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VHD Ransomware Linked To Lazarus Group North Korea Hackers

A new report was published revealing details about the dangerous VHD Ransomware which is believed to have been created by the Lazarus Group, a collective from North Korea. What is known about the intrusions is that advanced tactics have been…

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How You Use Your Smartphone Can Predict Your Personality Traits

A new study by Princeton University highlights the interrelation of using smartphones, associate behavioral data, and personality traits. Titled “Predicting personality from patterns of behavior collected with smartphones“, the study delves into the extent to which individuals’ personality dimensions (assessed…

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Garmin Recovers From Devastating WastedLocker Ransomware Attack

Garmin is now actively recovering from a total system sabotage which was caused by the WastedLocker ransomware several days ago. A worldwide outage was caused by the criminal group behind it. Garmin Is Now Recovering From The WastedLocker Ransomware: Returns…

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New Bug in Windows Sandbox and Windows Defender Application Guard

A new issue affecting Windows 10 versions 1903, 1909, and 2004 has been discovered. The issue is preventing Windows Sandbox and Windows Defender Application Guard from opening, which leads to either of the following error messages: ‘ERROR_VSMB_SAVED_STATE_FILE_NOT_FOUND (0xC0370400)’ or ‘E_PATHNOTFOUND…

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At the Speed of Light: Powerful AI Can Be Accomplished by Using Photons

A new breakthrough discovery regarding artficial intelligence (AI) was recently introduced in a research paper. Researchers from George Washington University in the United States discovered that using light rather than electricity for computing can create more powerful AI. Using Light…

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MATA Malware Framework Can Target Windows, Linux, and macOS

Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs recently detected a new malware framework that they called MATA. The researchers believe the MATA framework is linked to the Lazarus APT group. The MATA framework contains several components, including loader, orchestrator, and plugins, and…

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Wattpad Has Been Breached: Sensitive Users Data Exposed Online

An unknown hacking group has been able to hack into and breach the popular Wattpad online community, as a result users data has been hijacked and exposed. This is one of the most dangerous intrusions of late as the stolen…

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Cyber Fraud Task Force Created By The USA Secret Service

The Secret Service is taking actions against cybersecurity threats by creating a special agency called the Cyber Fraud Task Force. This is a new force that is specially commissioned to -detect and prevent serious crimes, particularly those that are categorized…

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Stolen LiveAuctioneers Passwords Put On Sale By Hacker

Computer security analysts have uncovered that computer hackers that have hijacked the LiveAuctioneers database are offering up the stolen data on sale. This is done on the underground hacking markets. LiveAuctioneers is a large portal for putting up art and…

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CVE-2020-6287: RECON Vulnerability Used To Hack Into SAP Systems

A dangerous RECON bug is being used by computer hackers to breach into SAP systems. This vulnerability was patched by SAP in their latest security update, and is also tracked in the CVE-2020-6287 advisory. This new wave of intrusions is…

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Virus-Infected Android Phones Sold Through US-Subsidized Program

Android phones that are being sold under an American Government Subsidized Program have been found to contain malware. The dangerous code is very difficult to detect and it is embedded deep into the Settings features of the operating system. Low-Cost…

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Google Dunzo Breached By Unknown Hackers: Data Has Been Hijacked

Google Dunzo which is an on-demand delivery startup company has published an announcement stating that it has been breached by criminals. The incident message has been posted on Saturday and gives further information about the event. Computer Hackers Penetrate Google…

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Evilnum Hacking Group Uses Tools Made By Cobalt, FIN6 and Others

The Evilnum hacking group has been found to use advanced hacking tools of other well-known criminal collectives like Cobalt, FIN6 and others. This particular hacking group has been running high-impact campaigns in the past and has been active since at…

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Conti Ransomware Attacks Continue With Multi-CPU Threads Support

The Conti ransomware, ever since its initial release, has impacted a lot of computer systems and unlike other common malware, it includes the ability to use all available CPU threads during its execution. As more and more samples are collected,…

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Crazy Stats: 15 Billion User Credentials for Sale on Hacker Forums

Account takeover (ATO) continues to be a “ubiquitous problem”, at the heart of which are compromised user credentials. According to a detailed paper by Digital Shadows Photon Research, currently approximately 15 billion credentials are circulating on hacker forums, enabling account…

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Keeper Magecart Hackers Steal Details of 184,000 Payment Cards

The Magecart group is not the only hacking collective targeting online e-commerce stores en masse. Known as Keeper, this cybercrime group has successfully broken into online store backends to change their source code and insert malicious scripts. These scripts stole…

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5 Dating Apps Leaked Highly Sensitive Data of Thousands of Users

Are you actively using dating apps? Then you may want to know that cybersecurity researchers just discovered 5 separate leaks of personal information of users of dating apps in the US, Japan, and South Korea. According to WizCase researchers, the…

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