General Security News
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Mediatek Security Flaws Affecting Smartphones, Tablets, Wi-Fi, and Other Chipsets
The July 2023 Product Security Bulletin from Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek describes security flaws impacting MediaTek chipsets for smartphones,...
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Over 300,000+ Fortinet Firewalls are Vulnerable to a Critical RCE Flaw
The latest research shows Fortigate firewalls are vulnerable to remote code execution attempts. 490,000 affected SSL VPN interfaces are exposed on...
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Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use
The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S. government surveillance,...
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DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors
The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism to retrieve the list of targets...
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Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware
An e-crime actor of Mexican provenance has been linked to an Android mobile malware campaign targeting financial institutions globally, but with a...
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Hackers Use HTML Smuggling Technique to Attack European Government Entities
Over recent months, CPR (Check Point Research) monitored a Chinese threat actor attacking European Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies. Check...
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ChatGPT Creator Sued for $3 Billion Over Theft of Private Data
In a class action complaint filed on Wednesday, it is claimed that OpenAI and Microsoft stole “vast amounts of private information” from internet...
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Hackers use Cloned pages of Popular Tools to Deliver Blackcat Ransomware
The cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro recently identified that the Blackcat Ransomware (aka ALPHV) actors are using malvertising tricks to...
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Alert: 330,000 FortiGate Firewalls Still Unpatched to CVE-2023-27997 RCE Flaw
No less than 330000 FortiGate firewalls are still unpatched and vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997, a critical security flaw affecting Fortinet devices...
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Chinese Hackers Use HTML Smuggling to Infiltrate European Ministries with PlugX
A Chinese nation-state group has been observed targeting Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies in Europe using HTML smuggling techniques to...
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Improve Your Security WordPress Spam Protection With CleanTalk Anti-Spam
Every website owner or webmaster grapples with the issue of spam on their website forms. The volume of spam can be so overwhelming that finding...
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Snappy – A New Tool to Detect Fake WiFi Access Points
A new tool named “Snappy” developed by cybersecurity experts, can assist in identifying rogue WiFi access points that aim to steal data from users...