Category: Information Security
According to Amnesty International, Indonesia has been covertly acquiring spyware through a complex network of intermediaries spanning from Israel to Greece, Singapore, and Malaysia. The organization asserts that its investigation has uncovered a systemic...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have urged software developers to more proactively identify and remedy path traversal vulnerabilities before releasing products to the market. Such...
A joint statement by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. State Department warns of a new cyber threat emanating from North Korea. Experts have discovered that...
Microsoft has issued a warning to Android users about a new exploit dubbed “Dirty Stream,” which allows malicious applications to overwrite files in another application’s home directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and...
Cybersecurity experts from the ASEC laboratory have uncovered a series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Microsoft SQL Servers (MS-SQL). The group known as TargetCompany is deploying the Mallox ransomware to encrypt systems and extort victims....
The U.S. Congress has disclosed the findings of an investigation, which reveals that the majority of major automakers transmit driver location data to law enforcement without a court order, despite public assurances to refrain...
Recently, cybersecurity experts at FortiGuard Labs discovered a previously unseen botnet network named Goldoon, targeting D-Link routers via the CVE-2015-2051 vulnerability, which has been known for nearly a decade. This vulnerability, rated nearly at...
A critical flaw in the GitLab system, which allows the interception and control of user accounts, was recently added to the CISA catalog of known exploitable vulnerabilities. This issue, identified as CVE-2023-7028 and rated...
Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report reveals a disturbing trend in cybersecurity: the use of vulnerabilities as an initial breach point has nearly tripled compared to last year, now accounting for 14% of all...
A new type of malware named “Cuttlefish” has been discovered in routers within major enterprises and small offices, monitoring all information passing through the infected devices and stealing credentials. Black Lotus Labs reports that...
The developers of the ZLoader malware, which recently resumed its activity after a two-year hiatus, have incorporated a range of new features inspired by the banking trojan Zeus. Santiago Vicente, a researcher from Zscaler,...
Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a 26-year-old hacker, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Local media reported this, citing a court decision related to the breach of the private psychotherapeutic center Vastaamo in Helsinki. The court...