Microsoft-signed driver used in ransomware attacks
A zero-day vulnerability in a Microsoft-signed driver from Paragon Software is being exploited in ransomware attacks. CERT Coordination Center on Friday warned in a security…
Month: March 2025
UK watchdog probes TikTok and Reddit over child privacy concerns
On Monday, the United Kingdom’s privacy watchdog announced that it’s investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur because of privacy concerns about how they are processing children’s data.…
Google’s New Shielded Email Feature Let Users Hide Email From Apps
Google is advancing its email privacy arsenal with the development of Shielded Email, a feature designed to generate disposable email aliases for users signing up…
North Korean IT Workers Hide Their IPs Using Astrill VPN
Security researchers have uncovered new evidence that North Korean threat actors, particularly the Lazarus Group, are actively using Astrill VPN to conceal their true IP…
How to Automate Security Questionnaires and Reduce Response Time
Security questionnaires take a lot of time and repetitively answering the same questions manually chews up business time but automation can make the process faster.…
European fintech must take different path to Trump’s US on diversity
The European fintech and banking industry must not follow Trump’s US in cancelling workforce equality programmes and must instead continue to enforce diversity, equity and…
Massive Iran-linked botnet launches DDoS attacks against telecom, gaming companies
Dive Brief: A massive botnet comprising more than 30,000 hacked security cameras and network video recorders is being used to launch DDoS attacks against telecom…
Attackers Automating Vulnerability Exploits with Few Hours of Disclosure
The cybersecurity landscape of 2024 witnessed an unprecedented increase in mass internet exploitation, driven by attackers’ ability to automate vulnerability exploits within hours of disclosure. …
Njrat Exploits Microsoft Dev Tunnels for C2 Communication
A new campaign involving the notorious remote access trojan (RAT) Njrat has been uncovered, leveraging Microsoft’s Dev Tunnels service for command-and-control (C2) communication. This service,…
Enhancing Mobile Banking Security: Protecting Your Data from Cyber Threats
Mobile banking applications provide convenient access to financial services at fingertips. However, they have also become prime targets for cyber-criminals who use keyloggers and other…
Hackers Exploit Paragon Partition Manager Driver Vulnerability in Ransomware Attacks
Mar 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Vulnerability Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate…
U.S. Authorities recovered $31 Million Related to 2021 Uranium Finance cyber heist
U.S. Authorities recovered $31 Million Related to 2021 Uranium Finance cyber heist Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2025 U.S. authorities have recovered $31 million in cryptocurrency…