Collaborate Disseminate
Security researchers have discovered two separate malware campaigns, one of which is distributing the Ursnif data-stealing trojan and the GandCrab ransomware in the wild, whereas the second one is only infecting victims with Ursnif malware.
Though bot… Continue reading GandCrab ransomware and Ursnif virus spreading via MS Word macros
It is 2019, and millions of computers still either have at least one outdated application installed or run outdated operating systems, making themselves vulnerable to online threats and known security vulnerabilities/exploits.
Security vendor Avast ha… Continue reading Millions of PCs Found Running Outdated Versions of Popular Software
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has today issued an “emergency directive” to all federal agencies ordering IT staff to audit DNS records for their respective website domains, or other agency-managed domains, within next 10 business days…. Continue reading DHS Orders U.S. Federal Agencies to Audit DNS Security for Their Domains
Just in time…
Some cybersecurity experts this week arguing over Twitter in favor of not using HTTPS and suggesting software developers to only rely on signature-based package verification, just because APT on Linux also does the same.
Ironically, a s… Continue reading Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
Twitter just admitted that the social network accidentally revealed some Android users’ protected tweets to the public for more than 4 years — a kind of privacy blunder that you’d typically expect from Facebook.
When you sign up for Twitter, all your … Continue reading A Twitter Bug Left Android Users’ Private Tweets Exposed For 4 Years
Ukrainian Police have this week busted out two separate groups of hackers involved in carrying out DDoS attacks against news agencies and stealing money from Ukrainian citizens, respectively.
According to the authorities, the four suspected hackers th… Continue reading Ukrainian Police Arrest 6 Hackers Linked to DDoS and Financial Attacks
A massive government data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) was left unsecured on a storage server for at least a week, exposing a whopping 3 terabytes of data containing millions of sensitive files.
The unsecured storage server… Continue reading Unprotected Government Server Exposes Years of FBI Investigations
Almost half of the fight travelers around the world were found exposed to a critical security vulnerability discovered in online flight ticket booking system that allowed remote hackers to access and modify their travel details and even claim their fre… Continue reading Flight Booking System Flaw Affected Customers of 141 Airlines Worldwide
Check Point researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortnite, a massively popular online battle game, one of which could have allowed remote attackers to completely takeover player accounts just by tricking users into clicking … Continue reading Fortnite Flaws Allowed Hackers to Takeover Gamers’ Accounts
The U.S. authorities have charged two Ukrainian hackers for hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR filing system and stealing sensitive market-moving reports of companies before their public release.
EDGAR, or Electronic Data Gath… Continue reading Two Hackers Charged with Hacking SEC System in Stock-Trading Scheme