Man Sentenced For Stealing From Paypal Accounts In Wire Fraud Scheme
A Texas man was sentenced today to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conduct in connection with a scheme to buy 38,000 compromised PayPal
Bijay Pokharel,
May 13, 2022
2 min read
Russia Ramping Up Cyber Attacks Against Starlink: Musk
Russia is ramping up their efforts to jam Starlink internet service in Ukraine, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 11, 2022
2 min read
United States Offers $15 Million Reward For Info On Conti Ransomware Gang
The Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10,000,000 for information leading to the identification and/or location of any individual(s) who hold a key leadership position in the Conti ransomware variant transnational organized crime group.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 9, 2022
2 min read
Public Wi-Fi Security: Tips For Staying Safe
Staying safe while using public Wi-Fi has been a growing concern for years. That’s because anyone with the network password could potentially hack into devices that are connected to it
Bijay Pokharel,
May 7, 2022
5 min read
Nozomi Networks Discovers Unpatched DNS Bug in Popular C Standard Library Putting IoT at Risk
Nozomi Networks Labs discovered a vulnerability affecting the Domain Name System (DNS) implementation of all versions of uClibc and uClibc-ng, a popular C standard library in IoT products.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 4, 2022
3 min read
Lapsus$ Hackers Breached T-mobile’s Systems And Stole Its Source Code
The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile’s source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 24, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Steal $180 Million In Crypto From Beanstalk Farms
Hackers have stolen nearly $180 million in cryptocurrency from Beanstalk Farms, decentralized finance (De-Fi) project.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 19, 2022
1 min read
Kaspersky Releases Free Decryptor For Yanluowang Ransomware Victims
Kaspersky experts have analyzed the ransomware and found a vulnerability that allows decrypting files of affected users via a known-plaintext attack.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 19, 2022
3 min read
North Korean Hackers Stole More Than $600 Million In Cryptocurrency In Single Hack: FBI
The US has blamed North Korean hacker group Lazarus for stealing $625 million in cryptocurrency from the Ronin Network, owned by developer group Sky Mavis.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 15, 2022
2 min read
Member of Hacking Group Sentenced for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards
A Ukrainian man was sentenced today in the Western District of Washington to five years in prison for his criminal work in the hacking group FIN7
Bijay Pokharel,
April 8, 2022
4 min read
6 Anti-Virus Apps On Google Play Store Steal 15K Android Users’ Data
At least 15,000 Android users downloaded anti-malware apps from the Google Play Store which, instead of protecting them from hackers, infected their devices to steal passwords, bank details and other personal information, a new report showed on Thursday.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
What Is The Deep Web? Understanding The Most Misunderstood Part Of The Internet
The deep web is much larger than the surface web. It’s where restricted web pages live, and it also houses an area where determined web surfers can find websites that sell illegal drugs, weapons, stolen account passwords and banking information. It’s also where you’ll stumble...
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
7 min read
Hackers Breached Mailchimp To Phish Cryptocurrency Wallets
The breach was confirmed to the press by Mailchimp on Monday, but it had come to light over the weekend when users of the Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallet reported being targeted by sophisticated phishing emails.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
Facebook Bug Exposed Entire News Feed To ‘Integrity Risks’
In a startling revelation, a group of Meta engineers has reportedly identified a "massive ranking failure" that exposed nearly half of all Facebook News Feed views to potential "integrity risks".
Bijay Pokharel,
April 1, 2022
2 min read
Bitcoin Swindlers Targeting iPhone, Android Users Via Dating Apps
Bitcoin swindlers are now targeting iPhone and Android users through popular dating apps, such as Bumble and Tinder, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake "profit tax" to unlock their crypto accounts, cyber-security researchers warned on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 28, 2022
2 min read
Data Centres In India Faced 51 Million Cyber Attacks In 9 Months
The data centers in India captured more than 51 million cyber attacks over their networks from over 40,000 unique IP addresses from April-December 2021, a new report showed on Friday.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 25, 2022
1 min read
A 16 Years Old Teen Suspected By Cyber Researchers Behind The Lapsus$ Hacking Group
Cybersecurity researchers investigating a string of hacks against technology companies, including Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp., have traced the attacks to a 16-year-old living at his mother’s house near Oxford, England.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 24, 2022
4 min read
Microsoft Acknowledge They Were Hacked By Lapsus$ Extortion Group
Tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that one of their employees was compromised by the Lapsus$ hacking group, allowing the threat actors to access and steal portions of their source code.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 23, 2022
1 min read
More Conti Ransomware Source Code Leaked On Twitter
A Ukrainian security researcher has leaked newer malware source code from the Conti ransomware operation on Twitter.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 21, 2022
1 min read
Emsisoft Releases Free Decryptor For Diavol Ransomware
Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool to help Diavol ransomware victims recover their files without paying a ransom.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 19, 2022
1 min read
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