WhatsApp Fined €5.5 Million for Breaching Privacy Laws
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) officially revealed the results of an investigation into the processing carried out by WhatsApp Ireland Limited in connection with the delivery…
Month: January 2023
PayPal Data Breach – Over 35000K Accounts Compromised
PayPal has recently begun sending out notifications to thousands of users who were affected by a data breach. The breach occurred due to credential stuffing…
Malware-as-a-Service on the Rise, Ransomware Rotates Away from Bitcoin
Malware-as-a-Service on the rise, ransomware rotates away from Bitcoin: a look at crimeware and financial threats in 2023As the financial threat landscape has been evolving…
DefenseStorm Named Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company with 251% Growth Rate
[ This article was originally published here ] ALPHARETTA, Ga.–()–, a leading cloud-based cybersecurity, cyber fraud and cyber compliance management provider to regional and community…
Ransomware money laundering operation disrupted, founder arrested
The China-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato is accused of processing over $700 million of illicit funds. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released information about…
Hook Banking Trojan Infect Stored Files in Devices
A new Android malware known as ‘Hook’ has surfaced in the cybercrime market, and this malware has been developed by the creator (DukeEugene) of Ermac…
Beware of the New ‘Blank Image’ Attack
Avanan researchers have seen a new attack dubbed “Blank Image” spreading throughout the globe wherein hackers include blank images in HTML attachments. When opening the…
LATEST CYBERTHREATS AND ADVISORIES – JANUARY 20, 2023
[ This article was originally published here ] TikTok is fined for a privacy violation, major corporations suffer breaches and Vice Society attacks another school.…
Bitwarden acquires Passwordless.dev to boost passwordless solutions
Bitwarden’s acquisition of Passwordless.dev comes on the heels of a $100M funding round and allows Bitwarden to equip customers with a strong WebAuthn framework from…
Credit card fraud group member could get up to 30 years in jail
We take a look at a New York based credit card fraud group, and see how the justice system is slowly taking it to task.…
AWS to invest another US$35 billion in Virginia – Networking
Amazon Web Services plans to invest another US$35 billion (A$50.3 billion) by 2040 to expand data centres in Virginia. AWS said the new investment will…
New Boldmove Linux malware used to backdoor Fortinet devices
Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a recently disclosed FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability as a zero-day in December, targeting a European government and an African MSP with a…