Researchers discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed Pxj that encrypts users’ files appends “.pxj” extension to the encrypted files. The new ransomware strain was discovered by IBM’s X-Force Incident Response team, and the ransomware malware is all known as “XVFXGW“.

Recently, the Brno University Hospital in the city of Brno, Czech Republic, has been struck by a cyberattack right in the center of a COVID-19 outbreak that is taking up steam in the small European country. Well, the hospital officials

An Illinois college is offering nearly free credit monitoring to over 1,700 current and former employees following a recent data breach. Officials at the College of DuPage confirmed on Monday that a cybersecurity incident had taken place recently. College president

Cyber-attackers have hacked the US Health and Human Services Department as America works hard to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 virus. The intrusion occurred on Sunday night and is thought to have been motivated by a desire to slow

Insight Partners has agreed to part with application and software security company Checkmarx in a billion-dollar deal. Once the deal is complete, Checkmarx will be owned by global private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, though Insight Partners will retain a

Security experts spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor, that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor (Monitor.AndroidOS.MonitorMinor.c), that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has stepped in to remove malicious and phishing websites linked to Covid-19 scams, but warned that attacks could increase if the outbreak does. The GCHQ body said that phishing efforts using the Coronavirus

The number of UK companies with a basic cybersecurity skills gap has dropped from 2018 but still stands at around half of all businesses, according to a new government study. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) report

Experts warn of a new malware strain, dubbed PXJ Ransomware, that does share the same underlying code with existing ransomware families. Security experts from IBM X-Force have spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed PXJ Ransomware, that does share the

Organizations are delaying in patching Microsoft Exchange Server flaw (CVE-2020-0688) that Microsoft fixed with February 2020 Patch Day updates. Organizations are delaying in patching Microsoft Exchange Server flaw (CVE-2020-0688) that Microsoft fixed with February 2020 Patch Day updates. The CVE-2020-0688 flaw resides in the

Spammers are using the Coronavirus outbreak to spread malware via emails claiming to be “Offer information on how to defend against the real-world virus”, according to Bleeping Computer, which attributed the campaign to Emotet. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of global

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide cybercriminals and nation-state actors are launching COVID19-themed attacks on a global scale. Most of the attacks

Crooks continue to abuse the interest in Coronavirus outbreak, now experts found a new backdoor called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about COVID-19. Experts found a new backdoor malware called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about the COVID-19 outbreak while abusing

Researchers uncovered a new COVID-19 Campaign launching by Chinese based APT threat actors by taking advantage of the Coronavirus scare to deliver the unknown malware in Windows. This attack believed to initiated by the Long-running APT group that targets various

Slack addressed a critical flaw within 24 hours from its disclosure, the issue allowed attackers to carry out automate account takeover. The researcher Evan Custodio discovered a critical vulnerability in Slack that could have allowed attackers to launch automate account