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Facebook hacked. What should you do after hearing such news?

3 bugs found in the "View As" feature put around 50 million Facebook users' accounts at risk. More
News Security   2018-09-30

Torii botnet outmatches Mirai with its new features

A newly detected botnet is more sophisticated than other IoT botnets. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-28

Arran Brewery attack possibly related to Dharma ransomware

One of Dharma ransomware's versions seems to be guilty of hacking Arran's Brewery. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-27

Fashion retailer SHEIN revealed data breach that affected 6.4M users

SHEIN reported that millions of customers' data was breached after a successful cyber attack. More
News Security   2018-09-26

Pennsylvania Senate Democrats recover from ransomware - $700,000 paid

Pennsylvania Senate Democrats paid over $700,000 to recover their computer systems after last year's ransomware attack. More
News   2018-09-25

Multifunctional Virobot malware is not only ransomware

Virobot manages to surprise PC security experts with its numerous functions. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-24

Kraken Cryptor 1.5 disguised as SuperAntiSpyware executable

Kraken Cryptor ransomware uses the name of an anti-malware program to trick users into installing it. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-22

Pegasus spyware targeting human rights activists in 45 countries

Infamous Pegasus spyware targets phone users in 45 countries. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-21

Magecart hacking group is back: Newegg customers' data stolen

Magecart uses same credit card skimming technique to steal data from Newegg customers. More
News Security   2018-09-20

Xbash malware acts as ransomware on Linux, mines crypto on Windows

Cryptomining, ransomware and botnet capabilities utilizing Xbash malware targeting Windows and Linux servers. More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-19

Indian government websites infected with Monero mining malware

Subdomains of the most visited sites in India secretly mine cryptocurrency. More
News Security   2018-09-18

Canada's Midland is hit by ransomware and officials will pay ransom

Credit and debit card payments failed due to a ransomware attack in Midland. More
News Security   2018-09-17

Safari and Edge browsers infected by a spoofing bug

Hackers used a bug to insert malicious content into Edge's and Safari's address bar. More
News Security   2018-09-15

Windows and Linux Kodi add-ons contain Monero mining malware

Popular Kodi media player add-ons have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware . More
News Viruses and parasites   2018-09-14

Tesla Model S Hack: crooks could steal cars in two seconds

Belgian researchers found a way to clone the Tesla Model S car's key fob. More
News Security   2018-09-13