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Jul 20, 20201 min read

New phishing campaign abuses a trio of enterprise cloud services

"A new phishing campaign uses a trio of enterprise cloud services, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics, and IBM Cloud, as part of an...

Jun 17, 20201 min read

'Woefully lax': report slams CIA cybersecurity after hacking tool leak

"Many of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most sensitive hacking tools were so poorly secured that it was only when WikiLeaks published...

Jun 10, 20201 min read

Nintendo admits number of hacked accounts is almost double what it originally said

Up to 300,000 Nintendo Accounts were accessed. "Nintendo has revealed that an additional 140,000 user accounts were accessed by...

Jun 5, 20201 min read

Chinese and Iranian hackers targeted Biden and Trump campaigns, Google says

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State-backed hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe...

Jun 4, 20201 min read

Huge Cyberattacks Attempt To Silence Black Rights Movement With DDoS Attacks

"After the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests across the U.S., cyberattacks on advocacy groups spiked by an astonishing...

May 4, 20201 min read

Kaspersky: RDP brute-force attacks have gone up since start of COVID-19

"Cyber-security firm Kaspersky says the number of brute-force attacks targeting RDP endpoints rose sharply since the onset of the...

Apr 7, 20201 min read

Health care cybersecurity: new front in coronavirus battle.

"Health care professionals battling the coronavirus now face a second front in the war -- cyberattacks -- that threaten to disrupt...

Mar 17, 20201 min read

U.S. health agency was under cyberattack during its response to coronavirus

"The U.S Health and Human Services Department was targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend as the agency grapples with the coronavirus...

Mar 16, 20201 min read

U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack During Covid-19 Response

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation’s response to...

Mar 13, 20201 min read

Hackers use fake coronavirus maps to infect visitors with malware

"Hackers are once again taking advantage of concerns of COVID-19 by using fake coronavirus maps to infect visitors with malware....

Feb 7, 20201 min read

IoT Malware Campaign Infects Global Manufacturing Sites

The infection uses Lemon_Duck PowerShell malware variant to exploit vulnerabilities in embedded devices at manufacturing sites. "A new...

Feb 4, 20201 min read

witter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers

Twitter discloses security incident involving the abuse of one of its official API features. "In a statement published today, Twitter...

Jan 2, 20201 min read

Windows users, beware: This fake update could lock up your PC, or worse

Updating to Windows 10? Don't fall victim to this spam email attack. With the end of for Windows 7 coming in January, many users are...

Dec 20, 20191 min read

Ransomware at Colorado IT Provider Affects 100+ Dental Offices

A Colorado company that specializes in providing IT services to dental offices suffered a ransomware attack that is disrupting operations...

Dec 16, 20191 min read

New Orleans declares state of emergency following ransomware attack

"New Orleans declared a state of emergency and shut down its computers after a cyber security event, the latest in a string of city and...

Dec 13, 20191 min read

New Ransomware “Zeppelin” Targets High Profiles in Canada and Europe

"Security researchers stated that cybercriminals have created a new ransomware variant titled “Zeppelin” to target healthcare and IT...

Dec 10, 20191 min read

Google Confirms Critical Android 8, 9 And 10 ‘Permanent’ Denial Of Service Threat

"The December 2019 Android Security Bulletin has been published by Google and contains details of several vulnerabilities within the...

Dec 9, 20191 min read

FBI Issues ‘Drive-By’ Hacking Warning: This Is How To Secure Your Devices

"There is a gaping hole in our online security—the surge of connected devices we now surround ourselves with. Now the FBI has warned that...

Dec 5, 20191 min read

The 10 most important cyberattacks of the decade.

“Since 2010, billions of sensitive files, personal information and account details have been leaked thanks to devastating hacks and...

Dec 4, 20191 min read

This new Android malware comes disguised as a chat app

CallerSpy can monitor calls, messages, take screenshots and records its surroundings, say researchers - who warn that it could be the...