A cyber attack hit the Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis with the intent of discrediting him and the Lithuanian national defense system. A major and orchestrated misinformation cyber attack hit the Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis with the intent of discrediting him and the Lithuanian national defense system. “The currently unfolding complex cyber-information attack has […]
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FACEBOOK down: Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp services have gone down in Europe, US, Malaysia, and worldwide leaving millions of users furious. Facebook services including Instagram and Whatsapp are facing a widespread outage. The outage of Facebook services happens one month after the longest outage in history. Users in Europe, Malaysia and some parts of the […]
Bad news for users of the Microsoft Outlook email service, hackers have compromised the Microsoft Support Agent to access their email accounts. Earlier this year, hackers breached Microsoft’s customer support portal and gained access to some email accounts registered with the Microsoft’s Outlook service. Microsoft notified some of its users the security breach, it confirmed […]
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents Media outlet Techcrunch reported that a hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and leaked the stolen info online. A hacker group claims to have hacked dozens of websites affiliated with the FBI and leaked online dozens of files containing the personal […]
The hacker that hacked and defaced Matrix.org decided to disclose the security issues discovered during the attack and offers advice. This week, the hacker behind the hack of Matrix.org decided to disclose the vulnerabilities discovered during the attack. Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralized real-time communication that is also used for instant messaging, […]
Hackers are using the EternalBlue exploit and leveraging advantage of Living off the Land (LotL) obfuscated PowerShell-based scripts to deliver malware and a Monero cryptocurrency. Security experts at Trend Micro have uncovered a malware campaign that is targeting Asian entities using the EternalBlue exploit and leveraging advantage of Living off the Land (LotL) obfuscated PowerShell-based […]
Siemens Patch Tuesday updates for April 2019 address several serious vulnerabilities, including some DoS flaws in many industrial products. Siemens has released Patch Tuesday updates that address several serious flaws including some DoS vulnerabilities. Siemens published six new advisories that cover a total of 11 vulnerabilities. One of the issues addressed by Siemens is a […]
In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild, is it related to APT28 and upcoming elections? Introduction In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild. This file was uncommon, it seemed carefully prepared and was speaking about who is leading in the elections […]
Good news for the victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware, security experts at Emsisoft just released a free decrypter tool. Victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware have a good reason to smile, security experts at Emsisoft have released a free decrypter tool. The ransomware was first discovered by experts at IntezerLabs, the CryptoPokemon ransomware is a new […]