Malicious apps continue to spread through the Google Play Store
Researchers at antivirus firm Dr. Web discovered malware in the Google Play Store that was downloaded two million times. An...
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Was this really an attempt by the Chinese?
Last weekend, during President Trump’s visit to the Mar-a-Lago resort, a 23-year-old Chinese woman attempted to gain access to the...
Skimmer acts as payment service provider via rogue iframe
Criminals continue to target online stores to steal payment details from unaware customers at a rapid pace. There are many...
Sophisticated threats plague ailing healthcare industry
The healthcare industry is no longer circling the drain, but it’s still in critical condition. While many organizations in healthcare...
Keeping ransomware cash away from your business
A ransomware gang has made headlines for donating a big chunk of stolen funds to two charities. Two separate donations...
Emotet returns just in time for Christmas
Emotet is a threat we have been tracking very closely throughout the year thanks to its large email distribution campaigns....
Pow! Emotet’s down. Is it out?
In a coordinated action, multiple law enforcement agencies have seized control of the Emotet botnet. Agencies from eight countries worked...
Watch out! Android Flubot spyware is spreading fast
Using a proven method of text messages about missed deliveries, an old player on the Android malware stage has returned...
Emotet fixes bug in code, resumes spam campaign
Emotet threat actors resumed their email spam campaign on Monday after stopping it late last week to fix a bug....
Bizarro: a banking Trojan full of nasty tricks
Researchers have discovered a new banking Trojan that has been found targeting customers of European and South American banks. They...
How much does access to corporate infrastructure cost?
Division of labor Money has been and remains the main motivator for cybercriminals. The most widespread techniques of monetizing cyberattacks...
Hertzbleed Side-Channel Attack allows to remotely steal encryption keys from AMD and Intel chips
Hertzbleed attack: Researchers discovered a new vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD chips that could allow attackers to steal encryption...
How COVID-19 fuelled a surge in malware
2021 saw a massive surge in detections of malware, adware, and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). It didn’t matter what the...
Google, Apple, and Microsoft step hand in hand into a passwordless future
While we recently “celebrated” World Password Day, almost every security outlet keeps telling us that passwords alone are not enough....
General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack
American car manufacturer General Motors (GM) says it experienced a credential stuffing attack last month. During the attack customer information...
Massive increase in XorDDoS Linux malware in last six months
Microsoft says it’s recorded a massive increase in XorDDoS activity (254 percent) in the last six months. XorDDoS, a Linux...
Rotten apples banned from the App store
Apple’s App Review process may have received ill wishes from many benevolent developers, but Apple has now revealed how effective...
More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year
More and more Americans have been falling victim to phone scams since 2019. According to the latest report from Truecaller...
It’s official, today you can say goodbye to Internet Explorer. Or can you?
Today, the Internet Explorer (IE) 11 desktop application goes out of support and will be retired for certain versions of...
Stealthy Symbiote Linux malware is after financial institutions
Symbiote, a new “nearly impossible to detect” Linux malware, targeted financial sectors in Latin America—and the threat actors behind it...
FBI warns of education sector credentials on dark web forums
The FBI is warning academics to be on their guard, as an embattled education sector continues to experience attacks and...
Zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Android exploited by commercial spyware
The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed that of the nine zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Chrome, Android, Apple and Microsoft...
Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for...
Coffee app in hot water for constant tracking of user location
A mobile app violated Canada’s privacy laws via some pretty significant overreach with its tracking of device owners. The violation...
