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Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers have revealed shocking details of a new malware that’s compromising Windows containers to target Kubernetes clusters. Researchers have dubbed it Siloscape. It is regarded as an unusual malware that focuses on Linux as the preferred OS for managing cloud environments and applications. Another interesting aspect of the report is […]
Many movies and other media may have a bit of a warped idea of what hackers do, exactly. But one show that got it right is Mr. Robot, which shows that a company’s weakest spot is usually its people. The “human factor” they call it. It’s true that a lot of data breaches and other […]
Gaming is a multi-billion industry that is why it is a lucrative target for cybercriminals as well. Gaming giants on the other hand have resources to protect their cyber infrastructure from cyberattacks but what about naive gamers with no knowledge of cybersecurity? It is a fact that gamers are under constant threat of phishing, malware, […]
Whether you are running a small business or a large corporation; your website security needs attention amid increasing cyberattacks. Here are 6 website security check tools. Regularly checking your website for security issues is necessary nowadays. Recent research indicates a sudden increase of about 52% in cyberattacks in the past year. That alone is enough […]
Apple Inc. has rolled out updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities, apart from other security flaws, which were being exploited in the wild quite actively by threat actors. Two of these flaws affected tvOS for the Apple TV 4k and Apple TV HD, while the third one was identified in the macOS Big Sur OS […]
Kirill Victorovich Firsov, a Russian Citizen has been jailed for 30 months (2.5 years) in US prison for running popular cybercrime marketplace Deer.io. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Kirill Victorovich Firsov has been sentenced to 30 months in custody because of his role as the “administrator of a […]
StrRAT malware has the ability to steal credentials from a targeted system and also change file name extension to .crimson but it does not encrypt any data like in a ransomware attack. In recent malware-related news, Microsoft took to Twitter to warn users against a Java-based StrRAT that essentially portrays it to be fake ransomware […]
The company was informed about the exposed data in December 2020 but it only responded and secured the data in March 2021. FastTrack Reflex Recruitment firm recently joined the ranks of other companies that have been affected by data leaks due to misconfigured AWS S3 buckets. This data breach majorly affected the applicants whose CVs […]
DarkSide Ransomware gang was behind the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack however it is unclear who is behind the seizure of DarkSide’s cyberinfrastructure. The DarkSide ransomware cybercriminals group involved in the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline last week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the United States is calling it quits. The crime […]
Enterprises of all sizes and industries face a dilemma. How do they justify an increased need for cybersecurity spending in the face of historic business disruption and revenue losses? The fact is cybersecurity spending is a necessary investment. You hope you never need it, but you’re thankful when you do because not having adequate security […]
The group behind the campaign was one scammer collective, codenamed DarkPath Scammers, who had created a distributed network of 134 rogue websites impersonating the WHO. A couple of days ago, authorities in the United States seized a fraud domain harvesting users’ data in the name of providing COVID-19 vaccines. Now, Group-IB and the United Nations […]
Over 200 Belgian Websites Become Target of a Series of DDoS Attacks Including Belgian Federal Parliament and Police. Websites of over 200 Belgian organizations, including government, parliament, research institutes, scientific institutes, ministries, and universities, went offline after a large-scale DDoS attack targeted Belnet, a major ISP provider in the country. How did it start? The […]
TeaBot malware is in the early stages of development yet, so far, it has targeted 60 banks all over Europe. The Threat Intelligence and Incident Response (TIR) team at Italy, Milan-based online fraud prevention firm Cleafy’s has discovered a new Android malware that is targeting unsuspected users across Europe since January 2021. Dubbed TeaBot by […]
Around two years back, North Carolina State University researchers discovered [PDF] that over 100,000 GitHub repositories had leaked cryptographic (TLS and SSH) keys and API tokens. The researchers discovered this by scanning only 13% of its public repositories over six months and found that thousands of new repositories were leaking secrets almost daily. GitHub Announces […]
Computers, technology, and the internet have brought unmistakable advantages to firms in recent years and have revolutionized how most companies operate these days. However, new tech’s tremendous benefits have come the significant dangers of operating online and the alarming rise in cybercrime globally. In 2021 alone, internet-based crime is expected to total $6 trillion – […]
Forget about your products and services. Ignore all of your marketing efforts. The most essential aspect of a successful online business is security. If your security is lackadaisical, this could ultimately spell the end for your business – whether it’s due to a loss of finances or because it destroyed your reputation. As a result, […]
One major WhatsApp feature that will be limited includes receiving calls and messages as the messaging service will be disabled. If you are keeping an eye on WhatsApp’s new privacy policies you may already know that the company has backtracked on its previous decision to deactivate or delete user accounts that didn’t accept sharing their […]
FragAttacks- A Newly Discovered Threat A Belgian cybersecurity researcher Mathy Vanhoef has revealed in his latest blog post that newly discovered vulnerabilities dubbed FragAttacks (fragmentation and aggregation attacks) are pervasive and put at risk all devices with WiFi. The flaws stem from some bugs that date back to 1997. It is alarming that the vulnerabilities […]
If you are planning on maintaining a Bitcoin-friendly business, or just want to have an easy way of receiving crypto payments, you might want to consider the possibility of making yourself a QR code for easy Bitcoin transactions. What’s a QR code? A QR code (quick response code) is a sort of barcode that can […]
The dark web site called “BoysTown” had over 400,000 active users. German law enforcement authorities have confirmed to have taken down and seized one of the world’s biggest child abuse hosting platforms called Boystown on the dark web after a months-long investigation. This platform was active since June 2019 and boasted over 400,000 members. Multi-National […]
As reported in October 2020, Sopra Steria, a renowned French IT services provider, confirmed that its systems were targeted with a ransomware attack in October, which cost it a loss of tens of millions of dollars. In its latest update on the incident, the Paris-based IT firm acknowledged that a new variant of the Ryuk […]