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The following story can be described as a “hack the hackers” type of story. Apparently, one of the largest underground stores for purchasing stolen credit card data has been hacked itself. As a result, more than 26 million credit and…
Pitney Bowes, a mailing equipment and services company based in Stamford, Connecticut, has been hit by ransomware. The company says that no customer data has been compromised in the attack. According to the official statement, the company experienced an “outage”…
Canfixmylife.info is a suspicious domain that causes a series of redirects and prompts the user to subscribe to push notifications. In addition to showing push notifications, the redirect may also generate a pop-up stating that “Update is strongly recommended! Please…
Security researchers reported the discovery of six serious vulnerabilities in WordPress. The vulnerabilities’ impact has been rated as “high”, meaning that patching as soon as possible is highly advisable. Six WordPress Vulnerabilities Fixed in WordPress 5.2.4 According to Symantec’s security…
CVE-2019-14287 is a new vulnerability discovered in Sudo. Sudo is considered one of the most important and widely used programs for Unix- and Linux-based operating systems that allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another…
According to a brand new research, Apple is sharing some browsing history with China. More specifically, the company is sending some browsing history of iOS 13 Safari users to Tencent Holdings Limited, a Chinese multinational conglomerate. Tencent specializes in various…
Allowplay.pro is a suspicious domain that generates push notifications. As a result of landing on this page, you can see a pop-up stating the following: “Allowplay.pro wants to Show notifications. Wait! Your movie is ready. Please click on Allow to…
AppleCare Protection Plan also known as “Your system is infected with 3 viruses!“, and AppleCare scam virus is a fake virus warning associated with a tech support scam. Usually, such fake warnings promote supposedly toll-free phone numbers that belong to…
How educated are Americans on the various cybersecurity topics? The conclusion is, not enough. According to the results of a new Pew Research Center survey, 55% of Americans couldn’t identify what 2FA is. What is worse, just 30% of surveyed…
Mchlpr is a suspicious file which most likely belongs to a rogue application known as Malware Crusher. Mac users have been complaining about experiencing intrusive pop-up ads and redirects, associated with Mchlpr. Malware Crusher, in particular, is classified as a…
Lp.macapps-optimize.club is a suspicious domain and a website generating fake virus alerts. The redirect is similar to Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club, and is also targeting macOS users. Suspicious domains such as Lp.macapps-optimize.club may be promoting rogue Mac software, such as fake system optimizers,…
Xbits Speedup Pro is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Xbits Speedup Pro is a fake system optimizer which will detect issues on your system, and try to convince you to buy its full version so that these issues…
CVE 2019-1166 and CVE-2019-1338 are two vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s NTLM authentication protocol which were discovered by Preempt researchers. Fortunately, both flaws were patched by Microsoft in October 2019 Patch Tuesday. Attackers could exploit the flaws to achieve full domain compromise.…
iTerm2, a well-known open-source terminal emulator macOS app, has been found vulnerable to e critical flaw, which is known as CVE-2019-9535. The flaw was discovered during an audit sponsored by Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser. As for the…
MacSweeper is one of the oldest rogue applications for Macs. Developed by KiVVi Software, the MacSweeper program has been plaguing users for years. MacSweeper is promoted as a useful application designed to detect various issues, including virus and malware-related, offering…
SVE-2019-15435 is one of 21 vulnerabilities in Samsung devices which affect Galaxy S8, S9, S10, S10e, S10 Plus, S10 5G, Note 9, Note 10 and Note 10 Plus users. SVE-2019-15435 in particular is a critical issue, which is described as…
Webroot has released a new threat report which sums up what has been happening in the malware sector so far in 2019. The report is described as a “mid-year update to the annual Webroot Threat Report” and it showcases data…
Catchynews.net is a suspicious domain that is associated with the display of push notifications and pop-up ads. In this article, we will try to explain why you are seeing the catchynews.net push notifications, and we will present a possible solution.…
LiLocked ransomware, also known as LiLu, is once again active in campaigns, this time affecting thousands of web servers. This is a new strain of the LiLocked ransomware which we wrote about in July this year. LiLocked Ransomware Currently Targeting…
Are you holding an Android device in your hands? Perhaps you are reading this article on your Android phone? Android appears to be the most popular mobile operating system. In fact, in the second quarter of 2018, 88 percent of…
