Over 60,000 Android apps secretly installed adware for past six months
Over 60,000 Android apps disguised as legitimate applications have been quietly installing adware on mobile devices while remaining undetected for the past six months. The…
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New ‘PowerDrop’ PowerShell malware targets U.S. aerospace industry
A new PowerShell malware script named ‘PowerDrop’ has been discovered to be used in attacks targeting the U.S. aerospace defense industry. PowerDrop was discovered by…
Android security update fixes Mali GPU flaw exploited by spyware
Google has released the monthly security update for the Android platform, adding fixes for 56 vulnerabilities, five of them with a critical severity rating and…
Dissecting the Dark Web Supply Chain: Stealer Logs in Context
Stealer logs represent one of the primary threat vectors for modern companies. However, many security teams are still focused on leaked credentials and remain unaware…
Outlook.com hit by outages as hacktivists claim DDoS attacks
Outlook.com is suffering a series of outages today after being down multiple times yesterday, with hacktivists known as Anonymous Sudan claiming to perform DDoS attacks…
Microsoft to pay $20 million for XBOX children privacy violations
Microsoft has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and change data privacy procedures for children to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges over Children’s…
Google fixes new Chrome zero-day flaw with exploit in the wild
Google has released a security update for Chrome web browser to address the third zero-day vulnerability that hackers exploited this year. “Google is aware that an…
New tool scans iPhones for ‘Triangulation’ malware infection
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has released a tool to detect if Apple iPhones and other iOS devices are infected with a new ‘Triangulation’ malware. This malware…
Clop ransomware claims responsibility for MOVEit extortion attacks
The Clop ransomware gang has told BleepingComputer they are behind the MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks, where a zero-day vulnerability was exploited to breach multiple companies’…
Microsoft’s Outlook.com is down again on mobile, web
Outlook is down again for the second time today, with users facing a frustrating 503 error message when trying to access their accounts. An outage…
SpinOk Android malware found in more apps with 30 million installs
The SpinOk malware was found in a new batch of Android apps on Google Play, reportedly installed an additional 30 million times. The finding comes…
The Genesis Market Takedown – Keep Users Credentials Secure
For years, “dark” markets have contained stolen credentials for sale. One of the larger and more notorious markets was the Genesis Market, which was invite-only.…