Security and spyware news

Vision locking system was wrongfully deemed to be secure. When you decide to stay in a hotel and leave all important items, such as passports, money, credit cards, keys and similar, in the room, you don't have the slightest thought that your hotel room's locks might be unsafe. More

Echo devices might not be that safe, research shows. Voice activation devices such as Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant are useful and fun-to-use. More

Magnitude Exploit Kit forsook Magniber and switched to the infamous GandCrab ransomware. More

Ukraine's Energy Ministry suffers from the ransomware attack. More

Spammers managed to circumvent Gmail spam filter. Since Saturday, Gmail help forum filled up with the reports of concerned users claiming that their accounts were hacked and currently being in use for distributing spam. More

LocalBlox left a 1.2TB database file in an unprotected S3 bucket. More

Ransomware attacks dominated in 2017, Verizon Enterprise analysis reveal. More

RansSIRIA ransomware developers exploit misfortune to profit. More

Malicious code uploaded onto the official Minecraft website. More

Coinminers are taking over ransomware viruses. Since the emergence of deadly cyber attacks, such as WannaCry and NotPetya, it seems that cybercrooks have shifted to different money generators - coinminers. More

Microsoft network engineer charged in Reveton ransomware case. More

X-rated photos are stolen from two celebrities. The Fappening started back in 2014 and has already involved tens of famous stars as victims. More

Microsoft and Adobe updates for April patch critical security vulnerabilities . More

A Facebook virus is threatening users with bogus Youtube links. More

Best Buy among the victims of 7.ai data breach. Soon after Delta and Sears data breaches were officially confirmed, Best Buy has been reported as another company that might have been affected during the 7.ai hack. More