Accenture discloses data breach after LockBit ransomware attack
IT and consulting giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after the ransomware attack conducted by LockBit operators in August 2021....
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Crawlergo – A Powerful Browser Crawler For Web Vulnerability Scanners
crawlergo is a browser crawler that uses chrome headless mode for URL collection. It hooks key positions of the whole...
Juniper Networks released +40 security advisories to fix +70 vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity provider Juniper Networks released more than 40 security advisories to address over 70 vulnerabilities that affect its solutions. Cybersecurity...
Boffins devise a new side-channel attack affecting all AMD CPUs
A group of researchers from the Graz University of Technology and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security devised a new...
Networkit – A Growing Open-Source Toolkit For Large-Scale Network Analysis
NetworKit is an open-source tool suite for high-performance network analysis. Its aim is to provide tools for the analysis of...
What is an .exe file? Is it the same as an executable?
You may often see .exe files but you may not know what they are. Is it the same as an...
Three more ransomware attacks hit Water and Wastewater systems in 2021
A joint cybersecurity advisory published by US agencies revealed that three ransomware attacks on wastewater systems this year. A joint cybersecurity advisory published...
WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups
WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups on iOS and Android to prevent anyone from accessing user chats. WhatsApp is...
Since 2020, at least 130 different ransomware families have been active
The popular Google’s VirusTotal scanning service has published an interesting analysis of more than 80 Million ransomware samples. VirusTotal has...
Adblocker promises to blocks ads, injects them instead
Researchers at Imperva uncovered a new ad injection campaign based on an adblocker named AllBlock. The AllBlock extension was available...
ForgeCert – “Golden” Certificates
ForgeCert uses the BouncyCastle C# API and a stolen Certificate Authority (CA) certificate + private key to forge certificates for...
Google sent over 50,000 warnings of state-sponsored attacks, +33% from same period in 2020
Google revealed to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers since January. Google announced...
For the first time, an Israeli hospital was hit by a major ransomware attack
The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Israel, was hit by a ransomware attack that was defined by Israel’s National...
Acer suffered the second security breach in a few months
Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer discloses a security breach suffered by its after-sales service systems in India after an isolated...
Inside Apple: How Apple’s attitude impacts security
Last week saw the fourth occurrence of the Objective by the Sea (OBTS) security conference, which is the only security...
New Yanluowang ransomware used in highly targeted attacks on large orgs
Researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Yanluowang, that was used in highly targeted attacks against enterprises. Researchers from...
Thingiverse – 228,102 breached accounts
In October 2021, a database backup taken from the 3D model sharing service Thingiverse began extensively circulating within the hacking...
Xmap – A Fast Network Scanner Designed For Performing Internet-wide IPv6 &Amp; IPv4 Network Research Scanning
XMap is a fast network scanner designed for performing Internet-wide IPv6 & IPv4 network research scanning. XMap is reimplemented and...
Apple silently fixed iOS zero-day without crediting the expet who reported it
Apple has silently addressed a zero-day vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive user data. Apple has...
PowerShx – Run Powershell Without Software Restrictions
Unmanaged PowerShell execution using DLLs or a standalone executable. IntroductionPowerShx is a rewrite and expansion on the PowerShdll project. PowerShx...
MyKings botnet operators already amassed at least $24 million
The MyKings botnet (aka Smominru or DarkCloud) is still alive and continues to spread, allowing its operators to make huge...
“Free Steam game” scams on TikTok are Among Us
TikTok has long since evolved beyond being thought of as “just” dance clips, also becoming a home for educational and...
Patch now! Microsoft fixes 71 Windows vulnerabilities in October Patch Tuesday
Yesterday we told you about Apple’s latest patches. Today we turn to Microsoft and its Patch Tuesday. Microsoft tends to...
Dutch police warn customers of a popular DDoS booter service
Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. Dutch police...
