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Cyber forensics course specialists have reported a cyberattack that has affected more than 80 million of property owners in the U.S. The attack campaign is reportedly still active, so the number of people affected could increase in the next few days. Ran Locator and Noam Rotem, renowned cyber activists, discovered an exposed database; the activists […]
While detecting malicious software hidden in hardware parts is an incredibly complex task, cyber forensics course specialists believe that important steps are being taken to address this attack vector. Recently, threat actors have refined their methods to hide malware within the firmware of hard disks, graphics cards, motherboards and other commonly used components for the […]
Cyber forensics course specialists reported critical security vulnerabilities in iLnkP2P, a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications software component that, if exploited, would allow a hacker to access and take control of about 2 million of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This technology allows users to connect to their devices at the time they get online; an attacker […]
In recent days, a still not identified hacker group got unauthorized access to a Docker database, a company dedicated to programmer software development, compromising around 200k users’ accounts, as reported by cyber forensics course specialists. Docker allows developers to run software packages (containers), which are employed by some of the world’s leading technology companies. According […]
Cyber forensics course specialists reported that Wall Street Market, a drugs selling site in dark web, has been closed suddenly, becoming the second website of its kind that closes during the last month. This platform was only accessible through the Tor web browser. A few weeks ago Dream Market, one of the largest illicit shopping […]
Cyber forensics course specialists reported the finding of security vulnerability in several chips developed by the company Qualcomm; According to the specialists, these flaws could be the entry point for deploying login theft malware on Android devices. The problem resides in Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment (QSEE), technology designed to store cryptographic keys on the device […]
A ransomware attack has been detected in the systems of Aebi Sschmidt, one of the largest manufacturing companies in Europe and that has presence in the United States, reported cyber forensics course specialists. The Swiss company, dedicated to the manufacture of airport and highway maintenance vehicles, had to interrupt its operations following the cyber security […]
The U.S. government’s online crime report states that, during the year 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaints Center (IC3) received about 352k allegations related to multiple illicit online activities. According to cyber forensics course specialists, these crimes have generated about $2.7 billion USD in losses for the companies and individuals affected. According to the report, […]
One of the most constant threats faced by website, web applications, and online infrastructure operators are the so called denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. According to cyber forensics course specialists, threat actors are always trying to develop methods to deploy these kinds of attacks, so it is necessary to stay one step ahead of hackers. Recent research […]
Cyber forensics course specialists report an active campaign to exploit two critical vulnerabilities in Social Warfare, one of the most used social media plugins, to take control over WordPress websites that use a non updated version of this plugin. Social Warfare is a plugin widely used by WordPress site administrators and has been downloaded almost […]
Cyber forensics course specialists report that WiFi Finder developers, an app for Android operating system, have just leaked more than two million passwords of WiFi access points. According to reports, the exposed access codes are part of a recently discovered online unsecured database. The app, in addition to helping users to find WiFi hotspots, exposed […]
According to cyber forensics course specialists, the website for fitness, bodybuilding and other sports fans, bodybuilding.com, has notified its users about a security breach detected last February; The web site administrators confirmed that the incident was occurred due to a phishing email received in mid-last year. The incident report mentions that the security breach could […]
According to cyber forensics course experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), a security error in Facebook affected more users of Instagram than the social network had mentioned in the beginning. The social network updated a post on its blog (originally published last March 21) mentioning that, by mistake, it had been stored […]
A cybersecurity investigator reported the finding of at least eight databases without online protection measures. According to cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), these databases contain about 60 million of LinkedIn users records. Most of the data is accessible to any user with minimal knowledge. As reported by the […]
According to reports of cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), The Weather Channel (TWC), a U.S. television network focused on the weather forecast, suffered a critical cybersecurity incident that forced to shut the live transmission of the channel; it is believed that it could be a severe ransomware attack. […]
According to cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), some users of the fast food chain app Chipotle Mexican Grill report that their accounts have been misused in different locations. Spokespersons for the fast food chain claim that they have not detected any traces of a data breach in their […]
According to cyber forensics course specialist from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) a cybercriminal group identified as eGobbler has been exploiting a vulnerability in Chrome for iOS operating system for the purpose of attacking the iPhone device users with an exploit that delivers them malvertising; it is estimated that about 500 million users […]
According to cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) Wipro is investigating some reports suggesting that their IT systems have been hacked; it is possible that the compromised systems are being used to launch cyber attacks against some of the customers of this company. Reports on the incident indicate that […]
The non-profit mutual insurance organization Blue Cross of Idaho has confirmed that, in recent days, an unidentified user has been able to access its contributor portal to extract confidential information of nearly 6000 people, reported cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS). Through a statement, the non profit insurer mentioned: […]
According to cyber forensics course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) the government of Ecuador has faced about 40 million cyberattacks in retaliation for the decision to remove the political asylum to Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which lead to his arrest by the British authorities last week. After remaining as a […]
Cyber forensics course experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) report that Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is launching new versions of Tomcat, its application server. According to experts, this is due to the presence of a vulnerability that would allow a remote hacker to execute malicious code and take control of the compromised […]