Microsoft warns of a large-scale BEC campaign to make gift card scam
Microsoft is warning of a large-scale BEC campaign that targeted hundreds of organizations leveraging typo-squatted domains registered days before the...
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Russia-linked APT29 group changes TTPs following April advisories
The UK and US cybersecurity agencies have published a report detailing techniques used by Russia-linked cyberespionage group known APT29 (aka...
Buer malware rewritten in Rust language to curb detection
Ferris, the Rust mascot Developers of the malicious downloader Buer have taken the unusual step of rewriting the malware in...
Millions put at risk by old, out of date routers
Since the first stay-at-home measures were imposed by governments to keep everyone safe from the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, we at...
Google to start automatically enrolling users in two-step verification “soon”
If you use a Google account, it may soon be mandatory to sign up to Google’s two-step verification program. As...
VPN protocols explained and compared
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) creates a safe “tunnel” between you and a computer you trust (normally your VPN provider)...
Weak passwords is one of the main reasons for computer hacking in Russia
According to Sberbank Bi.Zone branch cybersecurity specialists, most users use passwords that are too simple, which cybercriminals can easily guess...
New South Wales Labor Party Hit By Avaddon Threat Attackers Demand Ransom
On Wednesday afternoon New South Wales (NSW) police unit has disclosed an apparent ransomware attack on the New South Wales...
Smishing Campaign: Roaming Mantis Attacks OS Android Systems With Malware
A smishing campaign which goes by the name Roaming Mantis is imitating a logistics firm to hack SMS messages and...
Qakbot Malware is Targeting the Users Via Malicious Email Campaign
Qakbot, also known as QBot or Pinkslipbot, is a banking trojan that has been active since 2007. It has been...
40% of all Android Phones Affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon Vulnerability
Security scientists who believe that a weakness that can be used to insert malicious code mostly on mobile by using...
19 petabytes of data exposed across 29,000+ unprotected databases
CyberNews researchers found more than 29,000 unprotected databases worldwide that are still publicly accessible, leaving close to 19,000 terabytes of...
[Full-Disclosure] HideezKey 2 FAIL: How a good idea turns into a SPF (Security Product Failure)
HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a...
VMware addresses critical RCE in vRealize Business for Cloud
VMware has fixed a new critical RCE flaw in VMware vRealize Business for Cloud that was reported by sanctioned Russian...
Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations
The Cuba Ransomware gang has partnered with the crooks behind the Hancitor malware in attacks aimed at corporate networks. The Hancitor downloader...
Possible attacks on the TCP/IP protocol stack and countermeasures
Let’s look at what types of threats each layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack may be susceptible to. The task...
Windows Moriya rootkit used in highly targeted attacks
Experts spotted a new malware, dubbed Moriya rootkit, that targets Windows systems as part of cyberespionage campaign dubbed TunnelSnake. An...
Facebook bans Signal ads that reveal the depth of what it knows about you
Most of our readers are well aware of the fact that the big tech corporations, especially those that run social...
BazarBackdoor Campaigns in Attempts to Avoid Detection
In two recent projects, threat actors using BazarBackdoor used an unusual combination of lures, tactics, and networks to target corporate...
Twilio Impacted By The Recent Codecov Supply-Chain Attack
Cloud Communications Company ‘Twilio’ has posted a blog on Tuesday and unfolded that its small number of users' emails have...
More Than 200 Belgian Organizations Knocked Offline in a Massive DDoS Attack
Belgium's national public sector network Belnet suffered a massive DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on Tuesday that paralyzed internet...
Positive Technologies reported on the impact of U.S. sanctions on its IPO plans
Positive Technologies head Yury Maksimov positively assessed the impact of sanctions against the company on its plans to go public....
Northeastern University Team Finds New Ways to Detect Bugs in its Research
A research team at Northeastern University finds vulnerabilities and code defects. It does it by detecting when a programmer uses...
Operation TunnelSnake
Windows rootkits, especially those operating in kernel space, are pieces of malware infamous for their near absolute power in the...
