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Stay safe online - 2024-04-24

Drupal patches highly critical vulnerability: web admins should update

A highly critical Drupal vulnerability would allow remote code execution in some cases. More

Bitdefender decryptor saves over $2M for Gandcrab victims in 48 hours

The infamous Gandcrab 5.1 is decryptable thanks to Bitdefender. More
News   2019-02-21

6.7 Million Aadhaar card numbers leaked by Indane gas endpoint

LPG Gas company leaked names and addresses of 6 700 000 Indian customers. More
News Security   2019-02-20

CracksNow banned from torrent sites for hosting GandCrab ransomware

Previously trusted torrent uploader CracksNow barred from multiple torrent sites for infecting users with GandCrab V5.1 and other malware. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-02-19

Polished Facebook phishing attack seeks to steal users' credentials

Facebook users beware: a new phishing campaign might trick even the most observant. More
News Security   2019-02-18

Malware attack affected 100k Alaskan households back in April 2018

Department of Health and Social Services data breach, dating back in Spring 2018, is announced with more victims. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-02-17

Hacker selling another 127 million user accounts from 8 companies

The hacker who previously sold 620 million accounts from 16 companies came back with another 127 million records and put them up for sale on the Dark Web. More
News Security   2019-02-15

VFEmail system hacked: all data erased with no possibility of recovery

VFEmail.net cyber attack results in removal of data which was accumulated throughout 20 years. More
News Security   2019-02-14

Xiaomi electric scooter can be controlled remotely due to the bug

Electric scooters can be stopped or accelerated remotely because of security vulnerability . More
News Security   2019-02-13

Windows .exe file used to infect Macs with data-stealing malware

The malicious .exe file is downloaded from torrent sites, avoids Gatekeeper's detection. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-02-12

Super Mario image utilized to infect Italian users with GandCrab

Malicious actors use Steganography and Mario graphic package to spread GandCrab and other malware. More
News Viruses and parasites   2019-02-11

Phishers use Google Translate domain to hide password stealing tactics

Google and Facebook users' logins and passwords targeted by phishing campaign posing as Google Translate. More
News Spam and phishing   2019-02-10

New TrickBot version targets North American banking customers

TrickBot payload is inserted into a malicious MS Excel document, attached to a phishing email that pretends to be from a North American bank. More
News Spam and phishing   2019-02-08

Password Checkup extension on Chrome takes care of password safety

Google released a new feature which allows protecting sensitive data and passwords. More
News Security   2019-02-07

Bomb threat crooks used GoDaddy vulnerability to hijack popular domains

Hackers responsible for the bomb threat campaign manage to hijack a big number of well-known domains. More
News Spam and phishing   2019-02-06