Author Archives: Deeba Ahmed

LockBit ransomware gang blames victim for DDoS attack on its website

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By Deeba Ahmed
LockBit Ransomware Gang claims its leak site was hit by a massive DDoS attack allegedly carried out by security company Entrust.
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Major Database Mess Up Leaves Indian Federal Police and Banking Records Exposed

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In total, the publically exposed Elasticsearch database contained a whopping 335 million records or roughly 24GB worth of highly sensitive data.
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ETHERLED and GAIROSCOPE Attacks Allow Data Exfiltration from Air-gapped PC

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By Deeba Ahmed
Researchers have demonstrated possibilities in which attackers can use resonance frequency in Gyroscope and network card LEDs to exfiltrate data from air-gapped PC.
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Backdoored Counterfeited Android Phones Hacking WhatsApp Accounts

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By Deeba Ahmed
According to Dr. Web, the backdoor comes pre-installed in Counterfeit Android devices targeting WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messengers.
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TikTok’s In-App Browser Can Monitor Your Activity on External Websites

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By Deeba Ahmed
Other iPhone apps using in-app browsers were also tested in the research but TikTok was the only app to monitor keystrokes.
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Critical Amazon Ring Vulnerability Could Expose Camera Recordings

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By Deeba Ahmed
The vulnerability was discovered by Atlanta-based app security firm Checkmarx while assessing the Ring doorbell app for Android.…
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Windows, Linux and macOS Users Targeted by Chinese Iron Tiger APT Group

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By Deeba Ahmed
Chinese Espionage Group called Iron Tiger (aka LuckyMouse) is targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS Users with trojanized MiMi…
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Cisco Confirms Network Breach After Employee’s Google Account was Hacked

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By Deeba Ahmed
Cisco has confirmed that its security was successfully breached by Yanluowang Ransomware Gang in May 2022. Networking giant…
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Hackers Targeted Facebook in Cyber Espionage Campaigns – Meta

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Meta says the company sabotaged two cyber espionage campaigns against Facebook which originated from South Asia. Meta, Facebook’s…
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