All posts tagged "Cyber-Attack"
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21Cyber AttackPhorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or...
- 70Cyber Events
The Forgotten Victims of Data Breach
“There is no way to tell his story without telling my own. And if his story is a confession, then so is...
- 33Vulnerabilities
New 0-Day Flaw Affecting Most Android Phones Being Exploited in the Wild
Another day, another revelation of a critical unpatched zero-day vulnerability, this time in the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, Android....
- 20Malware
PKPLUG -New Research Found Same Chinese Hacking Group Involved with Multiple Cyber Attacks Across Asia
Researchers linked multiple Cyber-espionage campaigns across Asia to the threat actor group PKPLUG. The group uses its PlugX malware and the number...
- 47Cyber Attack
A Look Into Continuous Efforts By Chinese Hackers to Target Foreign Governments
Phishing is still one of the widely used strategies by cybercriminals and espionage groups to gain an initial foothold on the targeted...
- 1.2KData Security
Wikipedia suffers DDoS attack causing worldwide service disruption
The DDoS attack on Wikipedia is first of its kind. The popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has suffered a DDoS attack over the...
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Hackers steal 560,000 user accounts in XKCD forum breach
If you have an account on XKCD forum change its password right now. The popular webcomic XKCD has been hacked. Apparently, unknown...
- 47Cyber Events
Website used by Hong Kong protesters suffers DDoS attack
The prime suspect of the DDoS attack is China. An online forum used by activists behind the ongoing Hong Kong protests has...
- 1.5KCyber Attack
French Police Remotely Removed RETADUP Malware from 850,000 Infected PCs
The French law enforcement agency, National Gendarmerie, today announced the successful takedown of one of the largest wide-spread RETADUP botnet malware and...
- 25Data Security
Solving the Cyber Security Problem: Mission Impossible
Why nothing is working in cyber security? Cyber Securities Book of Revelations. I spend a fair amount of time in my current...
- 11Hacking Tools
DumpsterFire – A Tool That Generates Network Shenanigans to Facilitate Blue Team Training
DumpsterFire is an open-source tool made by blue team member to edit create and control dumpster payloads in order to create surface...
- 6Hacking Tools
SniffAir – An Open Source Wireless Security Framework
SniffAir is an open source tool made for sophisticated wireless attacks and data capture, it handle all types of pcap files and...
- 5Malware
Hackers Spreading Android Ransomware via SMS to your Contacts and Encrypt your Device Files
A new family of Android Ransomware dubbed Android/Filecoder.C distributed various online forums and further uses the victim’s contact list to SMS with...
- 10Malware
Chinese Hackers Launching Zegost Malware to Attack Government Networks Via Weaponized MS Powerpoint
Researchers discovered a new campaign with Zegost info stealer malware that believed to be originated from Chinese based threat actors who is...
- 16Cyber Attack
Ransomware Attack Caused Power Outages in the Biggest South African City
Yesterday, some residents of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa, were left without electricity after the city’s power company got attacked...
- 10Cyber Events
Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ hit by MegaCortex ransomware (Updated)
MegaCortex ransomware was discovered in May this year. iNSYNQ, a United States-based Cloud hosting provider has been hit by a massive ransomware...
- 6Data Security
Hackers steal 7.5TB of data from Russian Intel Agency FSB’s contractor
The hackers stole the data and shared it with another hacking group who was involved in the hacking of another FSB contractor....
- 17Data Breach
Slack Resets Passwords For Users Who Hadn’t Changed It Since 2015 Breach
If you use Slack, a popular cloud-based team collaboration server, and recently received an email from the company about a security incident,...
- 5Malware
EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users
Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that’s currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products, and...
- 57Cyber Crime
Cyber attacks cost $45 billion in 2018 with Ransomware at top
An estimated 2 million cyberattacks took place in 2018 costing more than $45 billion in damages worldwide. The worse part is that...
- 14Data Breach
Marriott Faces $123 Million GDPR Fine Over Starwood Data Breach
After fining British Airways with a record fine of £183 million earlier this week, the UK’s data privacy regulator is now planning...
