Why cybersecurity is important: it elevates your system against cyberattacks Cybersecurity is crucial because it safeguards all types of data against theft and loss. Sensitive data, personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), personal information, intellectual property, data, and government and business information systems are all included. Organisations can’t Read more…
AstraLocker Ransomware Shuts Down and Releases Decryptors The threat actor behind the lesser-known AstraLocker ransomware told BleepingComputer they’re shutting down the operation and plan to switch to cryptojacking. The ransomware’s developer submitted a ZIP archive with AstraLocker decryptors to the VirusTotal malware analysis platform. BleepingComputer downloaded the archive and confirmed that the decryptors Read more…
Google Patches New Chrome zero-day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Google has released Chrome 103.0.5060.114 for Windows users to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability exploited by attackers in the wild, the fourth Chrome zero-day patched in 2022. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-2294 exists in the wild.,” the browser Read more…
Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Data on 1 billion Chinese Citizens An anonymous threat actor is selling several databases they claim to contain more than 22 terabytes of stolen information on roughly 1 billion Chinese citizens for 10 bitcoins (approximately $195,000). The announcement was posted on a hacker forum by Read more…
UK Army’s Twitter, YouTube Accounts Hacked to Push Crypto Scam British Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked and altered to promote online crypto scams sometime yesterday. Notably, the army’s verified Twitter account began displaying fake NFTs and bogus crypto giveaway schemes. The YouTube account was seen airing “Ark Invest” Read more…
Django Fixes SQL Injection Vulnerability in New Releases The Django project, an open source Python-based web framework has patched a high severity vulnerability in its latest releases. Tracked as CVE-2022-34265, the potential SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Django’s main branch, and versions 4.1 (currently in beta), 4.0, and 3.2. New releases and patches issued today squash the vulnerability. Tens of Read more…
Privacy Protection Agency Seizes Servers of Hacked Travel Company The Privacy Protection Authority in Israel seized servers hosting multiple travel booking websites because their operator failed to address security issues that enabled data breaches affecting more than 300,000 individuals. At least 10 websites managed by Gol Tours LTD in Israel Read more…
Free Smartphone Stalkerware Detection Tool Gets Dedicated Hub Kaspersky has launched a new information hub to help with their open-source stalkerware detection tool named TinyCheck, created in 2019 to help people detect if their devices are being monitored. Stalkerware is software explicitly created to spy on people via their smartphones Read more…
Microsoft Defender Adds Network Protection for Android, iOS Devices Microsoft has introduced a new Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) feature in public preview to help organizations detect weaknesses affecting Android and iOS devices in their enterprise networks. After enabling the new Mobile Network Protection feature on Android and iOS devices Read more…
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