FTC banned Retina-X Studios-produced stalkerware apps
Retina-X Studios violates the FTC Act and COPPAR by producing stalkerware apps PhoneSheriff, TeenShield, and MobileSpy On October 22, 2019, The US Federal Trade Commission released a
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Iranian hacking tools hijacked by Turla group to perform cyber-espionage
Russian hackers masqueraded as Iranian threat group OilRig by using its tools to perform spying attacks in 35 countries, says NSA and NCSC The
A new STOP decryptor allows most victims to recover files for free
A new set of tools from Emsisoft allows most of STOP ransomware victims to recover their data for free New Zealand-based antivirus maker Emsisoft
Phorpiex botnet used in sextortion email spam campaign
After 10 years, Phorpiex botnet is still active After being active for around 10 years, Phorpiex (aka Trik) botnet has recently been delivering millions
Monero-mining malware found in the European international airport
Security researchers uncovered crypto-malware that affected over 50% of the systems of an unknown European airport Cyberbit research team detected a new strain of
WAV audio files filled with the malicious Monero miner and backdoors
A malicious code with Monero cryptominers and backdoors is found hidden in WAV audio files As BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers note, they discovered a
Apple accused of sending user browsing data to China’s tech giant Tencent
“Fraudulent Website Warning” function included in Safari reveals user's IP addresses to Chinese company Tencent Recently, reports about Apple transferring user browsing data to China
Postage company Pitney Bowes falls victim to ransomware
Global mailing and shipping company suffers from malware attack that encrypts systems and disrupts its work Pitney Bowes, a global mailing and shipping company,
White hat’s revenge: Muhstik actors hacked back, decryption keys released
White hat hacker battleck hacked into Muhstik ransomware-used servers and released almost 3,000 decryption keys to public Tobias Frömel, a programmer from Germany, had some good
Europe warns: 5G networks can increase state-backed hacker attacks
European Commission and the European Agency for Cybersecurity reports about potentially increased security risks due to 5G technology According to the European Union report,
iTunes zero-day exploited to install BitPaymer ransomware on Windows
Attackers use iTunes zero-day to bypass the detection of anti-virus software Security researchers from Morphisec discovered a new campaign that exploits a component in
Methodist Hospitals data breach may has involved around 70K potential victims
Methodist Hospitals discovered two employee email accounts that have been exposing patient-related data In June 2019, the Methodist Hospitals launched an investigation due to
Twitter allowed 2FA data for filtering sponsored ad audiences
Twitter 2FA mobile phone numbers and email addresses made reachable for Partner Audiences and Tailor Audiences advertising services One of the most popular communication
Tū Ora Compass Health fails to secure sensitive data of million people
Health organization faces a data breach that exposed personal medical information of roughly 1 million people The primary health organization from New Zealand, Tū
FIFA 20 e-sports site leaked data of 1,600 pro players
Electronic Arts managed to shut down the compromised site within 30 minutes, although 1,600 participants' data was already exposed On October 3, EA Sports