Hardware security keys—such as those from Google and Yubico—are considered the most secure means to protect accounts from phishing and takeover attacks. But a new research published on Thursday demonstrates …
SolarWinds Hackers Also Accessed U.S. Justice Department’s Email Server
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday became the latest government agency in the country to admit its internal network was compromised as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. …
WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don’t Agree Sharing Data With Facebook
“Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” opens WhatsApp’s privacy policy. “Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in …
Hackers Using Fake Trump’s Scandal Video to Spread QNode Malware
Cybesecurity researchers today revealed a new malspam campaign that distributes a remote access Trojan (RAT) by purporting to contain a sex scandal video of U.S. President Donald Trump. The emails, …
FBI, CISA, NSA Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Cyber Attack
The U.S. government on Tuesday formally pointed fingers at the Russian government for orchestrating the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack that came to light early last month. “This work indicates that an …
Healthcare Industry Witnessed 45% Spike in Cyber Attacks Since Nov 20
Cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations have spiked by 45% since November 2020 as COVID-19 cases continue to increase globally. According to a new report published by Check Point Research today and …
Warning: Cross-Platform ElectroRAT Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency Users
Cybersecurity researchers today revealed a wide-ranging scam targeting cryptocurrency users that began as early as January last year to distribute trojanized applications to install a previously undetected remote access tool …
Google Speech-to-Text API Can Help Attackers Easily Bypass Google reCAPTCHA
A three-year-old attack technique to bypass Google’s audio reCAPTCHA by using its own Speech-to-Text API has been found to still work with 97% accuracy. Researcher Nikolai Tschacher disclosed his findings …
British Court Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
A British court has rejected the U.S. government’s request to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country on charges pertaining to illegally obtaining and sharing classified material related to …
Ticketmaster To Pay $10 Million Fine For Hacking A Rival Company
Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems of a competitor repeatedly between 2013 and 2015 in an attempt to “cut …