Hacker, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
November 19, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityA vulnerability in the Google Camera app may have allowed attackers to surreptitiously take pictures and record videos even if the phone is locked or the screen is off, Checkmarx researchers have discovered. In addition to this, attackers would have […]
November 14, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityUtah-based InfoTrax Systems, L.C. has settled with the FCC (Federal Trade Commission) for its failure to protect its data following a hack that exposed the data for 1 million clients. Hackers breached the InfoTrax Systems infrastructure and remained undetected until […]
November 13, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityAs companies and consumers have become more aware of phishing, hackers have refined their techniques and are now launching a more advanced form of attack known as lateral phishing. This technique is highly convincing and, consequently, highly effective. Hackers are […]
November 4, 2019
Via: William PalmerSecurity researchers have recently found that almost “all modern computers” are vulnerable to a modified version of the old cold boot attacks. This new version, discovered by a Finnish company last year, can interfere with a machine’s firmware in order […]
October 30, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityA hacker from New Jersey could spend the next 12 years in prison after he confessed to using keyloggers to steal data from two companies for more than a year. Ankur Agarwal, 45, of Montville, New Jersey, admitted he placed […]
October 30, 2019
Via: Threat PostFacebook has filed a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus spyware, alleging that it was behind the massive WhatsApp hack earlier this year. In May 2019, a zero-day vulnerability was found in WhatsApp’s messaging platform, exploited […]
October 18, 2019
Via: Security WeekChinese state-sponsored hackers conducted cyber-espionage operations targeting various aerospace-related firms for years in an effort to help the county’s advancements in this sector, Crowdstrike reports. The identified hacking operation started in January 2010, just after the state-owned enterprise Commercial Aircraft […]
October 17, 2019
Via: Security WeekAlso known as the Dukes, CozyDuke, and Cozy Bear, the state-sponsored group has been active for over a decade and is believed to have been involved in the 2016 attacks against the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the formal governing body […]
October 9, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityA victim of Muhstik ransomware paid the attackers to decrypt his data, and then undertook a different kind of payback – he took revenge by hacking into the server and stealing the decryption keys, only to release them for free […]
October 3, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityAmid the complexity of cybersecurity and the secrecy of criminal hackers, security threats have acquired an aura of mysticism, giving rise to enduring legends, rumors, misperceptions and outright myths. In the cybersecurity space, these myths are almost always damaging. Watching […]
October 1, 2019
Via: Security WeekA former Yahoo software engineer has admitted in court to hacking into the accounts of thousands of the platform’s users. The man, Reyes Daniel Ruiz, 34, of Tracy, California, pleaded guilty to accessing about 6,000 Yahoo accounts, in search of […]
September 25, 2019
Via: Security WeekResearchers at the enterprise security firm Proofpoint said they detected over 15 million unauthorized login attempts to cloud computing networks of US Fortune 500 firms in the first six months of 2019, of which 400,000 were successful. “While it only […]
September 24, 2019
Via: Dark ReadingRussian national Andrei Tyurin, who was extradited to the US last year by Georgian officials for allegedly hacking JP Morgan Chase in 2014 as well as several other cyberattacks on US financial and other organizations, now faces sentencing after a […]
September 6, 2019
Via: Security WeekThe Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) says it is not aware of any ransom being paid to recover systems affected by a recent ransomware attack. The incident took place on August 16, when more than 20 Texas local governments […]
Cyber-crime, Hacker, Malware, Threats & Malware
September 5, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityA ransomware gang looking to get rich overnight went to the city of New Bedford with a demand of $5.3 million after infecting the municipality’s systems. The criminals refused a counter-offer that would make many hackers drool. And instead ended […]
September 3, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityAround 400 dental offices across the United States have fallen victim to ransomware after the operators breached an IT vendor shared by all the practices. A notice sent out by the Wisconsin Dental Association reveals that hackers breached the backend […]
August 29, 2019
Via: Security AffairsSecurity experts at Aite Group and Arxan Technologies have discovered that Magecart hackers continue to target online stores to steal credit card data, in recent operations, they have compromised 80 more eCommerce sites. All of these websites were running an […]
August 28, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityRansomware operators compromised the New Kent County Public Schools system in the State of Virginia this week, holding students’ data ransom, in the latest of a long string of cyber-attacks targeting school systems across the United States. The school district’s […]
Hacker, Mobile, Mobile security, Threats & Malware
August 20, 2019
Via: Security AffairsA public Jailbreak for iPhones in was released by a hacker, it is an exceptional event because it is the first in years. According to Motherboard, that first reported the news, Apple accidentally unpatched a flaw it had already fixed […]
Cloud security, Hacker, Network security, Threats & Malware
August 19, 2019
Via: Security WeekThompson, who used the online moniker “erratic,” has been accused of accessing the personal information of roughly 106 million people — 100 million in the United States and 6 million in Canada — including, in some cases, social security numbers […]
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