Category: Securityaffairs

43 Android apps in Google Play with 2.5M installs loaded ads when a phone screen was offSecurity Affairs
08
Aug
2023

43 Android apps in Google Play with 2.5M installs loaded ads when a phone screen was offSecurity Affairs

Experts found 43 Android apps in Google Play with 2.5 million installs that displayed advertisements while a phone’s screen was…

Zoom trains its AI model with some user data, without giving them an opt-out optionSecurity Affairs
07
Aug
2023

Zoom trains its AI model with some user data, without giving them an opt-out optionSecurity Affairs

Zoom changed its terms of service requiring users to allow AI to train on all their data without giving them…

North Korea compromised Russian missile engineering firm NPO MashinostroyeniyaSecurity Affairs
07
Aug
2023

North Korea compromised Russian missile engineering firm NPO MashinostroyeniyaSecurity Affairs

Two North Korea-linked APT groups compromised the infrastructure of the major Russian missile engineering firm NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne…

A sophisticated SkidMap variant targets unsecured Redis serversSecurity Affairs
07
Aug
2023

A sophisticated SkidMap variant targets unsecured Redis serversSecurity Affairs

A new campaign targets Redis servers, this time the malware employed in the attacks is a new variant of the…

FBI warns of crooks posing as NFT dev in fraudulent schemaSecurity Affairs
07
Aug
2023

FBI warns of crooks posing as NFT dev in fraudulent schemaSecurity Affairs

The FBI is warning about cyber criminals masquerading as NFT developers to steal cryptocurrency and other digital assets. The U.S….

The number of ransomware attacks targeting Finland increased fourfold since it started the process to join NATOSecurity Affairs
07
Aug
2023

The number of ransomware attacks targeting Finland increased fourfold since it started the process to join NATOSecurity Affairs

Senior official reports a quadruple increase in ransomware attacks against Finland since it started the process to join NATO. The…

Microsoft fixed a flaw in Power Platform after being criticizedSecurity Affairs
06
Aug
2023

Microsoft fixed a flaw in Power Platform after being criticizedSecurity Affairs

Microsoft announced it has addressed a critical flaw in its Power Platform after it was criticized for the delay in fixing…

Intellihartx data breach exposed personal and health info of 490K individualsSecurity Affairs
06
Aug
2023

Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attackSecurity Affairs

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the…

BlueCharlie changes attack infrastructure in response to reports on its activitySecurity Affairs
06
Aug
2023

BlueCharlie changes attack infrastructure in response to reports on its activitySecurity Affairs

Russia-linked APT group BlueCharlie was observed changing its infrastructure in response to recent reports on its activity. Researchers from Recorded…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 424 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition
06
Aug
2023

Security Affairs newsletter Round 431 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free…

Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South KoreaSecurity Affairs
05
Aug
2023

Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South KoreaSecurity Affairs

Researchers observed threat actors that are using an open-source rootkit called Reptile in attacks aimed at systems in South Korea. Reptile is…

PaperCut flaw in print management sw exposes servers to RCESecurity Affairs
05
Aug
2023

PaperCut flaw in print management sw exposes servers to RCESecurity Affairs

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in PaperCut NG/MF print management software that can lead to remote code execution. Cybersecurity researchers at…