How to choose the best VPN for you
If you’ve been shopping for a VPN service in 2021, you’ve probably noticed how many providers are available. Using a...
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Here’s a Quick Look at Pros and Cons of ‘Cookies’ in Terms of Browsing Experience
Cookie – the term which most of you are familiar with. Every single time when you open a new website,...
Ransomware Qlocker Encrypts QNAP Devices with 7Zip
A huge ransomware campaign seems to be underway to attack QNAP devices globally and customers can now locate their files...
Trend Micro Flaw Being Actively Exploited
The cybersecurity firm Trend Micro disclosed that the threat actors are once again using security solutions as attack vectors and...
Ransomware by the numbers: Reassessing the threat’s global impact
Kaspersky has been following the ransomware landscape for years. In the past, we’ve published yearly reports on the subject: PC...
New Qlocker ransomware infected hundreds of QNAP NAS devices in a few days
A new ransomware strain dubbed Qlocker is infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices every day and demanding a $550 ransom...
Evil Maid Attack – Vacuum Hack
Evil Maid Attack – Weaponizing an harmless vacuum cleaner hiding within it a small Rogue Device such as a Raspberry...
Darkside Ransomware gang aims at influencing the stock price of their victims
The Darkside ransomware gang is enhancing its extortion tactics to interfere with the valuation of stocks of companies that are...
Vendors are getting better at spotting malicious execution techniques
Mitre Engenuity – The Mitre Corporation’s tech foundation for public good – released the results of its independent evaluation of...
Malware operators leverage TLS in 46% of detected communications
Urs Holzle, Senior Vice President for Technical Infrastructure at Google, speaks on the Google Cloud Platform during a Google I/O...
Logins for 1.3 million Windows Remote Desktop Servers Leaked by UAS
UAS, the biggest hacker platform for hacked RDP credentials, has leaked the login names and passwords for 1.3 million new...
Threat Actors Target India’s No. 2 Discount Broker ‘Upstox’; Personal Data of 2.5 Mn Users Leaked
Retail broking firm Upstox suffered a massive data breach affecting the personal data of 2.5 Mn of its customers, according...
Data from thousands of Russian companies have been made publicly available on the web
The data of several hundred Russian companies that used the free online project manager Trello has been made publicly available....
Tag Barnakle Targets Various Web Servers with Malicious Ads
In a persistent campaign that features malicious ads on tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, computers, the criminals...
Eversource Energy Data Breach: Due to Unsecured Cloud Storage
New England's largest energy provider, Eversource experienced a data breach after sensitive details of customers were exposed on an unsecured...
Privacy and security in the software designing
The importance of carrying out a careful risk and impact assessment in order to safeguard the security of the information...
Cellebrite ‘s forensics tool affected by arbitrary code execution issue
Cellebrite mobile forensics tool Ufed contains multiple flaws that allow arbitrary code execution on the device, SIGNAL creator warns. Moxie...
Pareto Botnet, million infected Android devices conduct fraud in the CTV ad ecosystem
Researchers from Human Security have uncovered a huge botnet of Android devices being used to conduct fraud in the connected...
Trend Micro flaw actively exploited in the wild
Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro revealed that a threat actor is actively exploiting a flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-24557, in its antivirus solutions...
Million-dollar deposits and friends in high places: how we applied for a job with a ransomware gang
During an undercover interview, a CyberNews researcher tricked ransomware operators affiliated with Ragnar Locker into revealing their ransom payout structure,...
WhatsApp Pink malware spreads via group chat messages
A WhatsApp malware dubbed WhatsApp Pink is able to automatically reply to victims’ Signal, Telegram, Viber, and Skype messages. A WhatsApp...
FBI face recognition trawl finds Capitol rioter via his girlfriend’s Instagram
Facial recognition tech is in the news again after the FBI discovered the identify of one of the Capitol rioters...
Take action! Multiple Pulse Secure VPN vulnerabilities exploited in the wild
Pulse Secure has alerted customers to the existence of an exploitable chain of attack against its Pulse Connect Secure (PCS)...
Microsoft Fixes LPE Vulnerability Impacting Windows 7 and Server 2008
Microsoft quietly patched a local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that affects both Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 computers. This...
