Hacker Claims To Have Stolen 1 Billion Records Of Chinese Citizens From Police
A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on one billion Chinese citizens.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2022
1 min read
Americans Lost $185 Million To Crypto Romance Scams In Just 3 Months
People lost crypto worth over $185 million in the US via romance scams in the first quarter this year, as fraudsters use new means to rob their victims, with romance scams featuring prominently.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2022
2 min read
Hackers Post Crypto Scams On British Army’s Youtube & Twitter Accounts
Cybercriminals have infiltrated the British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts to promote cryptocurrency scams and on YouTube, they replaced the British Army's videos with old live streams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2022
1 min read
Walmart Denies Yanluowang Ransomware Attack
Walmart has denied being hit by a ransomware attack by the Yanluowang gang after the hackers claimed to encrypt thousands of computers.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 30, 2022
1 min read
Three Defendants Indicted In Software License Piracy Scheme
Defendants Allegedly Sold Over $88 Million Worth of Stolen Software Licenses
Bijay Pokharel,
June 29, 2022
4 min read
United States Seizes Six Websites Providing Illegal Access To Copyrighted Music
The Justice Department announced today the seizure of six websites as part of ongoing efforts by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to combat copyright infringement.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2022
2 min read
Flagstar Bank Data Breach Exposes 1.5 Million Customers’ Info
Michigan-based financial services provider, Flagstar Bank, is notifying 1.5 million customers of a data breach where hackers accessed personal data during a December cyberattack.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2022
1 min read
Russian Botnet Disrupted In International Cyber Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice, together with law enforcement partners in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, have dismantled the infrastructure of a Russian botnet known as RSOCKS which hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices around the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 18, 2022
4 min read
Critical Vulnerability Patched in Ninja Forms WordPress Plugin
The team uncovered a code injection vulnerability that made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to call a limited number of methods in various Ninja Forms classes, including a method that unserialized user-supplied content, resulting in Object Injection. This could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 17, 2022
2 min read
iCloud Hacker Sentenced 9 Years In Prison For Stealing Nude Photos
He stored 3.5 terabytes of stolen content from over 500 victims on cloud and physical storage, with roughly 1 terabyte of the cloud storage dedicated to stolen nude photographs and videos.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 17, 2022
2 min read
Researcher Discovers New Hardware Bug In Apple M1 Chip
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a new hardware vulnerability in Apple's in-house silicon M1 chip that powers Macs.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 11, 2022
2 min read
China Govt-Backed Hackers Exploiting New Microsoft Office Bug
China government-backed hackers, previously observed targeting the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, are actively exploiting a bug in Microsoft Office to steal and delete users' data.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 2, 2022
1 min read
Researchers Find Critical Bug In UNISOC Smartphone Chip
Cyber-security researchers on Thursday reported a critical security vulnerability in UNISOC's smartphone chip being used for cellular communication in 11 percent of the world's smartphones.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 2, 2022
1 min read
Over 3.6 Million Exposed MYSQL Servers On IPv4 And IPv6
Over 3.6 million MySQL servers are publicly exposed on the Internet and responding to queries, making them an attractive target to hackers and extortionists.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 1, 2022
1 min read
Man Sentenced For Transnational Cybercrime Enterprise
A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for purchasing stolen or compromised credit cards and assisting other members of the Infraud Organization in monetizing their fraudulent activity.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 28, 2022
2 min read
Chinese Hackers Target Russian Defence Research Institutes: Report
China's cybercriminals are targeting Russian defence research institutes, according to a report released by cybersecurity firm CheckPoint Research (CPR) on Friday.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 20, 2022
3 min read
Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability In Jupiter And JupiterX Premium Themes
Security researchers of Wordfence have disclosed a set of vulnerabilities in the Jupiter and JupiterX Premium themes and the required JupiterX Core companion plugin for WordPress, which included a critical privilege escalation vulnerability that allowed any user to become an administrator.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2022
3 min read
Millions Of Attacks Target Tatsu Builder Plugin
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been tracking a large-scale attack against a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Tatsu Builder, which is tracked by CVE-2021-25094 and was publicly disclosed on March 24, 2022, by an independent security researcher. The issue is present in vulnerable versions...
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2022
1 min read
Han Bing Sentenced 7 Years In Prison For Wiping Employer’s Database
Han Bing, a former database administrator for Lianjia, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for logging into corporate systems and deleting the company's data.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 15, 2022
2 min read
Hackers Hit Top Crypto Data Websites Amid Crypto Meltdown
As the crypto market suffered a meltdown, several top crypto data websites were hit by cyber-attacks where a malicious pop-up prompted users to connect their crypto wallets.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 14, 2022
2 min read
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