Category: CYBER SECURITY

The U.S. State Department has announced a hefty $10 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of the "Blackcat" ransomware gang.

A potent new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called "Darcula" poses a significant threat to iPhone users. This sophisticated service has already been used in attacks, utilizing iMessage to deliver convincing phishing links designed to steal user credentials.

Google has released a critical security update for its Chrome browser, patching seven vulnerabilities – including two zero-day flaws actively exploited during the recent Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition.

China continues to lead the way for government-backed exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities. The cyber espionage groups in the country exploited 12 zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023, up from seven in 2022, a Google report said on Wednesday.

A federal court imposed a heavy $9.9 million penalty on a robocall scammer responsible for thousands of illegal "spoofed" calls.

German law enforcement has seized the infrastructure of the Nemesis Market.

Mozilla has swiftly patched two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser.

Nearly 33.8 million attacks on mobile devices from malware, adware, and riskware were blocked in 2023 globally, highlighting a 50 percent increase in such attacks over the previous year's figures, a new report revealed on Friday.

The Sign1 malware, known for its code injection techniques, has reportedly infected a staggering 39,000 sites.

This scam preys on individuals and businesses eager to get that coveted blue checkmark, but it's a trap designed to install malware on your system.

Nearly 75,000 financial phishing attempts targeting companies of various sizes within India were detected last year, a new report revealed on Wednesday.

The Federal Trade Commission is warning the public that scammers are pretending to be affiliated with the FTC to steal consumers’ hard-earned money.

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a configuration error in Firebase instances, resulting in the exposure of almost 19 million plaintext passwords.

Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian-Canadian cybercriminal, has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his role in an international ransomware scheme.

A surge in phishing attacks is targeting users with emails where hackers impersonate the shipping company DHL, tricking them into clicking malicious attachments.

The publicly exposed database contained 2,363,222 documents in.PDF and.PNG formats with a total size of 92.3 GB.

A new wave of the Balada Injector malware campaign is currently targeting a known vulnerability in the popular Popup Builder WordPress plugin.

Microsoft has confirmed that Russian state-backed hacking group "Midnight Blizzard" (also known as Nobelium) has stolen source code from the tech giant.