Safe-Inet VPN Service Shut Down By Law Enforcement
The virtual private network (VPN) Safe-Inet used by the world’s foremost cybercriminals has been taken down in a coordinated law enforcement action led by the German Reutlingen Police Headquarters together with Europol and law enforcement agencies from around the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 23, 2020
1 min read
Europol Launches Decryption Platform To Fight Against Organized Crime And Terrorism In Europe
Europol launched an innovative decryption platform to decrypt information lawfully obtained in criminal investigations.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2020
2 min read
A Facebook Bug Exposed Instagram Users’ Email Addresses And Birthdays
Security researcher Saugat Pokharel has discovered a bug that exposed Instagram users’ individual email addresses and birthdays.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2020
1 min read
What Is A Rootkit? And How To Defend Against Rootkits
Rootkits can contain a number of tools, ranging from programs that allow hackers to steal your passwords to modules that make it easy for them to steal your credit card or online banking information.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2020
4 min read
Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability Found On Contact Form 7
The Astra Security Research team discovered a high-severity Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Contact Form 7 5.3.1 and older versions. The vulnerable plugin, Contact Form 7, has over 5 million active installs making this urgent upgrade a necessity for WordPress site owners out there. By exploiting this...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2020
1 min read
SolarWinds Hackers Breach US Nuclear Weapons Agency
The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have evidence that hackers accessed their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected at least half a dozen federal agencie
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2020
1 min read
What is Formjacking And How To Protect Yourself
Formjacking is when cybercriminals inject malicious JavaScript code to hack a website and take over the functionality of the site's form page to collect sensitive user information.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2020
2 min read
3 Million Users Installed 28 Malicious Chrome Or Edge Extensions
Over 3 million internet users have reportedly been found out to have installed about 15 Chrome as well as 13 Edge extensions that supposedly all include malicious code according to the security firm Avast.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2020
1 min read
Pay2Key Hackers Stole Data From Intel’s Habana Labs
The hackers are suspected of breaking into the company’s network and gaining access to plans and information regarding its new artificial intelligence chip Gaudi
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2020
1 min read
Suspected Russian Hackers Reportedly Breached US Government Agencies
Russian government hackers breached the Treasury and Commerce departments, along with other U.S. government agencies, as part of a global espionage campaign that stretches back months, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2020
2 min read
Critical Vulnerability Found In ‘Easy WP SMTP’ Plugin
The WordPress Easy WP SMTP plugin, which has 500,000+ active installations, fixed a zero-day vulnerability affecting version 1.4.2 and below that could allow an unauthenticated user to reset the admin password among other issues.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 12, 2020
1 min read
Former Cisco Engineer Sentenced To Prison For Deleting 16k Webex Accounts
Investigators said Ramesh then proceeded to run a script that deleted 456 virtual machines that were supporting Cisco's video conferencing software WebEx Teams, actions that resulted in the temporary deletion of more than 16,000 Webex accounts.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 12, 2020
2 min read
EU Drugs Regulator Confirms Data Breach In Cyber Attack
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) had not provided any details on Wednesday, when it disclosed the cyber attack, but Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE had said documents related to the development of their COVID-19 vaccine had been “unlawfully accessed”.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 12, 2020
1 min read
Cybercriminals Are Selling More Than 85,000 SQL Databases On Dark Web
Hackers have been breaking into SQL databases, downloading tables, deleting the originals, and leaving ransom notes behind, telling server owners to contact the attackers to get their data back.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 10, 2020
2 min read
4 Sentenced To Prison For Planting Malware On 20 Million Gionee Smartphones
The scheme involved Xu Li, the legal representative of Shenzhen Zhipu Technology, a Gionee subsidiary tasked with selling the company's phones, and the trio of Zhu Ying, Jia Zhengqiang, and Pan Qi, the deputy general manager and software engineers for software firm Beijing Baice Technology.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2020
2 min read
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About ENCRYPTION !
Encryption is the method by which information is converted into secret code that hides the information’s true meaning. The science of encrypting and decrypting information is called cryptography.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 6, 2020
4 min read
Helicopter Manufacturer Kopter Hit By Ransomware
Information from Kopter’s internal system was printed on the LockBit gang’s site, hosted on the Darknet.After Kopter denied participation with all the hackers, the ransomware gang has printed on Friday a number of the business’s documents online.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 5, 2020
1 min read
IBM : Cyber-Criminals Are Targeting The COVID-19 Vaccine Cold Chain
IBM Security X-Force uncovered a global phishing campaign targeting organizations associated with a COVID-19 cold chain. The cold chain is a component of the vaccine supply chain that ensures the safe preservation of vaccines in temperature-controlled environments during their storage and transportation.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 4, 2020
2 min read
Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca : Reuters
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The hackers posed as recruiters on...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 28, 2020
1 min read
Networking Equipment Vendor Belden Disclose Data Breach
American networking equipment vendor Belden announced that it has taken decisive measures to investigate and address a data incident involving unauthorized access and copying of some current and former employee data, as well as limited company information regarding some business partners. Belden IT professionals recently detected...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 27, 2020
1 min read
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