Emotet keeps evolving: trojan can spread by hacking nearby Wi-Fi connections
New day – new Emotet feature: compromised systems allow the trojan to spread using Wi-Fi connections Last month ended with news about the campaign, during
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Nedbank customers beware: 1.7 million affected by data breach
Nedbank third-party service provider Computer Facilities was exploited to steal customer data Nedbank, one of the largest financial institutions in South Africa, has announced a
Google Play Protect stopped almost 2 billion malicious apps in 2019
Besides blocking malicious apps, Google Play Protect also incorporates Safe Browsing and “Find My Device” features Google's released security app Play Protect has blocked
Cybercrime in 2019: FBI reports $3.5 billion in damages
The bureau has received almost 5 million complaints since May 2000 On February 11, the FBI's IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center) has released a
Equifax hack and data breach: four Chinese military members charged
The Justice Department has charged people possibly responsible for the data breach that exposed data of nearly half of all Americans Credit reporting agency
Lock My PC developers offer free recovery for tech support scam victims
Lock My PC is not available for public due to frequent misuse by tech support scammers Developers of Lock My PC, a legitimate application
Iranian-linked hackers pose as journalists in the email scam campaign
Charming Kitten hackers sent out fake requests for interviews impersonating New York Times journalists Iranian government-linked hackers attempted to steal email login information by
Metamorfo banking Trojan employs new tricks, expands its campaign
Metamorfo malware steals users' passwords with the help of a keylogging trick Security researchers from Fortinet have recently spotted a new variant of a
Health Share of Oregon vendor GrindWorks experiences data breach
Health Share of Oregon vendor GridWorks had a laptop stolen during an office break-in – it contained Medicaid members' personal information Personally identifiable information of 654,362
Bitbucket used to deploy arsenal of malware to thousands
The malicious campaign has reached over 500,000 machines worldwide The Bitbucket code hosting service is being exploited by malicious actors for the distribution of
Fake Twitter accounts used to match phone numbers to users
Twitter reveals a cybersecurity issue: API feature allowed hackers to link phone numbers to user accounts Twitter officially addressed the security incident in the
Poor security practices at Indian airline: data of 1.2M customers breached
Ethical hacker breached SpiceJet servers by using a simple brute-forcing technique SpiceJet, one of the fastest-growing Indian air carriers, was recently exposed to practicing poor
Ransomware targeted TV&radio monitoring service and caused an outage
TVEyes crashed when ransomware attacked the core server and engineering workstations Undisclosed ransomware virus attacked TVEyes, radio, and television monitoring service. The media monitoring
Avast drops its subsidiary Jumpshot following user data sale scandal
Avast's extra money-making practices uncovered: subsidiary harvested user data and sold it to high-profile companies like Microsoft and Google In the joint effort of
Coronavirus-related malspam targets Japanese users with Emotet
Spam emails were received all over Japan, including Gifu, Osaka, and Tottori cities Malware developers now mimic representatives from healthcare companies by using the