Pizza Hut, KFC Owner Acknowledge Data Stolen During Ransomware Attack
Yum! Brands has admitted a ransomware attack and data stolen by cybercriminals. The company, however, said there was "no evidence that customer databases were stolen".
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2023
1 min read
85% Of Organisations Hit By Ransomware In Past 12 Months: Report
Nearly 85 percent of organizations were attacked by ransomware at least once in the past 12 months, up from 76 percent, a report showed on Thursday.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2023
2 min read
Mailchimp Discloses Data Breach After Employees Got Hacked
MailChimp suffered another data breach after hackers accessed an internal customer support and account administration tool, allowing the threat actors to access the data of 133 customers.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2023
1 min read
How To React To A Stolen Identity
If you notice signs of identity theft, you’ll need to take action to protect yourself. But make sure you start the right way or you could waste valuable time.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2023
9 min read
US-Based ODIN Intelligence Defaced In Apparent Hack
The US-based ODIN Intelligence website, a company that creates tools for law enforcement and government that enable communities to be safer, better informed, more organized, and crime-free, was defaced in an apparent hack on Sunday.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2023
1 min read
Over 6k Customer Accounts Breached, Admits Norton Lifelock
Cyber-security services provider Norton LifeLock has been hit by a data breach where more than 6,000 of its customers had their accounts compromised.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2023
2 min read
Software Company CircleCi Says Hackers Stole Customers’ Data
Software company CircleCi has confirmed that some customers' data were stolen in a data breach last month.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2023
1 min read
Meta Sues Surveillance Firm Voyager Labs For Scraping Data With Fake Facebook Accounts
Meta has sued a scraping-for-hire service called Voyager Labs that created over 38,000 fake Facebook user accounts and used its surveillance software to gather data from Facebook and Instagram without authorization.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 14, 2023
1 min read
Royal Mail International Export Services Disrupted After A Cyberattack
UK's largest mail delivery service Royal Mail suffered a cyberattack that forced them to halt international shipping services.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2023
1 min read
Cyber Criminals Accessed Staff Data In Ransomware Attack: The Guardian
The Guardian has confirmed that hackers accessed some of its employees' data in the ransomware attack in December last year.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Share An Update About 200 Million Users’ Data Breach
Twitter said the data is likely a collection of data already publicly available online through different sources.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2023
2 min read
Eleven Vulnerabilities Patched In Royal Elementor Addons
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered 11 vulnerabilities in Royal Elementor Addons, a WordPress plugin with over 100,000 installations.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2023
6 min read
How To Protect Yourself From Tech Support Scams
One common tactic used by tech support scammers is to send unsolicited pop-up messages or make unsolicited phone calls claiming to be from tech support. These messages often contain alarming language, such as "Your computer is infected with a virus!" or "Your computer has a...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2023
4 min read
Engineer Steals $300k From E-Commerce Site
A former software engineer of the US-based e-commerce website Zulily, has been charged with stealing over $3,00,000 from the site after allegedly being inspired by the 1999 film 'Office Space'.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2023
1 min read
Hackers Exploiting ChatGPT To Write Malicious Codes To Steal Your Data
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ChatGPT, which gives human-like answers to questions, is also being used by cybercriminals to develop malicious tools that can steal your data, a report has warned.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2023
2 min read
Over 200 Million Twitter Users’ Data Dumped On Dark Web Earlier Sold For $200k
Cyber-security researchers have found a data dump comprising over 200 million Twitter users, that was earlier being sold for $200,000.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 6, 2023
1 min read
Bitdefender Releases Free Megacortex Ransomware Decryptor
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware. The MegaCortex ransomware first appeared in January 2019 with a few interesting attributes, including the use of a signed executable as part of the payload, and an offer of security consulting services...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 6, 2023
1 min read
LockBit Ransomware Gang Releases Free Decryptor For SickKids Hospital
The LockBit ransomware gang has released a free decryptor for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
Bijay Pokharel,
January 2, 2023
1 min read
Twitter In Data-Protection Probe After ‘400 Million’ User Details Up For Sale
A watchdog organization will be conducting an investigation into Twitter following reports that a hacker has claimed to have obtained private information linked to over 400 million accounts.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 30, 2022
1 min read
Anonymous Twitter User Leaks 3Commas API Keys
An anonymous Twitter user has acquired around 1,00,000 application programming interface (API) keys belonging to users of the crypto trading service, 3Commas.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 30, 2022
1 min read
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