Specialists at QAX XLab have identified a new type of Android malware—a backdoor named Wpeeper, which is disseminated through APK files from unofficial app stores posing as the popular alternative marketplace Uptodown. Wpeeper is...
Over the past several years, Docker Hub, a platform for hosting software repositories, has been targeted by three major fraudulent campaigns. Researchers from JFrog identified that approximately 20% of the 15 million hosted repositories...
Malefactors have adopted a new strategy to disseminate the malicious software Latrodectus through phishing campaigns, cleverly disguising it as notifications from Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare. This method significantly complicates the task for email security...
Recently, Google announced significant efforts to enhance the security of its Play Store for Android. Last year, the company rejected or demanded corrections for approximately 200,000 applications that attempted to access users’ sensitive data,...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined the largest American telecommunications companies nearly $200 million for disseminating customer location data without their consent. Penalties were imposed on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon after Notices...
The Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all its retail stores following the discovery of a cybersecurity incident. The event, which affected the company’s systems, occurred on April 28. In response, the company...
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the R programming language, potentially exposing organizations using this popular open-source language to software supply chain attacks. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2024-27322, has been rated 8.8 out of...
In one of the United States’ largest medical organizations, Kaiser Permanente, a cyber incident resulted in the compromise of personal data for approximately 13.4 million users. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente provides healthcare services...
In February, a high-profile cyberattack on Change Healthcare caused significant disruptions in the operations of US medical facilities. Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group (the parent company of Change Healthcare), revealed that the attack...
Rambus has announced the launch of its new DDR5 RDIMM server memory dedicated PMIC (Power Management Integrated Circuit). This new series of server PMICs provides a complete chipset solution for DDR5 RDIMM memory modules,...
Recently, MSI provided updates for the BIOS and Arc graphics drivers for the recently released Claw handheld console, with version numbers E1T41IMS.106 and 31.0.101.5382, respectively. Approximately one week later, MSI introduced another update, advancing...
The hacker group, dubbed Muddling Meerkat by security researchers, has been utilizing sophisticated Domain Name System (DNS) methodologies to conduct espionage activities across global networks since October 2019. According to Infoblox, a firm specializing...
An international team of scientists, led by specialists from the University of California, San Diego, has identified a new type of attack targeting the branch prediction component at the microarchitectural level. The findings, which...
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...
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...
Minisforum has announced the launch of its new NAB6 Lite mini PC, equipped with an Intel Core i5-12600H processor, dual Ethernet ports, and the capability to support four 4K displays, thereby facilitating seamless office...
