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XSocialMedia breach: data about U.S veterans' combat injuries exposed

Florida advertising agency suffers a breach: data about veterans' combat injuries and other sensitive details leaked. More
News Security   2019-06-23

Hackers use Webroot SecureAnywhere console to spread Sodinokibi ransomware

Malicious actors behind Sodinokibi ransomware hacked MSPs to spread the malicious payload via the Webroot SecureAnywhere console. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-21

Riviera Beach agrees to pay 65 BTC ransom for data recovery

Riviera Beach suffers from the ransomware infection which will lead the city to almost $2M expenses. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-20

Coincheck massive hack seems to be related to Russian hackers

By using malware, Russian hackers are believed to be responsible for stealing tokens worth $534 million from Coincheck. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-19

Goodbye GandCrab: Bitdefender releases a decryptor for all versions

Bitdefender researchers release the fourth decryptor: all versions of now-retired GandCrab ransomware are decryptable. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-18

Email phishing campaign ends in $503K loss for Burlington city

The City of Burlington falls victim in a phishing scheme that results in $503 000 transfer to a phony bank account. More
News Spam and phishing   2019-06-17

ASCO, one of the largest airplane part suppliers, hit by ransomware

ASCO and its services suffered from a ransomware attack on June 7th. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-14

Lake City suffered Triple Threat ransomware attack: systems paralyzed

Ransomware attack on Lake City disables email systems, land-line phones, and similar services. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-13

Komodo hacked its own clients to protect them from cryptocurrency theft

Komodo exploited a vulnerability in its app Agama Wallet to protect its customers from cryptocurrency theft worth of $13 million. More
News Security   2019-06-12

Food Bank asks for charity after GlobeImposter 2.0 attack

Auburn Food Bank refuses to pay the ransom, asks for charity to recreate the network instead. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-06-11

Microsoft warns: new spam campaign targets Europeans with backdoor

A new malspam campaign abuses an old Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 to install a backdoor trojan on users' computers. More
News Spam and phishing   2019-06-10

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