Ransomware cyberattack forces New Mexico jail to lock down
Five days after the new year, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico suddenly went on lockdown....
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Some Android users can disable 2G now and why that is a good thing
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has happily informed people that Google has quietly pushed a new feature to its Android...
Threat actors abuse public cloud services to spread multiple RATs
Threat actors are actively abusing cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to deliver RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT. Threat actors are...
Phishers on the prowl with fake parking meter QR codes
QR codes come and go as a threat. The last time we wrote about them they were causing problems at...
Mozilla addresses High-Risk Firefox, Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Mozilla addressed18 security vulnerabilities affecting the popular Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird mail program. Mozilla released Firefox 96 that...
USCYBERCOM: MuddyWater APT is linked to Iran’s MOIS intelligence
US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has officially linked the Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)....
SysJoker, a previously undetected cross-platform backdoor made the headlines
Security researchers found a new cross-platform backdoor, dubbed SysJoker, the is suspected to be the work of an APT group. Security...
KCodes NetUSB flaw impacts millions of SOHO routers
Cybersecurity experts discovered a flaw in the KCodes NetUSB component that impacts millions of end-user routers from different vendors Cybersecurity...
Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn
US authorities warn critical infrastructure operators of the threat of cyberattacks orchestrated by Russia-linked threat actors. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
Update now: Microsoft patches 97 bugs including 6 zero-days and a wormable one
How time flies sometimes. Microsoft yesterday released the first patch Tuesday security updates of the year 2022. The update includes...
Software engineer hacked webcams to spy on girls—Here’s how to protect yourself
A 32 year-old software engineer has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for remotely accessing chat...
FIFA 22 phishers tackle customer support with social engineering
Players of smash hit gaming title FIFA 22 have become the target of a wave of attacks focused on account...
New RedLine malware version distributed as fake Omicron stat counter
Experts warn of a new variant of the RedLine malware that is distributed via emails as fake COVID-19 Omicron stat...
Iran-linked APT35 group exploits Log4Shell flaw to deploy a new PowerShell backdoor
Iran-linked APT35 group has been observed leveraging the Log4Shell flaw to drop a new PowerShell backdoor. Iran-linked APT35 cyberespionege group (aka...
Ransomware targets Edge users
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last twenty years, you’ve probably heard the one about “keeping your...
Intimate photo hacker spared from jail, said he “liked the detective work”
Michael Grime, a British games programmer, has escaped jail after using stolen credentials to access several women’s personal email accounts...
Adobe fixes 4 critical Reader bugs that were demonstrated at Tianfu Cup
Adobe released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting several products, including Acrobat and Reader. Adobe patches for January address...
LoRaWAN’s Protocol Stacks: The Forgotten Targets at Risk
This report is the fourth part of our LoRaWAN security series, and highlights an attack vector that, so far, has...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes critical Office RCE
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates fix a critical Office flaw that can allow remote attackers to execute malicious code on...
Night Sky ransomware operators exploit Log4Shell to target hack VMware Horizon servers
Another gang, Night Sky ransomware operation, started exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library to gain access to VMware...
The Facebook Pixel Hunt aims to unravel Facebook’s tracking methods. Will you join?
Browser developer Mozilla has announced a research project to provide insights into, and data about, a space that’s opaque to...
How to share your Wi-Fi password safely
You may not have as many people visiting your home due to the pandemic, but restrictions are a hit-and-miss affair....
Night Sky: the new corporate ransomware demanding a sky high ransom
There’s a new ransomware in town—isn’t there always?—and it’s, unsurprisingly, after corporation-sized businesses. It’s called Night Sky, and it was...
Attackers are mailing USB sticks to drop ransomware on victims’ computers
Physical objects as security threats are in the news at the moment. The oft-touched upon tale of rogue USB sticks...
