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Security researchers have uncovered a major new hacking-for-hire operation against journalists, rights groups, government officials, financial institutions and others, seemingly orchestrated by a shady Indian tech firm. Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations globally were targeted with cyber-espionage tactics

The industry needs to do more to prevent the sharp rise in COVID-19 phishing attempts. In an open statement shared with Infosecurity, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) made a call for further steps to be taken

Microsoft released a security update under patch Tuesday with the fixes of 129 vulnerabilities, and this patch is the largest patch ever released by Microsoft. Several Microsoft software products were patched in the June security release of following:- Microsoft Windows

Microsoft released fixes for 129 vulnerabilities in its regular monthly update round yesterday, the fourth month in a row to hit over 100 CVEs and the largest of any Patch Tuesday. Of the 129 CVEs, only 11 are rated critical

Nintendo has added another 140,000 accounts to those it claimed were compromised by hackers from April this year, bringing the total to 300,000. The updated figure was given as a result of its ongoing investigation into the incident. The additional

Recently, a security researcher has warned about a security threat posed by the WhatsApp messenger known as ‘Click to Chat’ this function allows Google to index the phone numbers of users, and all the indexed numbers can be easily found

Honda is investigating a cyber-attack on its IT network in Europe which researchers are claiming is Ekans ransomware. The carmaker has issued a brief statement after problems were uncovered on Sunday, confirming there was an issue with its network. It

Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). Threat actors

The Pentagon research agency that helped invent the internet and GPS is inviting hackers to find flaws in its new mega-secure hardware. Ethical hackers who spot vulnerabilities in the new technology created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

A digital intelligence company has launched a global initiative to promote the development of trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) technology. ABBYY was moved to take action by the growing prevalence of AI systems in our day-to-day lives and the anticipated growth

Cybersecurity incidents at NASA increased by 366% last year as the organization’s cybersecurity budget was slashed by $3.1m. New research published yesterday by virtual network provider AtlasVPN found NASA suffered 315 cyber-incidents in 2018. In 2019, that figure shot up

An average of 41% of UK employees across all sectors have not received adequate cybersecurity training, which is leaving businesses and individuals vulnerable to attacks, according to a new study by Specops Software. Travel and hospitality was the sector with

Speaking during a Microsoft webinar, the company’s EMEA chief security advisor Cyril Voisin said he does not expect companies to “fully revert to the IT state that they were in before” COVID-19 lockdown, predicting more cloud usage in the future.

Megecart is a malicious threat actor ,operating in structured groups ( Group 1 to Group 6 ) and all this groups and their modus operandi is web skimming. Megecart groups uses varies tools ,techniques and tactics to get a unauthorized

Speaking at the Cloud Security Alliance European Virtual Summit Eric Vetillard, lead certification expert, ENISA, talked about the concept and development of a European certification scheme for cloud services as part of the EU Cybersecurity Act. Intended to revamp and

Security researchers are once again warning website owners to ensure any cloud storage resources linked to their site are locked down, after discovering Magecart and malicious redirector code lurking in misconfigured S3 buckets. RiskIQ threat researcher, Jordan Herman, said his