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.…
Compute hackers are utilizing a new malicious tactic attempting to trick end user into falling victim to dangerous attack. This time the campaign is set on remote workers that work for well-known companies. The criminals are creating fake and fraud…
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 carried of COVID-19. In danger are particularly British people, TheRegister reported. Why British…
This week started with the discovery of a virus threat called the Octopus Scanner malware which has been found in infected GitHub repositories . What we know is that it has been lurking on the cloud platform for several weeks…
What is the state of malvertising and drive-by downloads in 2020? 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…
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…
