Hacking tools may infect hackers' computers
A report from Cybereason's Amy Serper has discovered that a new campaign is targeting people who use hacking tools, by repackaging them with powerful malware and distributing them on popular hacking forums. One piece of malware found has been a crippling trojan virus, njRat, which grants the hackers complete access to the would-be hacker's computer. The cause for the campaign or the group behind it is as yet unknown.
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A Hacker Found a Way to Take Over Any Apple Webcam
This week, a security researcher publicly shared new findings about vulnerabilities that would have allowed an attacker to exploit three Safari bugs in succession and take over a target's webcam and microphone on iOS and macOS devices. "Safari encourages users to save their preferences for site permissions, like whether to trust Skype with microphone and camera access," says Ryan Pickren, the security researcher who disclosed the vulnerabilities to Apple.
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Southeast Asian startups are feeling the heat of Coronavirus crisis
Founders of Southeast Asian startups are worried about the economic concerns of the coronavirus outbreak. SEA Founders, a community of Series A, B founders arranged a video call to discuss the concerns related to revenues, cost, and investors. A total of 21 founders participated and a majority of them cited delayed revenues as the biggest concern for them. VC’s and other investors are also worried about the current situation
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Carbon Health and Nurx, two prominent health industry startups, have started shipping sample coronavirus test kits that they have developed. The kits allow users to safely collect mucus samples to mail back to the companies who will test it at a commercial lab. Both these tests can cost upwards of $150.
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