Posts From CCME

Valak Malware malware first observed in the year 2019, the malware is not only a loader it can be used as an information stealer to target individuals and enterprises. Researchers observed a new Valak malware campaign that particularly targets the

One of the most important things to keep in mind when a company chooses a cloud services provider is security. For example, SOC 2 compliance is essential in the process. When an organization is choosing a provider, SOC 2 compliance

Microsoft is warning organizations to deploy protections against a new strain of PonyFinal ransomware that has been in the wild over the past two months. Microsoft’s security team issued a series of tweets warning organizations to deploy protections against a

The number of ransomware attacks increased by 40 percent last year, according to Group-IB attackers think bigger and grow more advanced. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, found out that the year of 2019 was marked by ransomware evolution

Bank of America Corporation has disclosed a data breach affecting clients who have applied for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Client information was exposed on April 22 when the bank uploaded PPP applicants’ details onto the US Small Business Administration’s

The CyberNews research team uncovered an unsecured Amazon Simple Storage Service bucket of confidential user chat logs belonging to Real estate app Tellus, a US-based software company. Tellus is a software company based in Palo Alto, California, backed by “well-known

Thais are deserting Twitter in favor of the blockchain-based social networking tool Minds. Minds is a free and open source distributed social networking service that gives users ERC20 tokens that can be used to promote content or crowdfund other users.

The National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) and National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in the UK have become the newest members of the European Network for Cybersecurity (ENCS), in a move designed to better protect the European energy sector against cyber-attacks.

A joint operations conducted by experts from Chinese firms Qihoo 360 Netlab and Baidu dismantle the ShuangQiang ‘s botnet infecting over hundreds of thousands of systems. A joint operation conducted by Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab and tech giant Baidu

Cybersecurity experts are calling for the legal sector to be defined as critical to securing national infrastructure, after revealing that 100% of law firms were targeted by attackers in the first quarter of 2020. BlueVoyant appraised thousands of law firms

New research has found a measurable increase in DNS cache miss traffic levels, and a number of previously unknown DDoS events. According to Farsight Security, analysis of DNS cache miss traffic levels over the two-month period of March-April 2020 revealed

The UK’s plans to ease its COVID-19 lockdown have been thrown into doubt after half the public said it does not trust the government to handle their data collected via a key contact tracing app. The app is a crucial

Truecaller is used to identifying unknown callers and also provide options to red-flags spammers. The app was developed by True Software Scandinavia AB, a private company in Stockholm, Sweden. Recently it was observed by Cyble’s researcher that unprotected Amazon S3

A new Android bug dubbed StrandHogg 2.0 affects all devices running Android 9.0 and earlier. The bug lets malicious apps pose a legitimate app and steal victim data. The bug was found by the Promon researchers tracked as (CVE-2020-0096) and

Researchers disclosed a new critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-0096, aka StrandHogg 2.0) affecting the Android operating system that could allow attackers to carry out a sophisticated version of Strandhogg attack. A group of Norwegian researchers disclosed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-0096,

A plea from the Cyber Peace Institute for healthcare providers to be protected against cyber-threats has attracted international support. Major players in cybersecurity, academics, and numerous political movers and shakers have backed the call for governments to work together “with