Nude photo theft offers lessons in selfie security
Two former college graduates are in a lot of trouble after breaking into other students’ accounts and stealing sensitive personal...
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CEO of Koo App Denies the Allegations of Data Breach by French Hacker
Koo, a home-grown microblogging platform has come under the scanner after a French ethical hacker known by the moniker Elliot...
RiskSense Report Affirms Surge in Vulnerabilities Associated with Ransomware
In recent years, the threat from Ransomware has grown enormously. The ransomware attacks have started to threaten more web applications,...
TIM’s Red Team Research (RTR) discovered a critical zero-day vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Researchers at TIM’s Red Team Research discovered a zero-day vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Server. Today, TIM’s Red Team Research...
Microsoft warns of the rise of web shell attacks
Researchers from Microsoft are warning that the number of monthly web shell attacks has doubled since last year. Microsoft reported...
The “P” in Telegram stands for Privacy
Security expert Dhiraj Mishra analyzed the popular instant messaging app Telegram and identified some failures in terms of handling the...
Lampion trojan disseminated in Portugal using COVID-19 template
The fresh release of the Latin American Lampion trojan was updated with a new C2 address. Lampion trojan disseminated in...
Avaddon ransomware decryptor released, but operators quickly reacted
An expert released a free decryption tool for the Avaddon ransomware, but operators quickly updated malware code to make it...
Experts spotted two Android spyware used by Indian APT Confucius
Lookout researchers provided details about two Android spyware families employed by an APT group tracked as Confucius. Researchers at mobile...
Researcher’s audacious hack demonstrates new type of supply-chain attack
Often the most brilliant ideas are the most simple. The hard part is being the first one to come up...
Researchers Spotted Two Android Spyware Linked to Confucius
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Lookout have published information on two recently discovered Android spyware families utilized by an advanced persistent...
Russian expert predicts end of WhatsApp – Users switching to Telegram
Over the past weeks, WhatsApp messenger has started losing millions of users. They migrate to Telegram. In mid-January, almost 25...
The Central Bank conducted remote anti-hacker exercises for the first time
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation summed up the results of the cyber exercises held in November-December 2020, designed...
Cyber-Surveillance Operation Resumed by Iran After a Long Break
Iran, one of the resourceful countries in Western Asia in terms of weapons and cyber intelligence has resumed its cyberespionage...
Comcast Data Breach Compromised with 1.5 Billion Data Records
American cable and Internet giant Comcast was struck by a data breach few days back. An unprotected developer database with...
CVE-2021-22652: Advantech iView Missing Authentication RCE (FIXED)
Advantech iView versions prior to 5.7.03.6112 suffer from an instance of "CWE-306: Missing Authentication For Critical Function." This vulnerability (CVE-2021-22652)...
Law enforcement arrested 8 people that targeted celebrities with SIM swapping attacks
A total of eight criminals have been arrested on 9 February as a result of an international police operation into...
SAP addresses a critical flaw in SAP Commerce Product
SAP released seven new security notes on February 2021 Security Patch Day, including a Hot News note for a critical issue affecting...
Anti-malware firm Emsisoft accidentally exposes internal DB
Antivirus firm Emsisoft discloses a data breach, a third-party had access to a publicly exposed database containing technical logs. The...
What Google learned from 1 billion evil email scams
Google and researchers at Stanford University have released an in-depth study analysing 5 months of phishing / malware mails sent...
Big Patch Tuesday: Microsoft and Adobe fix in-the-wild exploits
Traditionally the second Tuesday of the month is Microsoft’s “patch Tuesday”. This is the day when they roll out all...
Hacker Attacked a Water Plant in Florida
A hacker penetrated computer networks at Oldsmar, Florida, water treatment plant, remotely delivering a 100-fold boost in a chemical that...
Threat Actors Attacked Israeli Tech Giant Ness Digital Engineering for Ransom
Ness Digital Engineering Company, an Israeli-based U.S. IT provider was targeted via ransomware cyberattack affecting computer networks in India, United...
Russian experts spoke about the most common fraud schemes on the Internet
One of the trends of the last year, continuing in 2021, was the exploitation of the COVID-19 theme. Denis Legezo,...
