Category Security

Hmm, this is not good. Google has issued a warning that some Android smartphones can be remotely hacked without the intended victim clicking anything. In a successful attack, the hackers could access data through the Samsung Exynos chipset used in…

According to Microsoft, Russia is preparing another devastating cyberattack against Ukraine and may expand its targets to include foreign organizations supplying Kiev. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has revealed this news in a new report. Years of Russian mixed war in Ukraine.…

March 17, 2023hacker newsZero Trust / Access Control Consider the typical depiction of a cyberattack. A bad guy banging furiously on his keyboard and peeking out from under his dark hoodie. Finally his hard work paid off and he hit…

The UK’s data protection regulator has accused the country’s largest police service of failing to properly maintain records on organized crime groups (OGCs) and storing inaccurate information in key databases. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said London’s Metropolitan Police (MPS)…

March 17, 2023Rabbi LakshmananCryptocurrency / Mobile Security Mockup websites of instant messaging apps such as Telegram and WhatApp have been used to distribute trojanized versions and infect Android and Windows users with cryptocurrency clipper malware. ESET researchers Lukáš Štefanko and…

Security experts warn of a new hybrid phishing campaign impersonating the Social Security Administration (SSA) that tries to trick recipients into calling criminal call centers. Armorblox claimed to have blocked fraudulent emails for at least 160,000 customers. Malicious messages are…

advanced and persistent threats known as bevern in winter has been linked to campaigns targeting government officials in India, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Vatican since 2021. The campaign targeted individuals within Polish government agencies, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…

The UK government has announced plans to ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from all government devices. Principality of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden, confirmed the plans earlier today after cabinet ministers ordered a security review of the app. “Today, we…

A cryptocurrency mixer known as ChipMixer is the subject of a joint investigation led by authorities in Germany and the United States, with support from Europol, Belgium, Poland and Switzerland. An anti-money laundering operation carried out on Wednesday brought down…

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released information about a .NET deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2019-18935) in the ASP.NET AJAX Progress Telerik user interface (UI). CISA explained its findings in Wednesday’s advisory, which said multiple cyber threat actors could…