data breach

BADNEWS! Patchwork APT Hackers Score Own Goal in Recent Malware Attacks

Threat hunters have shed light on the tactics, techniques, and procedures embraced by an Indian-origin hacking group called Patchwork as… Read More

2 years ago

New Zloader Banking Malware Campaign Exploiting Microsoft Signature Verification

The campaign is said to have claimed 2,170 victims across 111 countries as of January 2, 2022, with most of… Read More

2 years ago

New Trick Could Let Malware Fake iPhone Shutdown to Spy on Users Secretly

Researchers have disclosed a novel technique by which malware on iOS can achieve persistence on an infected device by faking… Read More

2 years ago

North Korean Hackers Start New Year with Attacks on Russian Foreign Ministry

A North Korean cyberespionage group named Konni has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at the Russian… Read More

2 years ago

NHS Warns of Hackers Targeting Log4j Flaws in VMware Horizon

The digital security team at the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) has raised the alarm on active exploitation of Log4Shell… Read More

2 years ago

Facebook Launches 'Privacy Center' to Educate Users on Data Collection and Privacy Options

Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Friday announced the launch of a centralized Privacy Center that aims… Read More

2 years ago

France Fines Google, Facebook €210 Million Over Privacy Violating Tracking Cookies

The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL), France's data protection watchdog, has slapped Facebook (now Meta Platforms) and… Read More

2 years ago

Log4Shell-like Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in H2 Database Console

Researchers have disclosed a security flaw affecting H2 database consoles that could result in remote code execution in a manner… Read More

2 years ago

NIST Cybersecurity Framework: A Quick Guide for SaaS Security Compliance

When I want to know the most recently published best practices in cyber security, I visit The National Institute of… Read More

2 years ago

VMware Patches Important Bug Affecting ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Products

VMWare has shipped updates to Workstation, Fusion, and ESXi products to address an "important" security vulnerability that could be weaponized… Read More

2 years ago

Researchers Uncover Hacker Group Behind Organized Financial-Theft Operation

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps of an organized financial-theft operation undertaken by a discreet actor to target transaction processing… Read More

2 years ago

SAILFISH System to Find State-Inconsistency Bugs in Smart Contracts

A group of academics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, has demonstrated what it calls a "scalable technique" to… Read More

2 years ago

Researchers Develop SAILFISH to Identify State-Inconsistency Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts

A group of academics from UCSB demonstrated a "scalable technique" to vet smart contracts and mitigate state-inconsistency bugs, while also… Read More

2 years ago

Researchers Detail New HomeKit 'doorLock' Bug Affecting Apple iOS

A persistent denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability has been discovered in Apple's iOS mobile operating system that's capable of sending affected devices… Read More

2 years ago

Are Medical Devices at Risk of Ransomware Attacks?

In May 2017, the first documented ransomware assault on networked medical equipment happened. The worldwide ransomware assault WannaCry compromised radiological… Read More

2 years ago

Detecting Evasive Malware on IoT Devices Using Electromagnetic Emanations

Researchers say electromagnetic field emanations from IoT devices can be used as a side-channel to glean precise knowledge about the… Read More

2 years ago