Around half a million Activision account details have been breached, after an apparent credential stuffing attack. According to a series of user reports on social media, detailed by Dexerto, attackers leaked the user credentials and locked users out of their

Security researchers from WizCase uncovered a massive data leak in the Microsoft Bing mobile app that exposes search queries, device details, and GPS coordinates. Ata Hakcil uncovered the massive leak in the server owned by Microsoft for logging data related

Global financial institutions have largely failed over recent years to prevent mass money laundering linked to Russian oligarchs, mobsters and Conservative Party donors, according to a new trove of leaked documents. Over 2000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed with the

Online retailers, particularly those still using the Magento 1 e-commerce platform, need to take action fast to update their security posture, according to Sonassi, which hosts Magento. Magento 1 officially reached its end-of-life at the end of June and is

In many countries, governments have decided to ease the Covid-19 induced lockdowns. As a result, companies are now lifting the work-from-home orders. However, the uncertainty associated with pandemic still exists. Many organizations have selected the mode of semi-remote and also

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are receiving letters warning them that their data may have been exposed in the second-largest healthcare data breach in state history. The letters were sent to individuals who had donated to or been a patient

Cyber-criminals have tried to receive free goods by posing as the Texas government and emailing out Requests for Quotes (RFQs). The multi-layered email attack, in which threat actors pretended to be from the Texas Department of State Health Services, was

The UK’s Home Office department reported a 120% rise in data loss incidents during the financial year 2019-20. Figures from the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 that were compiled by the think tank Parliament Street showed that there

Twitter has announced new measures designed to improve the security of certain high-profile accounts ahead of the upcoming US elections in November. The social media firm said that chosen accounts would receive in-app notifications requiring or “strongly recommending” the new

Win-Kex was first introduced with Kali Linux 2020.3, it provides a Kali Desktop Experience for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2). Version 2.0 was released with several new features and fix for the issues with the previous versions. To install

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an emergency directive designed to force all civilian government agencies to patch a high-risk Windows vulnerability. CVE-2020-1472 is a critical elevation of privilege bug which exists when an attacker uses the

A bug with the SSDP engine in Firefox for Android would allow attackers to exploit targeted Android phones that are connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the attacker and have Firefox installed. SSDP stands for Simple Service Discovery Protocol,

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware, it appeared on the

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions.

Security researchers discovered Android malware capable of bypassing 2FA that was developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten Security researchers from Check Point discovered an Android malware, developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten, that is able to

Cybersecurity firm OneSpan has announced the appointment of Ajay Keni as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Keni will replace Benoit Grange in the post, who will take up a new position as chief technology evangelist, in which he will