Researchers observed a new variant of Android.Xiny malware with an improved self-defense mechanism. The malware targets only the older versions of the Android devices and gains the complete root access of the vulnerable Android device. It infects Android device version

Experts found online an unsecured database owned by THSuite and used by point-of-sale systems in medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries. Data leak continues to be a frequent issue suffered by companies, news of the day is the discovery of an unsecured

America’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning yesterday after observing an increase in the number of targeted cyber-attacks that utilize Emotet. Emotet functions as a modular botnet that can steal data, send malicious emails, and act as

Albany County in the state of New York has been struck by two separate cyber-attacks in three weeks. A five-figure ransom in Bitcoin was paid by Albany County Airport Authority (ACAA) earlier this month after their servers became infected with

An annual report into the virulence of phishing scams has found that more than half of organizations dealt with at least one successful phishing attack in 2019. The 2020 “State of the Phish” report, by cybersecurity and compliance firm Proofpoint,

Thousands of WordPress sites have been infected with malicious JavaScript in an attempt to promote scam websites, according to Sucuri. The number of infections spiked last week, with hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in various plugins, including Simple Fields and the CP

Tens of thousands of cannabis users in the US have had their personal information leaked by a misconfigured cloud bucket, according to researchers. Over 85,000 files including more than 30,000 records with sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) were exposed when

Researchers from Microsoft discovered a new version of PowerShell Based Malware sLoad 2.0 that using Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) for malicious activities to attack Windows systems. Microsoft called this new version as “Starslord” based on strings in the malware

System supporting libraries in Volusia County were hit by a cyber attack, the incident took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches. 600 staff and public access computers were taken down at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL)

A fake industrial prototyping company created by cybersecurity researchers has become the target of real-life cyber-attackers. Researchers at Trend Micro established the faux firm and maintained it for a six-month period in 2019 to learn about the threats facing companies

The UK government is planning to police social media by issuing sites with a new code of conduct. Social media firms will be required by law to protect children from viewing any content deemed to be “detrimental to their physical

Apple dropped plans to offer end-to-end encrypted cloud back-ups to its global customer base after the FBI complained, a new report has claimed. Citing six sources “familiar with the matter,” Reuters claimed that Apple changed its mind over the plans

Microsoft briefly exposed call center data on almost 250 million customers via several unsecured cloud servers late last year, according to researchers. Bob Diachenko spotted the major privacy snafu a day after databases across five Elasticsearch servers were indexed by

Security awareness training provider KnowBe4 has donated $250,000 to Stetson University College of Law, Florida’s first law school. The donation includes: Creation of the the KnowBe4 Cybersecurity Law Scholarship Fund which will provide $5000 merit-based scholarships for the next five