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Researchers from WordPress security firm Defiant unveiled a recently discovered
malware targeting WordPress websites, camouflaged as a legitimate caching
plugin.
The malevolent software was detected in July during a website cleanup operation.
This malware, essentially a backdoor, lets threat actors…
A cybercrime group known as BianLian has claimed responsibility for the
September data breach of Air Canada, and threatens to release troves of data,
including personal information of employees.
Canada’s largest airline confirmed
[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-air-canada-says-unauthorized-group-gained-access-to-internal-system/]
in September that criminals had obtained…
Notorious Balada Injector campaign has been linked to the compromise of over
17,000 WordPress websites. Balada Injector, discovered in 2022 but believed to
have been operational since 2017, weaponizes vulnerabilities in premium
WordPress themes and plugins to implant malicious backdoors.…
Air Europa, Spain’s third-largest airline, is notifying customers that cyber
criminals have hacked its web portal to steal credit card information, including
CVV numbers.
“Our systems team confirmed the existence of a cybersecurity problem that would
have affected the payment…
Hackers have exploited a flaw in a widely-used app that warns of missile attacks
against Israel to send a fake alert that a nuclear strike is imminent.
The AnonGhost hacktivist group said on its Telegram channel that it had managed…
Hackers have exploited a flaw in a widely-used app that warns of missile attacks
against Israel to send a fake alert that a nuclear strike is imminent.
The AnonGhost hacktivist group said on its Telegram channel that it had managed…
As the conflict with Ukraine continues, Russia is intensifying its efforts to
curtail dissenting voices or alternative sources of information that don't align
with the Kremlin's narratives.
In the latest move, the government is targeting Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
-…
Facebook's official UK page has been temporarily taken over by an unknown third
party who posted weird messages about cricket and a former Pakistani prime
minister's release from jail.
When regular users lose access to their Facebook account, it's usually…
Facebook's official UK page has been temporarily taken over by an unknown third
party who posted weird messages about cricket and a former Pakistani prime
minister's release from jail.
When regular users lose access to their Facebook account, it's usually…
The infamous North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has allegedly pilfered nearly
$900 million in cryptocurrency over the past year, according to a report from
blockchain analytics company Elliptic. This is out of a staggering $7 billion
illicitly funneled through cross-chain bridge…
The infamous North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has allegedly pilfered nearly
$900 million in cryptocurrency over the past year, according to a report from
blockchain analytics company Elliptic. This is out of a staggering $7 billion
illicitly funneled through cross-chain bridge…
A report from the US Federal Trade Commission reveals that scams originating on
social media have accounted for $2.7 billion in reported losses since 2021.
One in four people who reported falling victim to fraudsters since 2021 said the
crime…
A cybersecurity researcher can make up to $8 million overnight by finding
security weaknesses in WhatsApp and selling those findings to the highest
bidder, according to a set of leaked documents obtained by TechCrunch.
Allegedly, “as of 2021, a zero-day…
Renowned DNA testing service 23andMe is currently probing claims surrounding the
theft of a considerable volume of customer data. This move follows an alarming
disclosure that customer data from the company was purportedly offered for sale
on a cybercrime forum…
In a recent revelation, X (formerly known as Twitter) user Denis Shiryaev
[https://twitter.com/literallydenis/status/1708283962399846459] has discovered a
way to bypass Bing Chat's restriction on solving CAPTCHA, a system traditionally
designed to differentiate between human and automated bot users.
Shiryaev's experiment started…
iPhone and iPad users must deploy a new security update to fend off potential
hacker attacks, according to a new advisory from Cupertino, California.
Apple this week is rolling out iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 to address two
security flaws,…
Members of the European Parliament this week adopted their position on a new law
designed to strengthen defenses against the EU media, including a ban on the use
of spyware against journalists.
The European Media Freedom Act, adopted by a…
A thief pulled into a gas station in Detroit, Michigan, and hacked the pump
using an unknown device that allowed him to connect to the device remotely. He
and other patrons ran away with almost 800 gallons of gas.
Gas…
Norway's Data Protection Authority, Datatilsynet, has appealed to the European
Data Protection Board (EDPB) to permanently ban Meta's data collection for
advertising purposes and extend it across Europe.
The ban, which is about to expire on November 3, has prohibited…
Unknown hackers hit the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
portal and likely stole a database containing a list of their online users.
Not all attacks target a company’s or institution’s infrastructure only to
deploy ransomware, even if that might always…
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