Cyber-criminals have launched a new phishing scam designed to steal personal and financial details of self-employed workers using the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) during the COVID-19 outbreak. The scam was uncovered by litigation company Griffin Law and begins with

Security experts discovered a new UPnP vulnerability, dubbed Call Stranger, that affects billions of devices and could be exploited for various malicious activities. Security experts disclosed a new UPnP vulnerability, named Call Stranger, that affects billions of devices and could

OA Korean threat actor, tracked as Higaisa, has been using malicious LNK files in recent attacks aimed at organizations that use the Zeplin collaboration platform. The Korean threat actor Higaisa, has been using malicious LNK files in recent attacks aimed

The website of an animal rights group has been hacked after its founder made accusations regarding the killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala. The 15-year-old elephant suffered a broken jaw and died on May 27 in the Velliyar River

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) 2020 Digital Forensics Expert Group conference is to be virtually hosted by the University of New Haven in partnership with MITRE Corporation. The event aims to bring together leaders in digital forensics to learn

The number of open source software (OSS) vulnerabilities more than doubled in 2019 compared with 2018, a new RiskSense report has shown. Total common vulnerabilities and exposures vulnerabilities (CVEs) reached 968 last year, up from 421 in 2018, a rise

Columbia College, Chicago has become the third US college in a week to fall victim to a cyber-attack involving the Netwalker family of ransomware. The Illinois educational establishment, along with Michigan State University and the University of California, San Francisco,

Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could’ve Been Accessed Without Password The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. The Indian Government announced to have fixed a critical

A researcher is warning that Google is indexing the phone numbers of WhatsApp users raising serious privacy concerns. Google is indexing the phone numbers of WhatsApp users that could be abused by threat actors for malicious activities. Even if Google

Over 300,000 Canadian accountants and related stakeholders have been hit by a breach of a professional member association, it emerged late last week. The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) revealed in a statement that an unauthorized third party

Cyber-criminals are taking advantage of the evolving jobs market and employee health situation under COVID-19 to disguise malware in various emailed documents. The phishing campaigns spotted by Check Point over recent days center around spoofed CVs and medical leave forms.

A multi-billion-dollar IT services firm has become the latest victim of the infamous Maze ransomware group after it appeared to target a widely publicized Citrix vulnerability. New Jersey-headquartered Conduent claims to provide mission-critical services and solutions for “a majority of

Researchers uncovered a malware campaign that is targeting Windows and Linux servers with a Golang-based malicious code called Stealthworker. Akamai researchers uncovered a malware campaign spreading a Golang-based malicious code tracked as Stealthworker. The malware targets Windows and Linux servers running

This infographic includes interesting data related to the Covid-19 themed attacks observed by security researchers and law enforcement in the past months. This post Covid-19 Themed Attacks Infographic originally appeared on Security Affairs. Read More

The Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked, attackers are threatening to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. A hacker that goes online with the moniker “John Wick” and “Korean Hackers” claim to have hacked the Indian

Hackers breached systems of Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 and threatening to sell the data on the dark web markets. A hacker goes by name “John Wick” claimed that they have breached the ZEE5 systems and stolen over 150GB