Security and spyware news

MikroTik routers abused to mine cryptocurrency.   Since April, when Latvian router manufacturer MikroTik patched a CVE-2018-14847 vulnerability, hackers have been exploiting this flaw to compromise unpatched routers by executing malicious campaigns including crypto-mining URLs. More

Tumblr users have been offered a patch to save their private information. More

Pentagon data breach revealed travel records of more than 30,000 civilians and military staff. More

Iceland hit by a serious cyber attack mimicking local police. More

WhatsApp hack leads to compromised accounts after answered video call from cyber criminals. More

Almost $100M worth of cryptocurrency already stolen by cybercriminals this year. More

Fake Adobe Flash Updater secretly installs an infamous XMRig cryptominer. More

Magecart rewrote the script of the plugin provided by Shopper Approved. More

A bug-related data breach leads Google+ to shutdown.   After the security experts discovered an API bug affecting the private information of 500,000 users, Google decided to shut down its social network Google+. More

The fake warning spreads in a form of a private message on Facebook. More

St. Petersburg announces about the data breach involving the payment proceeding app Click2Gov . More

Information-stealing FakeSpy malware returns in Japan. After being detected by TrendMicro this summer, FakeSpy malware returns to Japanese and Korean users. More

Among companies that used Supermicro's server motherboards with embedded chips - Apple and Amazon. More

Free Foxit PDF Reader includes numerous vulnerabilities. Recently, Cisco Talos took a closer look at the famous browser plugin called Foxit PDF Reader and found 18 critical vulnerabilities. More

Security researchers examine data-stealing malware that is aimed at not-so-fair Fortnite players. More