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Russian Cybercriminal Behind “Cardplanet” Site Sentenced
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According to the United States Department of Justice, a Russian cybercriminal, Aleksey Burkov, 30—who operated Cardplanet site: a site that trafficked stolen card details—has...
Hackers Used Malicious Docker Images to Mine Monero
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Researchers found malicious images on Docker Hub used for crypto mining. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42, unraveled a crypto mining scheme which uses malicious Docker...
NSA outlines requirements for secure collaboration services for US government telework
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The new National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines are a window of security for users. Everyone has been trying to return to their lives since...
Cybercriminals threaten to sell off “scandalous” files swiped from Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Puff Daddy’s legal eagles
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There's no escaping these cybercriminals. In a recent case of "cyber-extortion," threat actors known as REvil, are threatening to expose celebrity "dirt." These threat actors...
Twitter apologises for exposed customers data
In what is described as a "data security incident," sensitive details of Twitter's customers were exposed. Unlike other cases of a breach which are...
New Zealand freezes assets of Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik
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A Russian cybercriminal, Alexander Vinnik, had his assets frozen by New Zealand police. This action was prompted due to the discovery of funds linked...
Covid-19 positive Indonesians records’ for sale on DarkWeb
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Security researchers at threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered over 230,000 COVID-19 positive Indonesians records leaked in the darknet. Every day, innocent people are caught in...
TroyStealer: A new information stealer targets Portuguese users
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There's a new hacking technique that focuses on Portuguese users. Abuse.ch shared on twitter the variant, Troystealer. "There seems to be a new stealer...
Spies can listen in on conversations using the lightbulb
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There is no end to the methods applied in getting information. The lightbulb is the newest form of spyware. It has been turned into...
Google notice an increase in phishing emails since the pandemic
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As people of various countries try to get a semblance of the lives they had pre-outbreak, hackers have taken advantage of the outbreak to...
Russia says Germany has not provided any evidence of Bundestag hack
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Germany may seek to impose sanctions on Russia, rather than trying the hacker. A cyber hacker named Badin is the fuel of a cybersecurity struggle...
The City of Florence, Alabama, will pay the sum of $300,000 in ransom to attackers
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Florence City in Alabama will pay a $300,000 ransom worth of Bitcoins after ransomware infection its computer system. Florence City of Alabama has succumbed to...
Machine-learning clusters in Azure hijacked to mine cryptocurrency
The Azure company said that attackers used machine-learning clusters rented by customers for cryptocurrency mining at the customers' expense Machine-learning tasks involve a tremendous amount...
US officers’ private data leaked online
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When law enforcement officials get attacked, chaos is sure to ensue in the system. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a document...
Cybercrime
Russian Cybercriminal Behind “Cardplanet” Site Sentenced
According to the United States Department of Justice, a Russian cybercriminal, Aleksey Burkov, 30—who operated Cardplanet site: a site that trafficked stolen card details—has...
Cybercrime
Russian Cybercriminal Behind “Cardplanet” Site Sentenced
According to the United States Department of Justice, a Russian cybercriminal, Aleksey Burkov, 30—who operated Cardplanet site: a site that trafficked stolen card details—has...
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Russian Cybercriminal Behind “Cardplanet” Site Sentenced
According to the United States Department of Justice, a Russian cybercriminal, Aleksey Burkov, 30—who operated Cardplanet site: a site that trafficked stolen card details—has...
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The largest US mobile operator Verizon is getting its own video conferencing provider
Tech company Verizon announced last Thursday that they would take over the cloud based video conferencing event platform BlueJeans. Verizon wants to benefit from...
Applications
Road Maps Are An Instrument That Increase Cybersecurity
The street map has now become a nostalgic term. If you want to get to your destination safely, you can rely on satellite navigation...
Android
Cyberattack method was described that exploit weaknesses in the classic Bluetooth protocol
Security researchers of Bluetooth describe gaps in the authentication process of the classic Bluetooth devices that allow a third party device to connect to...
Android
Beware of Mandrake; Android spyware that was not detected in the last four years
Bitdefender security researchers have discovered a new type of highly advanced spyware program targeting Android users; the purpose of which is financially motivated and...
iPhone
New Unc0ver Tool: Apple’s Latest Threat
For almost a decade, the Apple company has risen to the occasion countless times as they have stopped hackers from gaining access to its...
Applications
Harmful Cyber Effects Of Popular Dating Apps
The dating apps ask a lot of personal questions before the data starts. For example, she wants to know if you've ever tried psychedelic drugs....
Applications
Is the location recorded or transmitted by the Corona warning App?
Owners of an Apple smartphone or with the Android operating system receive information when updating the system software that Apple and Google want to...
Cybercrime
Arrests has been made for hackers that used SIM Swapping to steal $550,000
Arrests has been made for hackers that used SIM Swapping to steal $550,000 U.S Department of Justice has made the first conviction of the...
Applications
COVID-19: First Google/Apple-based contact-tracing app launched
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, countries and research groups have endeavoured to provide effective, preventive measures that can help curtail its spread. One...
Data Leaks
Data Leaks
MagBo cybercrime market sells access to 43,000 hacked websites
MagBo has carried out many activities related to cybercrime, including the sale of infected servers. Just as xDedic closed in 2019 after becoming the front-page...
Cybercrime
Embedded malware threatens the security of RTF documents
Fewer vulnerabilities were found in RTF because this document format does not offer the extensive functionality, such as DOC files from Microsoft Word. In...
Data Leaks
Decathlon database was discovered on an unsecured server
French sports retail giant Decathlon is the latest major brand to disclose user data through a misconfigured database, leaking over 120 million records, including...
Cyber Crime
Cybercrime
Food industry companies are the new targets for hackers
The cyberattack against Fleury Michon in France seems to confirm all fears: This is no accident, because these are strategic companies. Situation assessment on...
Cybercrime
Valak hacks often start with small, seemingly insignificant steps
Valak was registered last year for the first time and classified as a loader, which was used in several campaigns especially in the USA....
Cybercrime
Shade ransomware sees an enormous growth in activity by using malware spam attacks
Shade ransomware sees an enormous growth in activity by using malware spam attacks Shade Ransomware is an encryption ransomware infection. It is specifically built to...
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Cybercrime
Russian Cybercriminal Behind “Cardplanet” Site Sentenced
According to the United States Department of Justice, a Russian cybercriminal, Aleksey Burkov, 30—who operated Cardplanet site: a site that trafficked stolen card details—has...
Cybercrime
Hackers Used Malicious Docker Images to Mine Monero
Researchers found malicious images on Docker Hub used for crypto mining. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42, unraveled a crypto mining scheme which uses malicious Docker...
Cybercrime
NSA outlines requirements for secure collaboration services for US government telework
The new National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines are a window of security for users. Everyone has been trying to return to their lives since...
Cybercrime
Cybercriminals threaten to sell off “scandalous” files swiped from Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Puff Daddy’s legal eagles
There's no escaping these cybercriminals. In a recent case of "cyber-extortion," threat actors known as REvil, are threatening to expose celebrity "dirt." These threat actors...
Vulnerabilities
Twitter apologises for exposed customers data
In what is described as a "data security incident," sensitive details of Twitter's customers were exposed. Unlike other cases of a breach which are...
Cybercrime
New Zealand freezes assets of Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik
A Russian cybercriminal, Alexander Vinnik, had his assets frozen by New Zealand police. This action was prompted due to the discovery of funds linked...
Data Leaks
Covid-19 positive Indonesians records’ for sale on DarkWeb
Security researchers at threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered over 230,000 COVID-19 positive Indonesians records leaked in the darknet. Every day, innocent people are caught in...
Cybercrime
TroyStealer: A new information stealer targets Portuguese users
There's a new hacking technique that focuses on Portuguese users. Abuse.ch shared on twitter the variant, Troystealer. "There seems to be a new stealer...
Cybercrime
Spies can listen in on conversations using the lightbulb
There is no end to the methods applied in getting information. The lightbulb is the newest form of spyware. It has been turned into...
Cybercrime
Google notice an increase in phishing emails since the pandemic
As people of various countries try to get a semblance of the lives they had pre-outbreak, hackers have taken advantage of the outbreak to...
Cybercrime
Russia says Germany has not provided any evidence of Bundestag hack
Germany may seek to impose sanctions on Russia, rather than trying the hacker. A cyber hacker named Badin is the fuel of a cybersecurity struggle...
Cybercrime
The City of Florence, Alabama, will pay the sum of $300,000 in ransom to attackers
Florence City in Alabama will pay a $300,000 ransom worth of Bitcoins after ransomware infection its computer system. Florence City of Alabama has succumbed to...
