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Hackers' tricks and cyber security's treats: stay safe this Halloween

Cyber Security Awareness Month encourages users to be aware of Halloween scams and phishing attacks. More
News Security   2018-10-31

Tomorrowland's ticket system hacked, personal data stolen

Tens of thousands of Tomorrowland customers' data exposed due to the ticket distributor's hack. More
News Security   2018-10-30

Mirai botnet co-author sentenced to pay $8.6 million in restitution

After two years since release, one of the Mirai authors gets six months of house arrest. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-10-29

9.4 million passengers affected after Cathay Pacific warns data hack

Almost 10 million passengers involved in Cathay Pacific data hack. More
News Security   2018-10-27

Free decryptor released for GandCrab versions 1, 4, and 5

Several versions of the infamous GandCrab ransomware can now be decrypted. More
News Security   2018-10-26

Staying safe while shopping online. How?

Safety while shopping online is obligatory to keep sensitive data protected. More
News Security   2018-10-25

73 GB of internal corporate data exposed by Pocket iNet ISP

Misconfiguration of Amazon S3 storage pocket resulted in data exposure. More
News Security   2018-10-24

Gamma ransomware guilty for California hernia institute data breach

Around 16,000 patients' data compromised by an infamous ransomware virus. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-10-23

GandCrab developers release free decryption tool for Syrian victims

Syrian citizens receive free decryption keys from GandCrab developers. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-10-22

North Carolina recovers from a hurricane and malware attack

The water utility in North Carolina attacked by a ransomware and a banking trojan. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-10-20

MikroTik routers are in the target by crypto-mining campaign

MikroTik routers abused to mine cryptocurrency.   Since April, when Latvian router manufacturer MikroTik patched a CVE-2018-14847 vulnerability, hackers have been exploiting this flaw to compromise unpatched routers by executing malicious campaigns including crypto-mining URLs. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-10-19

Bug in Tumblr possibly revealed personal users' data

Tumblr users have been offered a patch to save their private information. More

Around 30 000 of the military workers got affected in Pentagon breach

Pentagon data breach revealed travel records of more than 30,000 civilians and military staff. More
News   2018-10-17

Numerous people in Iceland under the danger of cyber attack

Iceland hit by a serious cyber attack mimicking local police. More
News Security   2018-10-16

Answering a video call in WhatsApp might lead to account theft

WhatsApp hack leads to compromised accounts after answered video call from cyber criminals. More
News   2018-10-15