Global SMS Stealer Targeting Android Users via Malicious Apps and Ads
New SMS Stealer Alert! The massive campaign targets Android users globally. The scope of this campaign is staggering with over 107,000 malware samples identified so…
Month: July 2024
VMware vulnerability leads ransomware to encrypt mass virtual machines
All these days we have seen hackers targeting Windows and Linux machines. But now they seem to be after the encryption of mass virtual machines…
SMS Stealer malware targeting Android users: Over 105,000 samples identified
Zimperium’s zLabs team has uncovered a new and widespread threat dubbed SMS Stealer. Detected during routine malware analysis, this malicious software has been found in…
Meta to pay $1.4 billion over unauthorized facial recognition image capture
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta to “stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric…
DigiCert to Revoke 83,000+ SSL Certificates Due to Domain Validation Oversight
Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Compliance Certificate authority (CA) DigiCert has warned that it will be revoking a subset of SSL/TLS certificates within 24…
When critical cyber response becomes second nature
When alerts and headlines blare the warnings of a critical vulnerability in widely used software, the response within the cyber security community must be decisive…
North Korea Now Has A Cyber Army Of 8,400 Hackers
North Korea’s cyber capabilities are expanding at an alarming rate, posing a significant threat to global security. Local media in South Korea citing a recent…
Justice Department Judges Conor Fitzpatrick’s Sentence To Be Light
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an appeal challenging the light sentencing of Conor Fitzpatrick, popularly known in the cybercriminal underworld as “Pompompurin.” Fitzpatrick had…
World leading silver producer Fresnillo discloses cyberattack
Fresnillo PLC, the world’s largest silver producer and a top global producer of gold, copper, and zinc, said attackers gained access to data stored on…
20,275 VMware ESXi Vulnerable Instances Exposed
Microsoft has issued a significant security alert regarding a vulnerability in VMware ESXi hypervisors, which ransomware operators have actively exploited. According to the Shadowserver Foundation,…
World Wide Web Consortium Opposed Google’s Decision on Third-party cookies
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has strongly opposed Google’s decision to halt the deprecation of third-party cookies. The W3C has updated its Technical Architecture…
Analyzing the CrowdStrike Update Outage: Insights and Lessons from Maxine Holt on the Impact and Future of Cybersecurity Practices
On July 19, 2024, a critical update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon agent led to a significant global IT outage, affecting numerous systems running Microsoft Windows and…