Last week’s outage was caused by DNS issue, not a cyberattack
Payment processing firm Square says a widespread outage that took down a large part of the company’s infrastructure last week was caused by a DNS…
Month: September 2023
Vietnamese Hackers Deploy Python-Based Stealer via Facebook Messenger
Sep 11, 2023THNMalware / Social Media A new phishing attack is leveraging Facebook Messenger to propagate messages with malicious attachments from a “swarm of fake…
Professional ransomware gangs clearly a threat, but attacks can be easily stopped
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and National Crime Agency (NCA) have published a whitepaper examining the ongoing evolution of the business models and…
Facebook Messenger phishing wave targets 100K business accounts per week
Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook business accounts with…
Fix for 4 Security Vulnerabilities
Notepad++ v8.5.7 has been released, which has several bug fixes and new features. There has also been Integrity and authenticity validation, added Security enhancement and…
Charming Kiten’s New Backdoor ‘Sponsor’ Targets Brazil, Israel, and U.A.E.
Sep 11, 2023THNCyber Espionage / Malware The Iranian threat actor known as Charming Kiten has been linked to a new wave of attacks targeting different…
Brits happy to break cyber law if the price is right
A slim majority of British adults would be perfectly happy for the government and its allies to break international cyber security laws and norms, and…
After Microsoft and X, Hackers Launch DDoS Attack on Telegram
The hacker group Anonymous Sudan has launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Telegram in retaliation to the messaging platform’s decision to suspend their primary…
What It Is and Successful Strategies
Crypto bot trading is the use of automated software to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. These bots are programmed to follow specific trading strategies, such as…
Huawei launches OceanStor Pacific 9920 entry-level NAS
Huawei has launched a network-attached storage (NAS) array in Europe, the OceanStor Pacific 9920, which will offer up to 92TB raw capacity in 2U of…
UK and US sanctioned 11 members of Russia-based TrickBot gang
UK and US sanctioned 11 members of the Russia-based TrickBot gang Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2023 The U.K. and U.S. governments sanctioned 11 more individuals…
Polish election questioned after Pegasus spyware used to smear opposition, investigation finds
A senate investigation in Poland has found the use of Pegasus spyware by members of the ruling party against political opponents during the 2019 elections…