Security and spyware news
Stay safe online - 2021-04-17
Livecoin cyberattack: hacked servers could result in financial disaster
Livecoin asks customers not to conduct any transactions during the server takeover.
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FBI warns about scams using peoples’ interest in COVID-19 vaccines
Complains about scam campaigns relying on false vaccine information: criminals interested in PII and money .
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Fake Cyberpunk 2077 Android app infects gamers with ransomware
CoderWare ransomware is behind the scam: researchers note that it is easily decryptable.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-12-22
Clop ransomware encrypts 1,000 Symrise computers
Symrise was forced to stop its production after a ransomware attack.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-12-21
Goontact info-stealing spyware targets iOS and Android devices
Personal information targeting Goontact malware turns to Asian users, Kora, Japan, and Chinese speaking countries.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-12-16
AridViper group strikes with a new PyMICROPSIA trojan
PaloAlto newly-discovered malware is crafted to steal browser credentials and other sensitive information from Windows computers.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-12-15
Adobe releases the final Flash Player update before its shut down in January
Adobe asks users to uninstall the flawed plugin before its end of life on January 12.
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FireEye hacked by state-sponsored and sophisticated threat actors
Cybersecurity firm fell victim to a hacker attack: Red Team penetration testing tools stolen.
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PlayStation Now security flaw lets attackers execute arbitrary code
Security bugs found in the PlayStation Now could lead to malicious code execution on Windows PCs.
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The planemaker Embraer became a victim of the ransomware: data leaked
Third-largest airplane company suffers data breach and hackers now leaking their data.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-12-07
New iOS bug could lead to data exfiltration and full device control
Google Project Zero white-hat hacker reveals that anyone with the right capabilities could have spied on iPhone users.
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Banijay, producer of MasterChef, hit by ransomware
The malware strain responsible for the attack is DoppelPaymer ransomware.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-12-01
Delaware County in the process of paying DoppelPaymer creators $500K
Criminals demanded $500,000 to free the system of government network it has taken hostage: Delaware County pays.
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News Viruses and parasites 2020-11-30
A bug discovered in cPanel allows bypassing two-factor authentication
Major security flaw can lead to attacks on web hosting companies: more than 70 million sites managed via cPanel software.
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News Web browsers and vulnerabilities 2020-11-25
More than 300K Spotify accounts compromised by credential stuffing attack
Hackers used 300 million records with username/password combinations for hacking into other Spotify accounts.
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