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Stay safe online - 2024-03-28

Vidar malware spreading via the fake cryptocurrency trading site

Crypto-stealing malware delivered via the cloned cryptocurrency trading website. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-09

Opko Health data breach affected 400,000 of its customers

BioReference Laboratories, the subsidiary of Opko Health, suffered a cyberattack that affected 400,000 customers' personal data. More
News Security   2019-06-07

BlueKeep flaw might still be affecting older Windows versions

NSA is urging users to patch BlueKeep vulnerability before it leads to malicious attacks. More
News   2019-06-06

BlackSquid malware uses exploits to inject XMRig Miner into web servers

A highly evasive malware string BlackSquid uses eight exploits and brute-force attacks to cryptojack web servers in Thailand and the US. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-05

Attackers accessed Australian National University 19-year-old data

Personal 19-year-old details of more than 200 000 people affected in the massive Australian National University breach. More
News Security   2019-06-04

GandGrab RaaS service to shut down after gaining $2 billion in profits

GandCrab operators shutting down their malicious services after a year and a half of operation. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-03

Checkers and Rally's data breach exposed customer credit card details

15% of Checkers and Rally's drive-through restaurants were affected by PoS malware that allowed hackers to steal customer credit card details. More
News Security   2019-05-31

Nansh0u malware breaches thousands of PHPMyAdmin and MS-SQL servers

Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin based servers are taken over by Nansh0u malware. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-05-30

Flipboard admits double hack: personal user data at risk

News aggregation app Flipboard was hacked twice since March 2018. More
News Security   2019-05-29

First American Corporation leaked 885 million sensitive customer files

The website of First American exposed millions of customer documents that contained banking data and Social Security numbers. More
News Security   2019-05-28

MySQL databases targeted for installing GandCrab on Windows servers

Hackers deploy GandCrab ransomware with the help of malicious SQL commands. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-05-27

WordPress 5.2 released with modern cryptographic library updates

WordPress gets an update that includes security and website health check features. More
General News   2019-05-25

Researcher SandboxEscaper discovers multiple Windows flaws

Soon after Zero-day discovery within Windows, the hacker has released a code for multiple other Windows vulnerabilities. More
News Security   2019-05-24

Google stored G Suite passwords as plain text since 2005

Google has been storing G Suite passwords in plain text for 14 years. More
General News   2019-05-23

Game of Thrones fans are getting scammed on online streaming sites

Various Game of Thrones online stream offers are using phishing techniques to dupe users' financial information. More
News Security   2019-05-22