The world’s most coveted spyware, Pegasus: Lock and Code S03E04
Two years ago, the FBI reportedly purchased a copy of the world’s most coveted spyware, a tool that can remotely...
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Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is transitioning away from from its two-factor authentication (2FA) provider, Mitto AG, a Swiss communications company. The social media...
Organizations paid at least $602 million to ransomware gangs in 2021
Organizations have paid more than $600 million in cryptocurrency during 2021, nearly one-third to the Conti ransomware gang. Last week,...
San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack
A ransomware attack hit the corporate IT network of the San Francisco 49ers NFL team, The Record reported. The San...
Analyzing Phishing attacks that use malicious PDFs
Cybersecurity researchers Zoziel Pinto Freire analyzed the use of weaponized PDFs in phishing attacks Every day everybody receives many phishing...
Security Affairs newsletter Round 353
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free...
Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, says Google
Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, compared to last year, Google’s Project Zero reported. According to Google’s Project Zero...
CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware
CISA, FBI and NSA published a joint advisory warning of ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations. Cybersecurity agencies from the...
Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska discloses data breach
Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska has disclosed a data breach that has impacted roughly 200,000 customers. Croatian phone carrier A1...
FritzFrog P2P Botnet is back and targets Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. FritzFrog...
3 cybersecurity trends & mitigation strategies for CISOs
Explore 3 cyber security trends and how to strategically mitigate future risks with Trend Micro’s Jon Clay, VP of threat...
This Week in Security News – February 11, 2022
Hidden scams in malicious scans, and feds arrest couple who allegedly laundered $1 Billion in stolen bitcoins If you like...
Detecting PwnKit (CVE-2021-4034) Using Trend Micro™ Vision One™ and Cloud One™
This blog discusses how CVE-2021-4034 can be detected and blocked using Trend Micro™ Vision One™ and Trend Micro Cloud One™....
CISA adds 15 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The U.S. CISA has added to the catalog of vulnerabilities another 15 security vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. The...
Apple addressed a third zero-day in 2022, which is actively exploited
Apple addressed a new WebKit zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari that may have been actively exploited in the wild. Apple...
Online Safety Bill will legally require porn sites to verify users’ age
When Ioannis Dekas, a father of four boys, found that one of his sons had access to pornography, he and...
Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited zero-day
Apple has released a security fix for a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-22620) that it says “may have been actively exploited.” According...
DDoS attacks in Q4 2021
News roundup Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first...
Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts
Spanish National Police arrested eight alleged members of a crime ring specialized in SIM swapping attacks. Spanish National Police has...
Ransomware author releases decryption keys, says goodbye forever
If you’re unfortunate enough to be caught out by ransomware, the consequences can be devastating. You may be able to...
Threat actors compromised +500 Magento-based e-stores with e-skimmers
Experts uncovered a mass Magecart campaign that compromised over 500 e-store running the Magento 1 eCommerce platform. Researchers from cybersecurity...
A new Magecart campaign is making waves
Malwarebytes’ researchers are closely monitoring web skimmers and have noticed that one of the infamous Magecart groups is causing a...
Attackers Increasingly Adopting Regsvr32 Utility Execution Via Office Documents
The Uptycs threat research team has been observing an increase in utilization of regsvr32.exe heavily via various types of Microsoft...
How Does An IPv6 Proxy Work & How Enterprises Can Get Benefit?
IPv6 became imperative after developers discovered that IPv4 had a finite number and addresses. How does an IPv6 Proxy work?...
