The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack. The Babuk Locker gang claimed in …
Cybersecurity Webinar: Understanding the 2020 MITRE ATT&CK Results
The release of MITRE Engenuity’s Carbanak+Fin7 ATT&CK evaluations every year is a benchmark for the cybersecurity industry. The organization’s tests measure how well security vendors can detect and respond to …
Hackers Exploit 0-Day Gatekeeper Flaw to Attack MacOS Computers
Security is only as strong as the weakest link. As further proof of this, Apple released an update to macOS operating systems to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that …
FBI, CISA Uncover Tactics Employed by Russian Intelligence Hackers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday published a new joint advisory as part of …
Minnesota University Apologizes for Contributing Malicious Code to the Linux Project
Researchers from the University of Minnesota apologized to the maintainers of Linux Kernel Project on Saturday for intentionally including vulnerabilities in the project’s code, which led to the school being …
Apple AirDrop Bug Could Leak Your Personal Info to Anyone Nearby
New research has uncovered privacy weaknesses in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol that could result in the exposure of a user’s contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers. “As …
How to Test and Improve Your Domain’s Email Security?
No matter which type of business you are in, whether small, medium, or large, email has become an irrefutable tool for communicating with your employees, partners, and customers. Emails are …
Emotet Malware Destroys Itself From All Infected Computers
Emotet, the notorious email-based Windows malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, was automatically wiped from infected computers en masse following a European law enforcement operation. The development …
3.2 Billion Leaked Passwords Contain 1.5 Million Records with Government Emails
A staggering number of 3.28 billion passwords linked to 2.18 billion unique email addresses were exposed in what’s one of the largest data dumps of breached usernames and passwords. In …
Critical RCE Bug Found in Homebrew Package Manager for macOS and Linux
A recently identified security vulnerability in the official Homebrew Cask repository could have been exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on users’ machines that have Homebrew installed. The …