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Researchers Linked Ransom Cartel members to Famous Hack Group REvil
Experts from the Palo Alto Network analysed the Ransom Cartel hacker group’s ransomware and believe that it is very similar…
Safari Can’t Establish a Secure Connection Error
The “Safari Can’t Establish a Secure Connection” error message appears when browsing the web on a Mac. It may be…
New PowerShell Backdoor Masquerades as a Windows Update
Cybersecurity experts from SafeBreach have found a new, previously undocumented and “undetectable” PowerShell backdoor, which hackers actively use and has…
How to Stop McAfee Popups on Chrome: Tips, Recommendation
It’s a good tone to be concerned about safety on the Internet. It’s ok when you have antivirus software installed,…
Weak Block Cipher in Microsoft Office 365 Leads to Message Content Disclosure
WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business) researchers claim that the content of encrypted messages sent through Microsoft Office 365 can be partially…
US authorities have published the top 10 software vulnerabilities, most often exploited over the past 5 years
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA), part of the US Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published the TOP 10 software vulnerabilities, most commonly exploited…
To the network leaked data of 33.7 million LiveJournal users
In the Telegram channel of the head of DeviceLock company Ashot Hovhannisyan, arrived information about data leak of 33.7 million users of LiveJournal (also known as LJ). The researchers reported…
Hackers attacked Swiss company Stadler that produces trains
Hackers attacked the company Stadler. A well-known Swiss train manufacturer reported about a cyberattack, during which attackers could steal data of the company and its employees. Stadler manufactures a wide…
For eight years, the Cereals botnet existed for only one purpose: it downloaded anime
The Cereals IoT botnet appeared in 2012, and reached its peak in 2015, when there were about 10,000 infected devices. All these eight years, the Cereals botnet only downloaded anime…
Europe’s largest private hospital operator Fresenius attacked with Snake ransomware
Fresenius, Europe’s largest private hospital operator and major provider of products and services for dialysis, was affected during Snake ransomware cyberattack. According to KrebsOnSecurity sources, the incident disrupted some systems,…
Techno giant Jio disclosed data of people tested for COVID-19
Recently, India’s technology giant Jio, partly acquired by Facebook, has disclosed the confidential data of people, tested for COVID-19. In March of this year, Jio released a service that allows…
Hackers Attacked Ghost Blogging Platform and LineageOS Servers Using Salt Vulnerabilities
According to the development team of the Ghost blogging platform, hackers attacked it using the Authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-11651) and directory bypass (CVE-2020-11652) vulnerabilities in Salt in order to gain…
Trump declared a state of emergency due to cyberattacks on US energy systems
Last Friday, President Trump declared a state of emergency in the country due to cyberattacks on the US energy system. Now he is taking steps to protect the energy system…
IS researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in GitLab
IS researcher William Bowling made $20,000 by discovering a critical vulnerability in GitLab. The bug allowed achieving the execution of arbitrary code or stealing confidential data from the server. Bowling…
Google experts talked about vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems
Google Project Zero specialists discovered and described many vulnerabilities in Apple’s operating systems. For example, they are part of the Image I/O framework, which is used for parsing images and…
Grandoreiro Banker Spreads Through Fake Coronavirus Videos
ESET analysts warned about surge in the activity of the banking Trojan Grandoreiro amid COVID-19 pandemic. The bunker is distributed through fake coronavirus videos. Experts report that Grandoreiro, previously written…
End of an era: Twitter disabled SMS in most countries
Twitter said it disabled option of using SMS with the text of new tweets last week due to security issues. The function was disabled in all countries, except for “several”…