A new Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnet campaign which is attacking post-authentication class of the Symantec Secure Web Gateway Remote code execution vulnerability. Mirai is one of the well-known IoT Malware that targets IoT devices such as IP cameras and DVRs

Police in Mumbai have recruited Baby Yoda to help raise awareness of the importance of cyber-safety. The law enforcement agency has earned a reputation online for delivering serious messages with humorous memes via social media app Instagram. It only seems

A cybersecurity company has claimed that a contact tracing app introduced by North Dakota is sending data to third parties and exposing users’ identities. Like South Dakota and Utah, North Dakota has built its own contact-tracing app, Care19, in an

Cyber-criminals could be poised to trigger a wave of attacks on businesses when workers return to offices and reconnect to corporate networks, Redscan has warned. As many countries such as the UK prepare to ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and allow

A data breach at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has exposed the personal data of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claimants. Personal information including names, Social Security numbers, home addresses, and claim receipts was exposed to other

Winnti group has been active at least since 2012 and specializes in cyberattacks against the online video game industry. The main goal of the hacker group is to steal the source code of online game projects as well as digital

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has disclosed that reported non-cyber incidents outweighed cyber-incidents in Q4 of 2019. In its report on incident trends, the ICO said there were 2629 incidents reported to it in Q4 2019, of which 337 were

Security researchers are warning of a new ransomware attack technique which deploys the malware as a virtual machine (VM) in order to evade traditional defenses. Sophos revealed that it recently detected a RagnarLocker attack in which the ransomware was hidden

The Japanese government is investigating a potentially serious breach of national security after a cyber-attack on Mitsubishi Electric earlier this year which may have yielded top secret missile plans. The tech giant said in a statement earlier this week that

A prolific dark web trader has leaked what they claim to be 40 million user records from popular mobile app Wishbone. The individual known as “ShinyHunters” posted the data to RaidForums, claiming that, “since people are starting to resell wishbone

The Winnti hacking group continues to target gaming industry, recently it used a new malware named PipeMon and a new method to achieve persistence. Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence

Hackers taking advantage of the video conferencing apps like Zoom to infect systems with malicious routines. Security researchers from Trend Micro observed two malware samples that pose as Zoom installers but when decoded it contains malware. The malicious fake installer

Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. Threat actors attempted to exploit a zero-day (CVE-2020-12271) in the Sophos XG firewall to spread ransomware to

Raytheon Technologies’ board of directors is taking a voluntary pay cut as the United States continues to be impacted by COVID-19. The board has reduced non-employee director compensation by an amount equal to 20% of the director cash retainer. The

Cybersecurity firm Forescout Technologies Inc. yesterday sued a private equity firm for backing out of a $1.9bn buyout. Advent International Corporation agreed to buy Forescout back in February 2020, but four days before the takeover was due to be completed,

Home Chef, a US-based meal kit delivery service suffers a data breach, hackers stolen more than 8 million customer records. How are when the hack attack took place is unknown, the company is investigating the situation now. The hack impacts