Have you heard of the Data Transfer Project (DTP)? It is a recently announced open-source, service-to-service project created by Google, in partnership with Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter. The project is in fact a data portability platform intended mainly for consumers…
The official announcement of the discontinuing of the Skype Classic version of the program is already a fact, scheduled for 1st of September, 2018. The 2018 version, called Skype Classic has been reported to no longer be supported after the…
A new botnet has been detected by security researchers at NewSky security, with their discovery being confirmed by researchers from Qihoo 360 Netlab, Rapid7, and Greynoise. The botnet in question has compromised more than 18,000 routers in a single day,…
Cisco has released more fixes for a range of critical and high severity vulnerabilities found in several groups of products – Policy Suite, SD-WAN, and Nexus. Let’s have a closer look at the Policy Suite flaws. Vulnerabilities in Cisco Policy…
The South Korean company Ahnlab has developed a Killswitch for the latest version of the virus, calling itself v4.1.2, causing the ransomware to stop functioning. Ahnlab has reportedly analyzed the internal version 4.1.2 of GandCrab ransomware, which is part of…
Microsoft is initiating a bug bounty program that is focused on customer security. The program is called Identity Bounty Program and it will offer bounties ranging from $500 to $100,000 for unveiling security vulnerability in the company’s identity services. What…
Blackgear is a previously detected cyber espionage campaign that dates back to 2008. The malware has been known to target organizations in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with the targets primarily being public sector agencies and high-tech companies. According to…
It is a trend that is not going away – cybercriminals will always be attempting to circumvent security defenses with the assistance of increasingly sophisticated techniques. This leads us to the so-called fileless malware where the effectiveness of an attack…
Yet another vulnerability, identified as CVE-2018-0369, in Cisco software has been patched. Rated severe, the flaw is described as an IPv4 Fragmentation vulnerability which could lead to a denial of service if used with three other medium severity bugs. CVE-2018-0369…
GitHub has been known to support JavaScript and Ruby by providing security alerts, and now the same becomes valid for Python. In other words, GitHub has updated its security alerts feature by adding support for Python projects. This relatively new…
Dorkbot, a 6-year-old banking malware has resurfaced in the wild to become a major threat, according to recent reports. The Dorkbot banking malware reportedly started its malicious activity back in 2012 but now it seems as if this virus has…
A highly targeted malware campaign targeting iPhone users in India has been unearthed by Cisco Talos security researchers. The campaign has been active since August 2015 and is spying on 13 specific iPhones. The attackers who were most likely operating…
After all the noise and headache, Facebook is finally (about to be) fined – in the U.K at least, where the company has to pay £500,000 ($664,000). The decision comes after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded the social…
A new form of malware, combining the two most prominent threats out there – cryptocurrency mining and ransomware has been detected to check which is the appropriate type of virus to be installed on your PC and then installs either…
Not too long ago ransomware was “dethroned” as the number one cyber threat. However, new statistics reveal that the encryption menace has returned in an increasing number of attacks. The overall volume of malware has grown as well, shows a…
The recent rise of Spectre vulnerabilities that allows malicious code to hijack sensitive data is being addressed in the latest version Google Chrome. The latest security blog from the browser’s blog gives insight on Chrome’s ability to mitigate the issue…
Following the latest Facebook privacy data scandal, it has been revealed that the company gave extended access to user data to 61 companies, including Mail.Ru. This is one of the biggest online services in the world used by many Russian-speaking…
Over the past few years companies have been increasing their use of open source code to help them build more powerful applications faster. Open source components cut down application development time by providing powerful features that developers do not have…
The latest Dark Web sales that have been uncovered by experts reveal that hackers have gained access to very sensitive data. The latest reports reveal that among the sold goods there are secret military technology materials, operating manuals and even…
A new attack campaign utilizing updated instances of the Hide ‘N Seek IoT botnet are currently attacking users worldwide. The security analysis of the captured samples showcase that the updated code a wide range of databases servers support. This gives…
