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The FBI Said That the Damage from Cyberattacks in 2022 Exceeded $10 Billion
The FBI’s Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IC3) has released its annual 2022 Internet Crime and Cyber Attack Damage Report. During…
North Korean Hackers Attack Cybersecurity Specialists by Offering Them Jobs via LinkedIn
Mandiant experts noticed that North Korean hackers have focused their attention and attacks on information security specialists. Attackers try to…
Incoming Silicon Valley Bank Related Scams
Mind-bending globe-scale events always attract a lot of attention. Newsmakers, politicians and simple rubbernecks pay a lot of attention to…
Mobile Malware Threat Landscape — 2022 Summary
Today, a smartphone is much more than just a way to reach someone on the phone. Our smartphones contain valuable…
Emotet Has Resumed Activity after a Three-Month Break
Experts noticed that this week Emotet resumed its activity and after a three-month “rest” began to send malicious spam again.…
BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit Bypasses Protection even in Windows 11
ESET experts reported that the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit, which is sold on hacker forums for about $ 5,000, is indeed capable of bypassing Secure Boot protection. According to researchers, the…
New stealthy “Beep” malware focuses heavily on evading detection
Cybercriminals periodically develop something new. Sometimes it is an updated version of already known malware, and sometimes it is something new and not obvious, such as Beep malware. Thus, this…
LastPass Breach Investigation Goes On, Things are Even Worse
LastPass, owned by GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) and with over 30 million users, revealed new details about the cyber incidents that have shaken the company since August 2022, when fragments of…
YouTube Video Causes Pixel Smartphones to Reboot
Users have found that Pixel smartphones powered by Google Tensor processors are rebooting when user is trying to watch a clip from the movie “Alien” on YouTube in 4K HDR.…
The Researcher Hacked His Own Bank Account by Imitating a Voice with AI
The journalist Vice Motherboard Joseph Cox hacked the bank account by imitating a voice with the help of AI, which proved that the voice ID used by banks in the…
Qakbot Malware Applies New Distribution Methods
Today there is an arms race between cybercriminals and antimalware manufacturers. While some release a fix for an existing threat, others must develop new loopholes. Recently, cybersecurity experts noticed that…
Nearly 50% of Cybersecurity Leaders Will Change Jobs by 2025
According to a new report from Gartner, by 2025, nearly 50% of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs, and 25% will move to other roles solely because of multiple job-related stressors.…
One Year of Russian-Ukrainian War in Cybersecurity
February 24, 2022, will be a turning point in history. It was the day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and the most significant geopolitical event of the past…
Hackers Broke into Activision’s Slack and Stole Data
Activision, the publisher of computer games (including the Call of Duty franchise), reported a security breach that occurred back in early December 2022 through the corporate messenger Slack. Let me…
Five Easy Smartphone Security Tips to Keep It Safe From Hackers
These days, the smartphone is more than just a means of communication. Every day we use it to communicate with friends and family, message social networks, browse the web. There…
How DDoS Can Badly Hurt Your Business
Everyone at least once faced the fact that they cannot go to the desired site or use some service. This is often because companies’ websites have become victims of DDoS…
Cybersecurity Experts Discovered a New Stealc Infostealer
ekoia experts report that a new infostealer, Stealc, has appeared on the darknet, and is gaining popularity among criminals due to aggressive advertising and similarities to malware such as Vidar,…