Swiss expert Till Kottmann indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft
Department of Justice announced that Swiss hacker Till Kottmann, 21, has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity...
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 306
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for...
Microsoft Defender can now protect servers against ProxyLogon attacks
Microsoft announced that its Defender Antivirus and System Center Endpoint Protection now protects users against attacks exploiting Exchange Server vulnerabilities....
A threat actor exploited 11 zero-day flaws in 2020 campaigns
A hacking group has employed at least 11 zero-day flaws as part of an operation that took place in 2020...
CopperStealer Malware Steals Social Media Credentials
 Researchers discovered a certain malware that was so far unidentified which silently hijacked Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google, and other web...
E-Sim Fraud and Prevention
 Some mobile service providers have eSIM-enabled cell phones which don't need an actual SIM card. They have a little chip...
Polish authorities got hacked for the sake of a fake allegation of nuclear waste leakage from Lithuania
Two Polish government websites were hacked to spread false information about a nuclear waste "leak" in neighboring Lithuania.The incident took...
Electronics Giant Acer Hit by $50 MIllion Ransomware Attack
 The ransomware gang known as ‘REvil’ stole confidential files from computer giant Acer and demanded an unprecedented ransom of US$50...
Scammers Disguised as Tesco are Stealing Data Via Phone Scam, Warns Police
 Wales Police have warned residents of a new phone fraud in which criminals try to trick customers for hundreds of...
REvil ransomware gang hacked Acer and is demanding a $50 million ransom
Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant...
Russian National pleads guilty to conspiracy to plant malware on Tesla systems
The Russian national who attempted to convince a Tesla employee to plant malware on Tesla systems has pleaded guilty. The U.S. Justice...
Threat actors are attempting to exploit CVE-2021-22986 in F5 BIG-IP devices in the wild
Cybersecurity experts warn of ongoing attacks aimed at exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking...
Why Focusing on Container Runtimes Is the Most Critical Piece of Security for EKS Workloads?
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), a platform which gives customers the ability to run Kubernetes apps in the AWS cloud...
CopperStealer malware infected up to 5,000 hosts per day over first three months of 2021
Researchers disrupted a newly documented Chinese-based malware called CopperStealer that, since significant countermeasures started in late January, infected up to...
Resident Evil 8 just the latest game plagued by fake demos and early access scams
There’s been a number of scams targeting fans of major upcoming video game releases over the last week or two....
Report reveals the staggering scale of Business Email Compromise losses
Internet crime is ever present, and with the ongoing pandemic, levels of scams and fraud were exceptionally high in 2020....
Insider Trading Threats on Dark Web
 Insider trading can be done more effectively now than ever before, due to a great extent to the continuing proliferation...
A Russian IT expert said that home appliances threaten the security
In the last decade, a promising trend - the Internet of Things - has been actively developing in the world....
Iranian Hacking Group Targets Several Middle East Companies Via Malicious Campaign
 Security researchers at Trend Micro found proof of malicious activity by ‘MuddyWater’ automatically programmed tool (APT) that has aimed at...
In just $16, Hackers May Steal User Data Via SMS Attack
 Smartphone users are facing a new confidentiality and security risk as text messaging services are currently misused to secretly divert...
Millions of sites could be hacked due to flaws in popular WordPress plugins
Experts found vulnerabilities in two WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and potentially take over a...
CISA and FBI warn of ongoing TrickBot attacks
CISA and FBI are warning of ongoing TrickBot attacks despite security firms took down the C2 infrastructure of the infamous botnet...
Millions of People Can Lose Sensitive Data through Travel Apps, Privacysavvy reports
According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In...
XcodeSpy Mac malware targets Xcode Developers with a backdoor
Unknown threat actors have been using a new XcodeSpy Mac malware to target software developers who use Apple’s Xcode integrated...
