Privacy non-profit noyb filed a complaint with the Austrian DPA against Firefox for enabling tracking in Firefox without user consent. Privacy non-profit None Of Your Business (noyb) has filed a complaint with Austria’s data protection authority (DSB) against Mozilla for enabling the privacy feature Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA) in Firefox without user consent. Noyb claims that […]
The personal information of over 3,000 congressional staffers was leaked on the dark web following a major cyberattack on the U.S. Capitol. The personal information of approximately 3,191 congressional staffers has been leaked on the dark web, according to new research from internet security firm Proton and Constella Intelligence. The leaked data includes passwords, IP […]
Experts warn of Necro Trojan found in Google Play, threat actors are spreading it through fake versions of legitimate Android apps. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a new version of the Necro Trojan in multiple apps uploaded to the Google Play store. The malware was hidden in popular applications and game mods. Kaspersky researchers first spotted […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â added Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2024-7593(CVSS score of 9.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. In Mid-August 2024, Ivanti addressed the vulnerability CVE-2024-7593 that impacts […]
Arkansas City, a small city in Cowley County, Kansas, was forced to switch its water treatment facility to manual operations due to a cyberattack. Arkansas City, Kansas, had to switch its water treatment facility to manual operations over the weekend due to a cyberattack that was detected on Sunday. As of the 2020 census, Arkansas City has […]
A new version of the Android banking trojan Octo, called Octo2, supports improved features that allow to takeover infected devices. ThreatFabric researchers discovered a new version of the Android banking trojan Octo, called Octo2, that supports more advanced remote action capabilities needed for Device Takeover attacks. The new malware has already targeted users in European […]
HP researchers detected a dropper that was generated by generative artificial intelligence services and used to deliver AsyncRAT malware. While investigating a malicious email, HP researchers discovered a malware generated by generative artificial intelligence services and used to deliver the AsyncRAT malware. The AI-generated malware was discovered in June 2024, the phishing message used an invoice-themed lure […]
American peer-to-peer payments and money transfer company MoneyGram confirmed that a cyberattack caused its service outage. American interstate and international peer-to-peer payments and money transfer company MoneyGram confirmed that its services are currently unavailable due to a cyberattack. On September 22, the company informed its customers that it was experiencing a network outage impacting connectivity to a number of our systems. The […]
Telegram will provide user data to law enforcement agencies in response to valid legal requests, according to a recent policy update Telegram has updated its privacy policy informing users that it will share users’ phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement in response to valid legal requests. The company CEO Pavel Durov announced the […]
ESET addressed two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in security products for Windows and macOS operating systems. Cybersecurity firm ESET released security patches for two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities impacting Windows and macOS products. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7400 (CVSS score of 7.3), could allow an attacker to misuse ESETâs file operations during the removal […]