Ziggy Ransomware Shuts Down And Releases Victims’ Decryption Keys
The Ziggy ransomware group has shut down and released a decryption key amid concern that it may be targeted by law enforcement.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2021
1 min read
‘Contact Form 7 Style’ Removed Due To Unpatched Vulnerability
Contact Form 7 Style is a plugin that can be used to add additional styles to forms created with Contact Form 7, one of the most popular plugins for WordPress. As part of its functionality, Contact Form 7 Style allows users to customize Cascading Style...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2021
2 min read
Google Paid $6.7 Million To Bug Bounty Hunters In 2020
Most of last year's bug prizes were awarded in the Chrome VRP (Vulnerabilities Rewards Program), which handed out more than $2.1 million to security researchers for 300 bugs identified in Google's flagship browse
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2021
2 min read
Kaspersky Has Released A Free Decryptor For Fonix Ransomware
Kaspersky has released a decryptor for the Fonix Ransomware (XONIF) that allows victims to recover their encrypted files for free.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2021
1 min read
FonixCrypter Ransomware Gang Releases Master Decryption Key
FonixCrypter gang has also released a package containing a decryption tool, how-to instructions, and the ransomware's master decryption key.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 30, 2021
1 min read
How To Prevent Your Phone From Being Hacked?
The threat of having your phone hacked has become a common and rational fear. The cold hard truth is that it is now possible to hack any phone. There are many different ways a hacker can get into your phone and steal personal and critical...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 28, 2021
3 min read
Massive Data Breach In MeetMindful.com | 2.28 Million Users Data Exposed!
The content of this file includes a wealth of information that users provided when they set up profiles on the MeetMindful site and mobile apps.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 25, 2021
1 min read
How To Take Control Of Your Digital Identity?
A digital identity is an information on an entity used by computer systems to represent an external agent. It is essentially any personal data existing online that can be traced back to the real you.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 22, 2021
2 min read
Malwarebytes Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Its Internal Emails
Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes said on Tuesday that some of its emails were breached by the same hackers who used the software company SolarWinds to hack into a series of U.S. government agencies.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2021
1 min read
Tor vs VPN: Which One’s Better?
Both VPN and Tor enhance your privacy and security on the internet. But what’s the difference, and which one’s better in the battle, Tor vs VPN?
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2021
5 min read
Multiple Vulnerabilities Found In FiberHome HG6245D Routers
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the firmware of a popular FiberHome HG6245D router, widely deployed across South America and Southeast Asia.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2021
2 min read
Some Of COVID-19 Vaccine Data Leaked Online: EU Agency
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday said some documents related to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines have been leaked on the internet. Law enforcement authorities have been taking necessary action, the agency said in a statement.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
World’s Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace Taken Down
The world's largest illegal marketplace on the dark web has been taken offline in an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (the National Crime Agency), and the USA (DEA, FBI, and IRS).
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
2 min read
SolarWinds Hackers Linked To Known Russian Spying Tools ‘Kazuar’
Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said the “backdoor” used to compromise up to 18,000 customers of U.S. software maker SolarWinds closely resembled malware tied to a hacking group known as “Turla,” which Estonian authorities have said operates on behalf of Russia’s FSB security service.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
2 min read
United Nations Environment Programme Breached, 100K+ Employee Records Accessed
Sakura Samurai, a security research group has disclosed a security vulnerability by exploiting which they could access over 100,000 private employee records of United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
3 min read
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Most Secure Messaging App ‘SIGNAL’
If the police come knocking to Signal for data on its users, it says, truthfully, that it has no data to hand over.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
2 min read
New Zealand Central Bank Says Its Data System Was Breached
A third-party file-sharing service used by the central bank to share and store some sensitive information was illegally accessed, the bank said in a statement.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2021
1 min read
How Tech Giants Handle Our Data When We Die?
There are lots of good reasons for wanting to get an understanding of what happens to our data after we die. You might want to ensure private information remains private after your passing on, or perhaps make it possible for those left behind to benefit...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 10, 2021
5 min read
T-Mobile Says Hackers Accessed Some Customer Call Records In Data Breach
T-Mobile suffered a security breach in December that may have exposed call-related information and phone numbers for some of its customers.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 4, 2021
1 min read
Secret Backdoor Discovered In More Than 100,000 Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways, And AP Controllers
More than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways, and access point controllers contain a hardcoded admin-level backdoor account that can grant attackers root access to devices via either the SSH interface or the web administration panel.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 3, 2021
2 min read
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