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18/04/2021

Criminals are installing Cryptojacking Malware on unpatched M. Exchange Servers
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Cybercriminals continue to exploit unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. Cybersecurity researchers at Sophos report an unknown attacked has been attempting to leverage the ProxyLogon exploit to unload malicious Monero cryptominer onto Exchange servers,…

16/04/2021

SolarWinds hack and election meddling
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The Biden administration completed an intelligence review of alleged Russian meddling in the SolarWinds cybersecurity attack and interference in US elections, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The review could set the stage for possible retaliatory actions…

15/04/2021

Chrome Zero-Day Exploit Posted
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A security researcher has dropped a zero-day remote code ex*****on vulnerability on Twitter that works on the current version of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. A zero-day vulnerability is a…

14/04/2021

623M Payment Cards Stolen from Cybercrime
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According to Group-IB, a database containing stolen payment cards has been hit by hackers, who were able to lift the information off of the Swarmshop cyber-underground card market. The hackers…

11/04/2021

Data of over 533 million Facebook users leaked
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A user in a low-level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free. The exposed data includes the…

11/04/2021

Phish Leads to Breach at California State Controller
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The data breach was caused by a phishing attack in which an employee of the State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Division clicked on a link in an email they and…

03/04/2021

APAC firms face growing cyberattacks, take more than a week to remediate
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Some 68% of respondents in a Sophos study said they had been successfully breached this past year, up from 32% in 2019. Amongst those that were breached, 55% said they…

03/04/2021

Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”
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On January 11, the networking equipment and Internet of Things (IoT) devices provider began sending out emails to customers informing them of a recent security breach.  The company said that someone had…

01/04/2021

Pair of Apex Legends Players Banned for DDoS Server Attacks
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Cyberattacks against gaming aren’t anything new, but the stakes are higher than ever, which is driving innovation in gaming the games. “eSports is a market where the top 10 teams are…

31/03/2021

Disruptions continue at Molson Coors
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Brewing giant Molson Coors disclosed Thursday that it has experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that has disrupted operations and beer production. In a Form-8K filed with the SEC today, Molson Coors said…

31/03/2021

30/03/2021

MangaDex website taken offline following cyber-attack, data breach
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Last week to last week the site reported that a cyberattacker had gained access to an administrative account, “through the reuse of a session token found in an old database…

29/03/2021

Simple and Easy ways to protect yourself from Phishing Attacks.
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What is a phishing attack: Phishing is a cyber attack that uses disguised email as a weapon. The goal is to trick the email recipient into believing that the message…

25/03/2021

Hackers launch cyber attacks on Gmail Accounts
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Google mail or shortly called as Gmail has been one of the largest names in the industry for quite some time and official stats show that they are over 1.5…

23/03/2021

Microsoft has blamed a Chinese cyber-espionage group for attacks on its mail server software.
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Warning about Microsoft Exchange Server: Microsoft said  a Chinese hacking group thought to have government backing is targeting previously unknown security flaws in versions of Exchange Server, an email and calendar application. The group,…

14/01/2021

WhatsApp Spells Out Privacy Policy Updates

WhatsApp is making express explanations around its refreshed protection strategy, after reports went out of control about the informing application commanding comprehensive information offering to parent organization Facebook. The application’s…

14/01/2021

Malicious Software Infrastructure Easier to Get and Deploy Than Ever

According to researchers, simple to use and deploy offensive tools making it easier than ever for criminals with little technical know-how to get it on Cybercrime are seeing a significant…

11/01/2021

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House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in last week's riots at the US Capitol. The impeachment resolution that the House is poised to vote on later this week is the Democrats’ first step toward making Trump the first American president to be impeached twice.

08/01/2021

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US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is resigning amid criticism over an apparent lack of preparedness to deal with Wednesday's violent mob on Capitol Hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for his resignation on Thursday and said the House Sergeant at Arms told her he is submitting his resignation as well.⁠

08/01/2021

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The stunning display of insurrection on Wednesday was the first time the US Capitol had been breached since the British attacked and burned the building in August of 1814, during the War of 1812, according to Samuel Holliday, director of scholarship and operations with the US Capitol Historical Society

06/01/2021

How to secure your website

To deliver safe experiences, and enjoyable for your visitors and support your brand, ensuring the security of your website is an absolute must in order. How to start securing your…

06/01/2021

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Rep. Marilyn Strickland made history on Sunday by becoming the first Black person to represent Washington state in Congress and the first Korean American woman to serve in the House in its 231-year history. During the swearing-in ceremony for the 117th Congress — the most diverse class with a record-setting number of women — she wore a hanbok, a nod to her mother's Korean heritage.⁠

02/01/2021

New Cybersecurity Technologies

These days, so much, despite the best efforts of cyber security experts on a daily basis, well known and resourced companies are getting hacked. The present or existing technologies may…

02/01/2021

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More than 2,000 partygoers rang in the new year at an illegal rave in the Brittany region in France, despite ongoing coronavirus restrictions and a national curfew that has been in place since December 15. “In the early evening of December 31, several hundred vehicles began to converge on an industrial area in the town of Lauren to set up a rave party,” the local officials said Friday. According to a statement, local police attempted to shut down the rave, but “faced violent hostility.” Police said a “police vehicle was set on fire, three other vehicles were damaged, and soldiers were sprayed with bottles and stones, causing minor injuries.”⁠

23/12/2020

Cybersecurity Threats to Be Aware

Over the past few years, the seriousness and risk of cyber-attacks have clearly grown. Mankind has noticed the most horrific cases of cybercrimes related to big data breaches, cryptojacking, flaws…

23/12/2020

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Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' Senate seat, choosing the first Latino in state history for the role. "His appointment will make history. But the I know is far more interested in changing history -- especially for the working men and women of our state and country," Newsom tweeted Tuesday. "I can think of no one better to represent the state of California as our next United States Senator." Padilla, 47, is the son of two immigrants and got his start as an aide to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California before serving as Los Angeles City Council president and state senator.

22/12/2020

History of Ransomware Attacks

When the AIDS virus was used to extort funds from recipients of the ransomware, ransomware can be traced back to 1989. At which point a decryption key was also mailed…

22/12/2020

Some White House advisers fear Trump's final days

President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of the election, creating a dire situation that multiple senior officials and people close to the President say has led to new levels of uncertainty at how Trump will resist....

21/12/2020

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is one of more than two dozen American CEOs offering advice to President-elect Joe Biden and sharing what they’d like to see from the incoming administration.

21/12/2020

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Scientists are planting fake turtle eggs in real turtle nests to track egg poaching and trafficking, according to the US-based conservation organization Paso Pacifico. Poachers destroy more than 90% of sea turtle nests on many of Central America's unprotected beaches to sell the eggs into the illegal wildlife trade, the organization estimates. The devices, which use GPS technology, could help crack the illegal wildlife trade across a number of vulnerable species, according to Helen Pheasey, a Ph.D. student in the UK, who uses the device in her studies.