Europol and law enforcement agencies worldwide are investigating DDoS-for-hire services and hunting users that paid them to carry out cyber attacks. In April 2018, an international operation conducted by the European law enforcement agencies led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch Police, with the help of Europol, took down the world’s […]
The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in technology theft and violation of sanctions. The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases, including the one that led the arrest of a top executive in Canada on a US warrant. According to the US DoJ, the charges are […]
A major vulnerability in the Apple FaceTime lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling … before they pick up the call. iPhone, iPad, or Mac users might disable FaceTime to avoid being spied through their devices. Experts warn that it is possible to call someone via FaceTime and listen via the […]
A joint operation conducted by law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe allowed seizing the xDedic marketplace. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe announced the seizure of the popular xDedic marketplace, an underground market offering for sale access to compromised systems and personally identifiable information. “On 24 January, the U.S. Prosecutor’s […]
Experts from Alias Robotics released a free, open-source tool dubbed Aztarna that could be used to find vulnerable robots. A group of experts working a startup focused on robot cybersecurity has released a free, open-source framework dubbed Aztarna that could be used find vulnerable robots that could have been exposed online or inside an industrial […]
Security experts at Wordfence security firms discovered WordPress Sites compromised via Zero-Day vulnerabilities in Total Donations Plugin The Total Donations WordPress plugin was abandoned by its developers for this reason security experts are recommending to delete it after they discovered multiple zero-day flaws that were exploited by threat actors. The news was reported by security […]
The popular video sharing website Dailymotion announced that some accounts were accessed by hackers as result of a massive credential stuffing attack. On Friday, the popular video sharing website Dailymotion announced that some accounts were hit by hackers. The company discovered unauthorized access attempts resulting from credential stuffing activity. The company blocked the attempts of intrusions […]
Cisco released security updates to address security flaws in several products including Small Business RV320/RV325 routers and hackers are already targeting them. The tech giant addressed two serious issues in Cisco’s Small Business RV320 and RV325 routers. The first one could be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker with admin privileges. to obtain sensitive information […]
The Cobalt cybercrime gang has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The Cobalt hacking group has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The group targeted more than 20 other government and financial institutions worldwide. Cobalt crime gang is a Russian hacking crew that […]
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