Why you need to know about ransomware
Last month, a strange thing happened in cybersecurity: a type of cyberthreat typically reserved for large businesses and critical services appeared on the computers of…
Month: August 2024
From manifesto to material: What No. 10 needs to make reality
The last time we had a Labour government was 14 years ago, and things were very different when it came to cyber security. Back in…
Ransomware payments rose from $449.1 million to $459.8 million
Ransomware payments rose from $449.1 million to $459.8 million Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2024 Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis revealed that ransomware payments rose by approximately…
Oregon Zoo warns visitors their credit card details were stolen
Oregon Zoo is informing that visitors who purchased tickets online between December and June had their payment card information compromised. Formerly Portland Zoo and Washington Park…
Phishing links becoming bigger threat than email attachments
It has long been held that a surefire way for anybody to protect themselves – and their employer – from falling victim to a cyber…
Supply Chain Attacks Becoming A Near-Daily Occurrence: Cyble
Software supply chain attacks are becoming increasingly common, which is bad news because of the severity and reach of such attacks, according to Cyble threat…
Microsoft launches unified Teams app for personal, work accounts
Microsoft has launched a new unified Teams application that allows Windows and Mac users to switch between personal, work, and education accounts without installing multiple…
Backdoor MIFARE Smart Cards Exposes User-Defined Keys On Cards
Researchers analyze the security of MIFARE Classic cards, focusing exclusively on card-only attacks. They uncover multiple new attack vectors by examining the CRYPTO-1 algorithm, existing…
Previously unseen Msupedge backdoor targeted a university in Taiwan
Previously unseen Msupedge backdoor targeted a university in Taiwan Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2024 Experts spotted a previously undetected backdoor, dubbed Msupedge, that was employed…
Hackers use PHP exploit to backdoor Windows systems with new malware
Unknown attackers have deployed a newly discovered backdoor dubbed Msupedge on a university’s Windows systems in Taiwan, likely by exploiting a recently patched PHP remote…
August Windows updates break dual boot on some Linux systems
According to user reports following this month’s Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows updates are breaking dual boot on Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled.…
Critical WordPress Plugin RCE Vulnerability Impacts 100k+ Sites
A severe security flaw has been discovered in GiveWP, a popular WordPress donation plugin with over 100,000 active installations. The vulnerability, classified as an unauthenticated…