origin of the

How AppTrana Managed Cloud WAF Tackles Evolving Attacking Techniques

Web applications suffer continuously evolving attacks, where a web application firewall (WAF) is the first line of defense and a necessary part of organizations’ cybersecurity strategies. WAFs are getting more sophisticated all the time, but as its core protection starts with efficient pattern matching, typically using Regular Expressions, and classifying malicious traffic to block cyber

Kushner: US will not approve Israeli annexations for ‘some time’ | News

The United States will not consent to Israeli annexations in the occupied West Bank for “some time”, preferring to focus on the Israel-UAE normalisation deal and wider regional peace efforts, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday. The United Arab Emirates has said its move to formalise relations with Israel, announced on Thursday, put paid to an annexation plan that had angered

Researchers Exploited A Bug in Emotet to Stop the Spread of Malware

Emotet, a notorious email-based malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, contained a flaw that allowed cybersecurity researchers to activate a kill-switch and prevent the malware from infecting systems for six months. “Most of the vulnerabilities and exploits that you read about are good news for attackers and bad news for the rest of us,” Binary Defense’s

This is the beginning of a new chapter in US-Dominican relations | USA

Earlier today, Luis Abinader was sworn in as the 54th President of the Dominican Republic. While only a limited number of people were allowed to attend the inauguration ceremony in Santo Domingo due to COVID-19 restrictions, a high-level American delegation, led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was there to demonstrate Washington’s support for the Caribbean nation’s new leadership.  President

France, South Korea see resurgence of coronavirus cases: Live | News

France is to propose that masks be worn in workspaces as it grapples with a rebound in coronavirus cases that rose again in the past 24 hours to more than 3,000 – marking a post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row. The UK has imposed a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from France. South Korea’s new coronavirus cases jumped to 279 on Sunday, topping the 200 level for the first time