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PwndLocker Transforms Into ProLock Ransomware Barring Free Decryption Tools

PwndLocker ransomware recently emerged as ransomware threatening businesses with huge ransom demands. However, soon after its emergence, the cybersecurity comm…

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UK Fintech Company Finastra Went Down After Ransomware Attack

Amidst lockdown due to the global pandemic, UK-based firm Finastra has suffered a ransomware attack. The fintech company halted itsUK Fintech Company Finastra …

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Sina Weibo Suffered Data Breach Exposing 538 Million Records Now On Sale

Chinese microblogging giant Sina Weibo has now made it to the news owing to a security incident. Weibo suffered aSina Weibo Suffered Data Breach Exposing 538 M…

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How to Provide Remote Incident Response During the Coronavirus Times

While the Coronavirus pandemic continues to strike chaos across the global economies, threat actors keep on launching cyberattacks on organizations from all si…

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Android Cookie-Stealing Malware Found Hijacking Facebook Accounts

A new simple but dangerous strain of Android malware has been found in the wild that steals users' authentication cookies from the web browsing and other apps,…

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IPFire Firewall Using Cryptography To Secure Linux Kernel Against RootK

Have you heard about IPFire's new method of cryptographic kernel rootkit protection?ÂIPFire is an open-source software that protects the network from external …

Linux

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TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attack…

Windows

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Blisk Browser Vendors Leaked Data Via Unsecured Database Server

Vendors behind the Blisk browser ' a dedicated browser for web developers ' inadvertently left a database unsecured that leakedBlisk Browser Vendors Leaked Dat…

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TrueFire Guitar Tutoring Website Suffers Magecart-style Credit Card Breach

Online guitar tutoring website TrueFire has apparently suffered a 'Magecart' style data breach incident that may have potentially led to the exposure of its cu…

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O2’s UK Partner “Aerial Direct” Suffered Data Breach Exposing Six-Years of Data

Once again, a telecom giant made it to the news owing to a security incident. Though, this time, the victimO2’s UK Partner “Aerial Direct” Suffered Data Breach…

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Researchers Uncover a Nigerian Hacker's Pursuit of his Million Dollar Dream

Social engineering-driven malware threats continue to be a big threat, but new research details how cybercriminals profit off such schemes to launder hundreds …

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Slack Patch Critical Vulnerability Allowing Automated Account Takeovers

A critical security vulnerability existed in Slack that could have lead to a massive data breach affecting its customers. SlackSlack Patch Critical Vulnerabili…

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Open Exchange Rates Discloses Data Breach Exposing Customers' Data

Extending the list of security breach victims, another incident surfaces online exposing customers' data. This time, the affected firm isOpen Exchange Rates Di…

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Unsecured Database Exposed 8 Million UK Shoppers Records

Another unsecured database has leaked data online threatening the privacy of users. This time, the unsecured database belonging to aUnsecured Database Exposed …

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New Android Cookie-Stealing Malware Found Hijacking Facebook Accounts

A new simple but dangerous strain of Android malware has been found in the wild that steals users' authentication cookies from the web browsing and other apps,…

Android Chrome

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L1ght Looks to Protect Internet Users from Toxic and Predatory Behavior

Cybersecurity has been regarded as a necessity for all computer users, especially today when data breaches and malware attacks have become rampant.However, one…

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LVI Attacks: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Puts Data Centers At Risk

It appears there is no end in sight to the hardware level security vulnerabilities in Intel processors, as well as to the endless 'performance killing' patches…

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Cruise Operator Carnival Corporation Disclosed Data Breach

Joining the list of cybersecurity victims, now comes the largest cruise line operator in the world, Carnival Corporation. As disclosedCruise Operator Carnival …

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Ex-CIA Accused of Leaking Secret Hacking Tools to WikiLeaks Gets Mistrial

A federal judge in New York on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of a former CIA software engineer who was accused of stealing a massive trove of the agen…

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9 Years of AMD Processors Vulnerable to 2 New Side-Channel Attacks

AMD processors from as early as 2011 to 2019 carry previously undisclosed vulnerabilities that open them to two new different side-channel attacks, according t…

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This Unpatchable Flaw Affects All Intel CPUs Released in Last 5 Years

All Intel processors released in the past 5 years contain an unpatchable vulnerability that could allow hackers to compromise almost every hardware-enabled sec…

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T-Mobile Suffer Another Data Breach Affecting Personal And Financial Data Of Customers

T-Mobile has once again made it to the news owing to a security incident. One more time, T-Mobile has sufferedT-Mobile Suffer Another Data Breach Affecting Per…

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Virgin Media Data Leak Exposes Details of 900,000 Customers

On the same day yesterday, when the US-based telecom giant T-Mobile admitted a data breach, the UK-based telecommunication provider Virgin Media announced that…

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Cathay Pacific Airline Punished With £500,000 Fine Over 2018 Data Breach

Cathay Pacific has recently been punished over a 2018 data breach. For the incident that affected 9.4 million customers, theCathay Pacific Airline Punished Wit…