Here’s an illustrious example of irony in the cybersecurity field. Last week the French branch of cyberinsurance company AXA said it would no longer write policies to cover ransomware payments. Shortly after this announcement, the company’s operations in Thailand, Malaysia,…
Cybersecurity researchers just revealed a new dangerous banking trojan originating from Brazil and targeting Android users in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. Called Bizarro, the trojan is attempting to steal login credentials from customers of 70 banks. “Following in the…
The DarkSide ransomware group, known for the attack against Colonial Pipeline, has a new victim – a subsidiary of Japanese tech company Toshiba. The company has admitted to being a victim of a security breach caused by the DarkSide ransomware.…
Security researchers outlined a new ransomware trend that they have been observing – triple extortion. According to Check Point’s latest ransomware report, ransomware operators are now relying on the so-called triple extortion, where they are demanding ransom payments from the…
News reports indicate that Colonial Pipeline paid a ransom in the amount of $5 million to the DarkSide ransomware collective. The devastating attack has also created volatility in the fuel prices in the East Coast. Colonial Pipeline Pays Ransom “The…
To the attention of owners of Apple’s macOS and iOS devices: the Find My device function has been found vulnerable. The vulnerability could be exploited to transfer data to and from random passing devices, even without being connected to the…
Security researchers reported that an Object Injection Vulnerability is found in WordPress. The vulnerability impact has been rated as “critical” by the National Vulnerability Database. WordPress users should patch their sites as soon as possible. The Critical Object Injection Vulnerability…
Security researchers just reported a new type of cyberattack that endangers the security of Wi-Fi devices. Known as FragAttacks, or fragmentation and aggregation attacks, the threat is a collection of new security flaws affecting Wi-Fi devices. Discovered by Mathy Vanhoef…
Did you install the latest batch of updates from Microsoft’s May 2021 Patch Tuesday? If you haven’t, you should do it as soon as possible, as it contains fixes for four critical security flaws. May 2021 Patch Tuesday Overall, this…
Few days ago, Colonial Pipeline’s networks in the United States were hit by a ransomware attack that created an unprecedented chaos. Following the devastating incident, the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, shortly known as FMCSA issued a regional emergency…
Another set of patches addressing critical security vulnerabilities was just released by Cisco. Vulnerabilities in Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Some of the vulnerabilities affect the company’s SD-WAN vManage software. “Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated,…
Security researchers recently observed a new information stealer (infostealer) malware. Called Panda Stealer, the malware is distributed via spam emails mostly in the US, Australia, Japan, and Germany. Trend Micro’s research shows that Panda Stealer is also utilizing fileless techniques…
This week, Apple addressed a couple of security flaws that have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities, known as CVE-2021-30665 and CVE-2021-30663 affect WebKit in macOS Big Sur. What Is CVE-2021-30665? The vulnerability is a memory corruption issue that…
A sample of Linux malware has been circling the web for at least three years without being detected. The discovery comes from security firm Qihoo 360 NETLAB. “On March 25, 2021, 360 NETLAB’s BotMon system flagged a suspiciousELF file with…
Apparently, hackers are increasingly utilizing Excel 4.0 documents to distribute malware such as ZLoader and Quakbot. The findings come from security firm Reversing Labs. How was the research on malicious Excel 4.0 (XML) macros carried out? The research team collected…
Apple recently fixed a zero-day flaw in macOS that could bypass the operating system’s anti-malware protections. The research also shows that a variant of the well-known Shlayer malware has already been exploiting the flaw for several months. CVE-2021-30657 Zero-Day Technical…
CVE-2020-28588 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could allow KASLR bypass, also causing the discovery of more unpatched flaws in ARM devices. CVE-2020-28588 Vulnerability According to Cisco Talos researchers who discovered the issue, the vulnerability exists…
The Nvidia graphics processing unit (GPU) display driver contains a series of vulnerabilities, the most severe of which is CVE-2021-1074. CVE-2021-1074 The vulnerability currently is undergoing analysis. What is known so far is that NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for…
A new piece of Android malware is spreading across devices using SMS messages (shortly known as smishing) about “missed package delivery.” It seems that Android users across the United Kingdom are particularly targeted by these messages, aiming to distribute the…
A team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) and the Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) at TU Darmstadt discovered a severe privacy weakness in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol. The vulnerability could expose a user’s contact information,…
