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Another old and huge data breach was reported to LeakedSource, more than 33 million QIP records from 2011 have been compromised. Once again we are here to discuss a data breach, the victim is the Russian instant messaging service Quiet

Experts from Dr Web discovered a new Linux Trojan called Linux.BackDoor.Irc.16 that is written in the Rust programming language. It is a prolific period for Vxers working on Linux Trojan, a new strain was recently spotted by experts from Doctor

Ransomware purporting to come from a phony government agency, something called the Central Security Treatment Organization, has been making the rounds, researchers say. The ransomware, which is already known by a number of names including Cry, CSTO ransomware, or Central

A recently analyzed Linux rootkit is being distributed via manual installations and targeting both Intel and ARM platforms, embedded platforms included, and provides attackers with complete control over the compromised devices, Trend Micro researchers warn. Called Umbreon, the threat shares

Forty applications in the Google Play store contain a new family of malware, dubbed DressCode. The malicious applications could be used to infect corporate BYOD mobile devices and access internal network or corporate web servers, according to Check Point researchers.

Users of Sophos’s security software were confronted with a black screen on starting up their Windows PC over the weekend as the resulted of a borked antivirus update. The botched update meant that the Windows 7 version of winlogon.exe was

‘Яussian Yahoo!’ may just have become world’s biggest breach An eye-watering 98.1 million accounts, and their cleartext passwords, have been stolen from Russia’s biggest web portals Rambler.ru. The breach occurred way back on 17 February 2012 according to breach repository

Nearly half of the respondents expect the number of IoT devices on their networks to increase by at least 37% in 2017. PORTLAND, Ore. — Tripwire, a provider of network security and compliance solutions, announced the results of a survey

The teenager wanted the exams to be postponed as they clash with Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrations. A Sri Lankan teenager has been arrested by police for allegedly hacking into President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website, posting a message demanding

Citing Fresh Fraud Attempts, SWIFT Urges Banks to Improve Defenses Attackers have been continuing to compromise banks’ local security controls to send fraudulent messages via SWIFT’s interbank messaging network. That alert comes via a private letter sent from SWIFT to

Hackers believe no password is safe from a determined attacker, but they agree that five key security measures can make it a lot harder to penetrate enterprise networks Whether they identify as white hats, black hats, or something in between,

Experts from Fortinet discovered a Russian website called Fake-Game the offers a Phishing-as-a-Service platform to anyone. The Phishing attacks are still one of the most effective methods to grab users’ credentials on the web. Experts from Fortinet have discovered a

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is asking shipping and maritime companies to be vigilant to the potential commercial impact that cyber attacks can cause. IMB says that cybersecurity is not only about trying to identify and to prevent systems on

Cyberattack caused malware-infected Linux servers to be offline for over a month. Police officers in the US have arrested a man from Florida for allegedly hacking the Linux Kernel Organisation’s kernel.org website and the servers of the Linux Foundation. The

Leoni AG shares dropped by 7% after a CFO fell for phishing scam. Europe’s largest manufacturer of electrical cables and wires Leoni AG has seen its shares fall by between 5-7% after reporting that an email phishing scam caused the

If the vulnerability is exploited, a hacker could ‘change any and all rules of the router,’ researchers said. Security experts have discovered a critical new router vulnerability in some models of Inteno home routers that could allow remote malicious hackers