What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?
Digital swindles like business email compromises and romance scams generate billions of dollars for criminals. And they all start with a little bit of “social…
Month: January 2023
Ransomware news trending on Google
A mining firm shut down its operations in Southern British Columbia in order to contain the repercussions developed from a ransomware attack. The Canadian Copper…
TRAI Asked to Involve MoD in Drafting Big Data Policies
A major cybersecurity reformation may be underway for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after the regulatory body was asked to involve the Ministry…
Indian government bans personal computer connections to office networks
Indian government agencies are urging their employees not to connect their personal laptops and smart phones to office networks. They are, in fact, urging the…
While LockBit Apologizes, Hive Group Attacks Spain Hospital
LockBit ransomware gang offered a free decryptor after the attack on Canada’s largest children’s hospital based in Toronto. The group also issued an apology for…
Linux Malware Exploit 30 Bugs in WordPress Themes & Plugins
In an attempt to inject malicious JavaScript into WordPress plugins and themes that are outdated, a previously detected Linux malware that is unknown has been…
New Linux Malware Exploiting Over Two Dozen CMS Flaws
Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Linux WordPress sites are being targeted by a previously unknown strain of Linux malware that exploits flaws in over…
Attackers never let a critical vulnerability go to waste
GreyNoise Intelligence unveiled its research report that dives deep into the most significant threat detection events of the past 12 months. “When it comes to…
Alwsata Real Estate Co. Targeted, 14 GB Data Exposed
Saudi Arabia-based real estate business, Alwsata Real Estate Co, has been victimized by gray hat threat actor group Kelvin Security. The news comes after the…
The Biggest Cybersecurity Decision of 2023
New Year’s Day is hardly a day old, and we have the biggest cybersecurity decision currently possible already in our hands: patch Windows vulnerability CVE-2022-37958.…
Getting data loss prevention right
When a CISO takes the wrong approach to data loss prevention (DLP), it can quickly compound into a triple loss. First, they lose their organization’s…
Google to Pay $29.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over User Location Tracking
Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Location Tracking Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits brought by Indiana…