Microsoft Informs Customers About Security Bug In Azure Cloud
ech giant Microsoft has informed users about a 'NotLegit' bug in Azure Cloud that may have put some customers' data at hacking risk.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 24, 2021
2 min read
800K WordPress Sites Are Still Vulnerable By ‘All In One’ SEO Plugin Flaws
Two critical and high severity security vulnerabilities in the highly popular "All in One" SEO WordPress plugin exposed over 3 million websites to takeover attacks.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 22, 2021
1 min read
United States Files Civil Action To Return $150 Million In Embezzled Funds To Sony
The United States took action in federal court today to protect and ultimately return more than $154 million in funds that were allegedly stolen from a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation and then seized by law enforcement during the FBI’s investigation of the theft.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 22, 2021
3 min read
Meta Sues People Behind Facebook And Instagram Phishing
Meta (formerly Facebook) has filed a federal lawsuit in California court to disrupt phishing attacks targeting Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 21, 2021
1 min read
Credit Card Info Of 1.8 Million People Stolen From Sports Gear Sites
Four affiliated online sports gear sites have disclosed a cyberattack where threat actors stole credit cards for 1,813,224 customers.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2021
2 min read
France Orders Clearview AI To Delete Facial Recognition Data
rance's data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered controversial facial recognition start-up Clearview AI that has collected 10 billion images worldwide to stop using data from people based in the country.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2021
1 min read
Report Links Huawei To China’s Domestic Spying In Xinjiang
Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei has reportedly been linked to domestic spying in the Xinjiang region while building technology for labour and re-education camps as well as surveillance systems in the western Chinese region largely populated by Uyghur Muslims.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2021
2 min read
People Lost Nearly $148 Million To Gift Card Scams This Year : FTC
A new Federal Trade Commission data spotlight shows that in the first nine months of 2021, consumers reported losing $148 million in scams where gift cards were used as the form of payment. That amount is more than was reported in all of 2020.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2021
1 min read
1.6 Million WordPress Sites Hit With 13.7 Million Attacks In 36 Hours
Upon investigation, the research team has uncovered an active attack targeting over a million WordPress sites. Over the past 36 hours, the Wordfence network has blocked over 13.7 million attacks targeting four different plugins and several Epsilon Framework themes across over 1.6 million sites and...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 10, 2021
1 min read
Cox Data Breach Exposes Customers’ Personal Info
Cox Communications, a digital cable provider and telecommunication company has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor has accessed customers' personal information impersonating a support agent.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 10, 2021
1 min read
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Patched In User Registration Plugin
This flaw made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrative users, on an affected site as long as a valid username or email address was known to the attacker and a login form created with the plugin existed on...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2021
4 min read
Canadian Man Charged With Scheme To Commit Cyberattacks
A federal indictment unsealed today in Alaska charges a Canadian national with committing cyberattacks.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2021
1 min read
Microsoft Seizes Websites Used By Chinese State-Sponsor Hackers
The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized dozens of malicious websites used by China-based hacking group Nickel that target organizations in the United States and 28 other countries around the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2021
2 min read
US State Department Officials’ Phones Hacked By NSO Spyware
At least 11 US State Department officials' iPhones have been hacked by Israel-based NSO Group which is the seller of infamous Pegasus spyware to the governments.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 5, 2021
2 min read
Ransomware Group Hits 49 Critical Infrastructure Firms In US
A ransomware group from Cuba has hit "49 entities in five critical infrastructure sectors" in the US and made at least $43.9 million in ransom payments.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 5, 2021
1 min read
Planned Parenthood LA Data Breach Exposes 400k Patients Personal Info
A threat actor has gained access to nearly 400k patients' personal info of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles in October, the reproductive healthcare provider said Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 3, 2021
1 min read
Del Rio Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography
A Del Rio man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 3, 2021
1 min read
Russian Man Sentenced For Providing ‘Bulletproof Hosting’ For Cybercriminals
A Russian man was sentenced for providing “bulletproof hosting” services, which were used by cybercriminals between 2009 to 2015 to distribute malware and attack financial institutions and victims throughout the United States.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 2, 2021
2 min read
Finland Warns Of FluBot Malware Being Spread By SMS
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency has issued a "severe alert" to warn of a massive campaign targeting the country's Android users with Flubot banking malware pushed via text messages sent from compromised devices.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 1, 2021
2 min read
Panasonic Discloses Data Breach After Network Hack
Japanese multinational conglomerate company Panasonic has confirmed that its network was illegally accessed by a 3rd party on November 11, 2021. As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined that some data on a file server had been accessed during the intrusion.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 30, 2021
1 min read
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