General Security News
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Bluebottle Cybercrime Group Preys on Financial Sector in French-Speaking African Nations
A cybercrime group dubbed Bluebottle has been linked to a set of targeted attacks against the financial sector in Francophone countries located in...
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SpyNote Strikes Again: Android Spyware Targeting Financial Institutions
Financial institutions are being targeted by a new version of Android malware called SpyNote at least since October 2022 that combines both spyware...
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Volvo Cars Suffered A New Data Breach? Data Published On Hacking Forum
According to a post on a well-known hacker forum, Volvo Cars has experienced a new data breach, with stolen information allegedly being made...
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Can Open Source Security Prevent Zero-Day Attacks?
A zero-day (or zero-day) vulnerability is a software security risk that is not known to the software vendor or user. A zero-day attack is an...
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Over 60,000 Online Exchange Servers Unpatched for RCE Vulnerability ProxyNotShell
One of the two security flaws targeted by ProxyNotShell exploits, CVE-2022-41082 RCE vulnerability, has not been patched on more than 60,000...
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Irish Regulators Fine Facebook $414 Million for Forcing Users to Accept Targeted Ads
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms €390 million (roughly $414 million) over its handling of user data for serving...
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Qualcomm Chipsets and Lenovo BIOS Get Security Updates to Fix Multiple Flaws
Qualcomm on Tuesday released patches to address multiple security flaws in its chipsets, some of which could be exploited to cause information...
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The FBI's Perspective on Ransomware
Ransomware: contemporary threats, how to prevent them and how the FBI can help In April 2021, Dutch supermarkets faced a food shortage. The cause...
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Lockbit Ransomware Group Apologized For the Attack On Hospital for Sick Children
Following the hospital’s breach in the middle of December, the LockBit ransomware group has expressed regret and given it a free decryption key....
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RedThief Hacker Group Targeting Students in The U.K. to Steal Financial Data
In an activity dubbed RedThief (aka RedZei), Chinese-speaking scammers have been targeting Chinese international students in the UK for more than...
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New shc-based Linux Malware Targeting Systems with Cryptocurrency Miner
A new Linux malware developed using the shell script compiler (shc) has been observed deploying a cryptocurrency miner on compromised systems. "It...
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Synology Releases Patch for Critical RCE Vulnerability Affecting VPN Plus Servers
Synology has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting VPN Plus Server that could be exploited to take over affected systems....