An unknown hacking group is organizing a dangerous phishing campaign; infected CV files are being used as carriers of the Zloader banking Trojan. The data is placed inside Microsoft Excel which when run will install the malware and run it…
An unknown hacking group is behind a new dangerous threat which is called the USBCulprit malware. It is designed to silently infiltrate secured systems that are air-gapped — this means that they will not be connected to the external network.…
Computer hackers are utilizing a new malicious tactic attempting to trick end users into falling victims to a dangerous attack. This time the campaign is set against remote workers that work for well-known companies. The criminals are creating fake and…
Have you updated your Firefox browser? Mozilla just released security updates addressing eight vulnerabilities, five of which rated as high-risk. To be protected against the attacks, users should be running Firefox 77. If you haven’t restarted your Firefox browser in…
A new vulnerability in LG smartphones, CVE-2020-12753, was recently discovering, affecting models from the past seven years. A security update has been issued that addresses the vulnerability which impacts the bootloader component in LG smartphones. This component is separate from…
Google is the subject of a class action, and the accusations are regarding the invasion of the privacy of millions of users. The complaint, filed to the District Court of Northern California claims that Google is tracking users’ browsing and…
A warning was issued recently regarding phone calls from the so-called contact tracers. The phone calls supposedly alert people about having been in close proximity with potential carriers of COVID-19. In danger are particularly British people, TheRegister reported. Why British…
This week started with the discovery of a threat called Octopus Scanner which has been found in infected GitHub repositories. What we know is that it has been lurking on the cloud platform for several weeks now and it is…
A new Confiant report explores “the details behind a recent spree of website hacks” as well as the malicious payloads delivered to victims. The report also includes details on drive-by downloads, their current state in major browsers, and how they…
The largest free web hosting provider for dark web services has been hacked. Daniel’s Hosting was hacked in March this year, and its database was subsequently leaked online. Apparently, a hacker known as KingNull not only breached the portal and…
In April, security researcher Bhavuk Jain discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Sign in with Apple that affected third-party applications using the feature without implementing their own security measures. According to the researcher, the Apple zero-day “could have resulted in a…
A group of hackers is using the Hoaxcalls botnet in an ongoing infection campaign over the several months. This is a derivative threat based on the Gafgyt malware code and using several exploits targeting devices. HoaxCalls Botnet Delivered Using Dangerous…
SHA-1 keys and encrypted content using this cipher will soon be deprecated from the OpenSSH utility and library. This software is the most popular implementation allowing for secure communication and hashing of information. This can have a profound effect on…
Apple has released 11 security advisories in May 2020 to different software components of their major operating systems (MacOS, iOS and WatchOS). Users of their products are urged to apply the security updates as soon as they are available. The…
The Valar Trojan which was first detected last year is currently being used in a widespread attack against Microsoft Exchange servers. The hacking group behind it are not yet known and the malware is targeting mainly against Germany and the…
Ransomware continues to be a top cybersecurity threat to both individual users and public and private organizations. Ransomware has proven to be the most insidious and persistent threat plaguing users and enterprises worldwide for money. Now, the latest statistics reveal…
The DoubleGuns botnet has become one of the most significant malware of its category in China. It has developed into a major threat in the past few years and has already caused numerous infections to thousands of computers. DoubleGuns Botnet…
A new highly dangerous, critical vulnerability was identified in the Android operating system. The vulnerability resembles the StrandHogg flaw, revealed last year, but is even more sophisticated. Dubbed StrandHogg 2.0 and also known as CVE-2020-0096, the vulnerability affects all Android…
EasyJet recently revealed that it went through a significant data breach that affected nine million of the company’s customers. The breached data also included more than two thousand credit card details. Following this massive data breach, EasyJet is facing an…
Hangzhou, one of the major IT hubs in China is planning to enforce a tracking app for the citizens of the city. The reasoning for this is the current COVID-19 pandemic, the applications is to be connected to a health…
