Category: CYBER SECURITY

Google security teams have discovered 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chips used in several top Android smartphones and wearables that may put those devices at risk.

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published a new decryption tool that helps victims of a ransomware modification based on previously leaked Conti source code.

German and US authorities, supported by Europol, have targeted ChipMixer, a cryptocurrency mixer well-known in the cybercriminal underworld.

Cyber-security researchers from CloudSEK have claimed that a Russian hacker group targeted the Indian Health Ministry website and infiltrated its Health Management Information System (HMIS).

The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international takedown of ChipMixer, a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service responsible for laundering more than $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency, between 2017 and the present, in furtherance of, among other activities, ransomware, a darknet market, fraud, cryptocurrency heists, and...

Hackers have stolen about $197 million in cryptocurrencies from the crypto lending platform Euler Finance.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US has warned that threat actors are now using fake rewards in so-called "play-to-earn" mobile and online games to steal millions worth of cryptocurrency.

Global cyber protection company Acronis on Friday said the data of a single customer was leaked due to a "password compromise".

Akamai has mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever launched against a Prolexic customer based in Asia-Pacific (APAC), with attack traffic peaking at 900.1 gigabits per second and 158.2 million packets per second. 

This ransomware appeared in 2019 when cybercriminals started using it to launch attacks against organizations and critical infrastructure and industries. Based on the BitPaymer ransomware and part of the Dridex malware family, DoppelPaymer used a unique tool capable of compromising defense mechanisms by terminating the...

Homegrown startup Yes Madam has exposed the sensitive data of its customers and gig workers due to a server-side misconfiguration, the media reported.

According to the 2022 Mobile Threats report prepared by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, this alarming surge in the number of mobile banking Trojans is also the highest ever reported in the last six years.

Underground carding marketplace known as BidenCash has leaked online a free database of 2,165,700 debit and credit cards in celebration of its first anniversary.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has voted 24-16 in favor of banning TikTok in the US, advancing a bill that would allow US President Joe Biden to ban the Chinese short-video-making app in the country.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has announced a new tool to combat child sexual exploitation and help kids remove their sexually explicit images from the internet. 

The passcode in iPhones that helps people unlock their devices is now giving thieves easy access to steal their money and data in public places.

Stanford University disclosed a data breach after files containing Economics Ph.D. program admission information were downloaded from its website between December 2022 and January 2023.