Ransomware in the CIS
Introduction These days, when speaking of cyberthreats, most people have in mind ransomware, specifically cryptomalware. In 2020–2021, with the outbreak...
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FIN12 ransomware gang don’t implement double extortion to prioritize speed
Researchers detailed the activities of the FIN12 ransomware group that earned million of dollars over the past years. Researchers from...
US Navy ship Facebook page hijacked to stream video games
The official Facebook page of the US Navy’s destroyer-class warship, USS Kidd, has been hijacked. According to Task & Purpose,...
PoC exploit for 2 flaws in Dahua cameras leaked online
A proof of concept exploit for two authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Dahua cameras is available online, users are recommended to...
Stop. Do you really need another security tool?
The last few years have seen a mushrooming of the number and type of security tools that organizations can use...
Twitch data breach updates: login credentials or card numbers not exposed
An anonymous individual has leaked the source code and data of the popular video streaming platform Twitch via a torrent...
Google to auto-enrol users, YouTubers into 2SV
Google’s announced some changes to how it’s helping millions of its users stay safe and secure. The biggest of those...
Operation GhostShell: MalKamak APT targets aerospace and telco firms
Operation GhostShell: Threat actors used ShellClient malware in cyberespionage campaigns aimed at companies in the aerospace and telecommunications sectors. Hackers...
Exclusive: Researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs
Resecurity researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs, one of the most well-known cyberespionage tools suffers a data...
Twitch source code and sensitive data leaked online
An anonymous individual has leaked the source code and data of the popular video streaming platform Twitch via a torrent...
What special needs kids need to stay safe online
Online safety is hard enough for most adults. We reuse weak passwords, we click on suspicious links, and we love...
Patch now! Apache fixes zero-day vulnerability in HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 is vulnerable to a flaw that allows attackers to use a path traversal attack to...
Arizona governor announces the launch of Command Center to protect state computer systems
The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has announced the launch of a Cyber Command Center to address the thousands of...
‘Twitch compromised’: What we know so far, and what you need to do
Big, breaking news going around at the moment. If you have a Twitch account, you may wish to perform some...
UK newspaper The Telegraph exposed a 10TB database with subscriber data
The UK media outlet The Telegraph has leaked 10 TB of subscriber data after failing to properly secure one of...
LANtenna attack allows exfiltrating data from Air-Gapped systems via Ethernet cables
Boffins devised a new technique, dubbed LANtenna, to exfiltrate data from systems in air-gapped networks using Ethernet cables as a...
Apache patch a zero-day flaw exploited in the wild
Apache has addressed two vulnerabilities, one of which is a path traversal and file disclosure flaw in its HTTP server...
Unnamed Ransomware gang uses a Python script to encrypt VMware ESXi servers
An unnamed ransomware gang used a custom Python script to target VMware ESXi and encrypt all the virtual machines hosted...
Facebook shoots own foot, hits Instagram and WhatsApp too
Mark Zuckerberg was left counting the personal cost of bad PR yesterday (about $6 billion, according to Bloomberg) on a...
Criminals were inside Syniverse for 5 years before anyone noticed
“A global privacy disaster”, “espionage gold”, and “a state-sponsored wet dream” are just some of the comments one can read...
Telco service provider giant Syniverse had unauthorized access since 2016
Syniverse service provider discloses a security breach, threat actors have had access to its databases since 2016 and gained some...
Windows 11 is out. Is it any good for security?
Windows 11, the latest operating system (OS) from Microsoft, launches today, and organizations have begun asking themselves when and if...
Dark web marketplace White House announces end to its operations
The dark web marketplace White House Market shuts down its operation, last week its operators announced that they were retiring....
Misconfigured Apache Airflow servers leak thousands of credentials
Experts discovered many misconfigured Apache Airflow servers exposed online that were leaking sensitive information from prominent tech firms. Apache Airflow is an...
