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Zloader malware attacks victims in 111 countries

On: January 10, 2022

Tagged: banking Trojan, Check Point Research, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malware, ransomware, ZLoader, ZLoader ransomware

A report by Check Point Research points to the detection of a new campaign related to the ZLoader ransomware, started in November 2021 and that by now has already managedRead More →

Don’t buy Oculus Quest 2 device for your kids: it can show them harmful content

On: January 10, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cybersecurity, facebook, Hacking, incidents, Information Commissioner Office (ICO), Information Security, Meta, Oculus Quest 2, privacy, security flaws, social media, United Kingdom

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has requested a hearing with Mark Zuckerberg to make some clarifications about Meta and the way it’s recently launched virtual reality headsets work, seekingRead More →

8,000 schools worldwide become victims of ransomware after IT provider suffered massive cyber attack

On: January 7, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, data theft, FinalSite, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malware, ransomware, Security breach, security flaws, system failures

School website provider FinalSite was the target of a ransomware attack that severely disrupted access to thousands of academic platforms around the world. This firm operates as software as aRead More →

US government will take actions against companies that don’t fix Log4j vulnerabilities in their infrastructure

On: January 6, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Log4j, Log4Shell, security flaws, United States

In its latest report, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called on U.S. organizations to address the vulnerability known as Log4Shell, as those entities that do not apply the correspondingRead More →

Call of Duty: Warzone cheat maker and distributor sued by Activision gaming company

On: January 6, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Activision, Call of Duty, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, EngineOwning, Hacking, Information Security, security flaws, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, technology, videogames

Activision, publisher of popular video game titles such as the Call of Duty saga has started a legal battle against EngineOwning, a software developer to cheat on the title COD:Read More →

Mobile App that sold women shut down by cyber police

On: January 5, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cyber harrassment, cyberbullying, cybersecurity, GitHub, Hacking, India, Information Security, malicious apps, Mobile apps, Mobile Security, social media

Cybersecurity specialists report that Bulli Bai, the mobile app developed in India that allegedly would have put some Muslim women “on sale” has finally been shut down. Authorities in atRead More →

How Chinese cyber army is hacking into universities to steal research materials

On: December 30, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Aquatic Panda, China, CrowdStrike, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), data theft, GitHub, Hacking, Information Security, Log4j, malware, security flaws, VMware

CrowdStrike researchers report the detection of a hacking group operating from China and that has managed to infiltrate an academic institution by exploiting one of the flaws found in theRead More →

How cybercriminals are using MSBuild to bypass enterprise security solutions

On: December 29, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cobalt Strike, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Microsoft Build Engine, MSBuild, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), security flaws, Windows

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of various malicious campaigns based on the abuse of a component in Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) in order to execute a Cobalt Strike payload onRead More →

This new rootkit can kill HP servers by exploiting a critical vulnerability in integrated lights-out software

On: December 29, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: advanced persistent threat (APT), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, firmware, hackers, Hacking, hardware, HP iLO, incidents, malware, remote code execution (RCE), rootkit, security flaws

Specialists from an Iranian security firm report the discovery of a one-of-a-kind rootkit hidden within the firmware of HP Integrated Lights-Out (HP iLO) devices, abused in the wild to eraseRead More →