Security and spyware news

Have Older than Android Oreo 8.0 Version? Researchers have recently identified a vulnerability which, unfortunately, all Android versions, except the latest Oreo 8, is subject to. More

143 million Americans potentially affected in cyber attack against Equifax. More

The Conflict Reaches its Climax. If you have purchased a Lenovo computer between the second half of 2014 and 2015, you are likely to have become one of the discontent users who found an unpleasant surprise on their devices – Superfish adware. More

Researchers discover Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Apache Struts 2. More

MongoDB faces another huge data breach. MongoDB, which functions as a free set of databases for storing documents, suffers again from a massive attack caused by ransomware developers. More

Locky virus developers continue spreading Lukitus ransomware worldwide. More

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will be released on October 17th. More

Onliner spambot spreads Ursnif banking malware. French security researcher Bekanow discovered probably the biggest spambot in the whole spam history. More

Felons Plague the Web with Fake Charity Scam Sites. While the world‘s attention is directed to the East Asia, specifically, to North Korea, which again manifests its military power, US residents, especially Texas and Louisiana inhabitants, are concerned how to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. More

Sarahah silently uploads user’s contact list to company’s servers without asking permission. More

AccuWeather shares iPhone users’ data with third-party advertising company. More

Facebook video virus returns with new tricky campaigns. Reports about increased activity of Facebook video virus has been showing up during the past few weeks. More

Companies fail to ensure cyber security. It seems that there is hardly any “calm” or at least “ordinary” day when it comes to cyber space. More

Google Play Store contained 500 user-spying apps: here's what you need to know about them. More

Online scammers drop the gloves to IT experts. This time the article will not be about latest ransomware threats, but another profitable money extortion technique – online and email scams. More