Category: Securityaffairs

EvilProxy used in massive cloud account takeover schemeSecurity Affairs
09
Aug
2023

EvilProxy used in massive cloud account takeover schemeSecurity Affairs

Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing…

Downfall Intel CPU side-channel attack exposes sensitive dataSecurity Affairs
09
Aug
2023

Downfall Intel CPU side-channel attack exposes sensitive dataSecurity Affairs

Google researcher Daniel Moghimi devised a new side-channel attack technique, named Downfall, against Intel CPU. Google researcher Daniel Moghimi devised…

LockBit threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical SystemsSecurity Affairs
09
Aug
2023

LockBit threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical SystemsSecurity Affairs

The LockBit ransomware group threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical Systems. The LockBit ransomware…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2023 fixes 6 critical flawsSecurity Affairs
08
Aug
2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2023 fixed 2 actively exploited flaws

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2023 addressed 74 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security…

Apple could opt to stop iMessage and FaceTime services due to the government's surveillance demandsSecurity Affairs
08
Aug
2023

UK Electoral Commission discloses a data breachSecurity Affairs

The UK Electoral Commission suffered a data breach that exposed voters’ personal information between 2014 and 2022. The UK Electoral…

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…