Cryptika Cybersecurity News

A high school in south London, Charles Darwin School, has been forced to close its doors temporarily due to a severe ransomware attack. The incident has left approximately 1,300 students without access to their educational facilities for the first half …

Security researchers have unveiled new techniques that allow attackers to exfiltrate sensitive data from air-gapped computers, which are systems physically isolated from unsecured networks. Despite air gaps being a strong security measure, these attacks demonstrate that determined adversaries can still …

WhatsApp’s “View Once” feature, designed to enhance privacy by allowing users to send photos and videos that disappear after being opened once, has been found to have a critical flaw that attackers are actively exploiting. The Zengo X Research Team …

GeoServer is an open-source server for sharing geospatial data, and this open-source software server is written in Java.  It publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards. GeoServer is designed for teamwork and allows users to share, …

Avis Car Rental disclosed that hackers had stolen personal data from approximately 300,000 customers. The breach, which occurred between August 3 and August 6, 2024, was detected on August 5 when Avis identified unauthorized access to one of its business …

As a business owner, you’ve likely invested in various security tools such as SIEMs, antivirus software, and IDS/IPS systems. You may also have a dedicated cybersecurity team, like a SOC (Security Operations Center) or a DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident …

Malicious Chrome extensions pose significant risks to users, as they can compromise personal information, inject unwanted promotions, and even manipulate web traffic as well. There are several malicious extensions that remain undetected for extended periods, and this primarily happens due …

Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs) have emerged as a convenient tool for cryptocurrency transactions, but they have also become a hotbed for scams. With their increasing presence in convenience stores, gas stations, and other high-traffic areas, BTMs are now a favored method …

The Fog, a ransomware variant belonging to the STOP/DJVU family that was formerly targeting educational and recreational SECTORS, has turned its attention towards profitable targets in the finance industry. In early August 2024, threat actors used compromised VPN credentials to …

Elastic has disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting Kibana, the popular data visualization and exploration tool used with Elasticsearch. These vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-37288 and CVE-2024-37285, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through YAML deserialization issues. The flaws have been assigned high severity …