Over the next three days, Killnet hacking group intends to cause chaos on official US websites. State and federal websites are listed among the targets in a tweet with screenshots of the activity, which is headlined “USA OFFLINE: F**K NATO.” The hackers have specified in detail how they want to interfere with the services on […]
Microsoft Edge News Feed is currently being flooded with ads that appear to be sponsored by a widespread malvertising campaign that pushes tech support scams into potential victims’ news streams. Currently, Windows OS computers come with the Microsoft Edge web browser installed as the default web browser. A global share of 4.3% is currently held […]
Taiwan’s Presidential website and several websites run by the government of Taiwan were disrupted by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks hours before United States Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to mainland China. According to NBC News Report, the attacks hit four websites, those of President Tsai Ing-wen, the National Defense Ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and the […]
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Searching for vulnerabilities in websites, tools, applications, and software for reporting through bounty programs is a common practice among programmers. Although this is a good option, there are other alternatives to practice vulnerability analysis without breaking the law. This time, specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security’s (IICS) cyber security course will show you […]
Elementor, a WordPress website builder plugin with over five million active installations, has been found to be vulnerable to an authenticated remote code execution flaw that could be abused to take over affected websites. Plugin Vulnerabilities, which disclosed the flaw last week, said the bug was introduced in version 3.6.0 that was released on March […]
A recent report notes that the ministries of foreign affairs and defense in Finland were disconnected after a denial of service (DoS) attack. Via Twitter, representatives from both agencies confirmed the incident, adding that the affected services have already been restored and security measures will be taken to prevent further incidents. “For the time being, […]
A web application firewall (WAF) is a program designed to analyze incoming requests to a web server and, according to the rules established by administrators, filter those requests that may be dangerous for an online platform. According to specialists in web application security, the use of WAF solutions limits the risk of exploitation of known […]
A report specialized in WordPress security points to a 150% increase in reported flaws during 2021 compared to the previous year, in addition to establishing that almost 30% of the vulnerabilities detected in plugins for WordPress do not receive updates. Since this is the most widely used content management system (CMS) in the world, this […]
Attackers are finding new ways to access the websites and the browsers of different clients, affecting the user experience. The theoretical threat has become a real possibility, with attackers gaining an advantage through increased traffic to different websites. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attackers are increasing, with most of them being innovative with their attacks. […]
The Ukraine government officials have claimed that again multiple government and banking organizations’ portals have experienced a massive DDoS attack recently. All these cyberattacks have been developed by the threat actors over the past few months and after such a brutal attack several information systems become not operable. However, several websites have managed to minimize […]
On 22nd February 2022, Ukrainian Police officials arrested a group of threat actors that were involved in a phishing campaign. They used a mobile replenishment service as their disguise to conduct various scams involving 70,000 stolen victim data. The Cyber Police department and the National police came together on this issue which seemed to have […]
The developers of the popular UpdraftPlus plugin announced a series of updates to address a vulnerability that would allow any user who has logged into a WordPress website with this plugin to download the backups available on the systems, which could potentially lead to the leakage of sensitive information. Wordfence researchers published a proof of […]
A couple of weeks ago, a German court imposed a fine of 100 Euros on a website after determining that its administrators violated one of the provisions of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The authorities discovered that the website included a font hosted on Google Fonts, so it was possible to pass […]
Phishing is one of the main cybersecurity threats today, since virtually anyone in the world uses smartphones, online accounts and other tools despite not having basic notions of computer security and security risks, say specialists in ethical hacking. A growing trend within phishing is the compromise of WhatsApp accounts, the largest instant messaging platform in […]
On real estate websites recently the threat actors have placed a malicious script that steals sensitive data, that is entered by the user in the targeted website. Here in this event, the hackers have targeted the cyberattacks on supply chains, and to perform this, they have used a cloud-based video hosting service. A research unit […]
Popcorn Time, which was once a giant of illegal downloads and streaming, has announced its definitive shut down due to the clear lack of interest that the platform currently gets. Through a clear message on their website, the platform’s operators confirmed what some enthusiasts already anticipated. In its busiest period, Popcorn Time was the largest […]
Threat actors leveraged a cloud video hosting service to carry out a supply chain attack on more than 100 real estate websites operated by Sotheby’s Realty that involved injecting malicious skimmers to steal sensitive personal information. “The attacker injected the skimmer JavaScript codes into video, so whenever others import the video, their websites get embedded […]
As a preventive measure, Quebec, Canada, decided to shut down some 4,000 government websites due to the risk of exploitation of a critical vulnerability affecting a popular registration system. Éric Caire, minister of digital transformation of the region, mentions that this vulnerability would put online platforms in the education, health and public administration sectors at […]
Dubbed Nickel by Microsoft; the group of Chinese hackers was actively using the websites for intelligence gathering from thanks tanks, human rights organizations, and government agencies in 29 countries. The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit disrupted the activities of a hacking group based in China after a federal court allowed the company to seize the websites […]
Amazon Web Service (AWS) is suffering a major service outage that is affecting popular platforms in regions where the company provides services. The cloud service and hosting provider Amazon Web Service (AWS) is going through a service outage affecting popular platforms such as Netflix, Roku, Disney Plus, gaming platforms including PUBG, Valorant, and League of […]