Category: Information Security

Avast Slapped with $14.8 Million GDPR Fine

The Czech cybersecurity firm Avast has been fined $14.8 million for violating the GDPR. The fine was imposed by the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection (ÚOOÚ) following an investigation into the activities of...

Fileless Attack: AgentTesla Strikes with .NET Injection

In a recent campaign involving the dissemination of the AgentTesla malware, as meticulously analyzed by experts at SonicWall, perpetrators employed VBA macros in Word documents to conduct a fileless injection attack, where the malicious...

2.5 Million Infected: PlugX Malware Network Revealed

Researchers from Sekoia have revealed alarming details about the malicious worm PlugX, which, having been abandoned by its creators many years ago, continues to autonomously spread and infect millions of computers worldwide. PlugX, believed...

1,400+ CrushFTP Servers at Risk: Update Now!

Over 1,400 internet-accessible CrushFTP servers are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the critical server vulnerability CVE-2024-4040. This flaw, whose active exploitation was previously reported at the beginning of the week, allows unauthorized attackers to access...

Fake Chrome Update Hides Android Brokewell Spyware

ThreatFabric has identified a new malicious application named Brokewell, capable of recording every action on a device, from keystrokes to text input and application launches. The Trojan is distributed through a counterfeit Google Chrome...

Cisco Zero-Days Exploited in State-Sponsored Breach

Network security measures such as firewalls are designed to safeguard corporate networks from breaches. However, it turns out that cybercriminals are increasingly turning these systems against their owners, using them as springboards to infiltrate...