Latest News: Cybersecurity

A new ransomware, Cactus, has been targeting vulnerabilities in Fortinet VPN appliances to gain access to the networks of large commercial organizations since March this year. The ransomware operation is seeking large sums of money from its victims and has a unique approach to avoid

Google has announced that passkeys, an alternative to traditional passwords, are now rolling out to Google Account users worldwide. Passkeys will be available on all major Google platforms as a new method of securely signing in, alongside passwords and 2-Step Verification (2SV). Google’s goal is to

The cybersecurity company Kaspersky recently detected 11 Trojan apps for the malware Fleckpe on the Google Play Store. These apps, disguised as media editors and wallpapers, subscribed unsuspecting users to unwanted paid services and were downloaded over 620,000 times. Although the apps did

Meta has released a report stating that cybercriminals are increasingly spreading malware via fake ChatGPT tools across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Attackers are taking advantage of the popularity of the AI chatbot to lure unsuspecting users into downloading malicious browser extensions that

Google has obtained a temporary court order from a US District Court in a bid to disrupt the distribution of CryptBot, a Windows-based malware designed to steal sensitive information. The court order empowers the tech giant to disrupt the infrastructure and distribution network of CryptBot, which

A new macOS stealer malware is being sold to cybercriminals via the messaging service Telegram for the steep price of $1000. The malware is a 64-bit Go-based program designed to target macOS systems specifically. Its main purpose is to steal sensitive information, such as keychain passwords, local

Netwrix, the cybersecurity solutions provider, released its annual worldwide 2023 Hybrid Security Trends Report. According to the report, 68% of organizations faced a cyberattack within the last year. Among them, 16% estimated that the financial damage was at least $50,000, 40% faced unplanned

Russian hacking group APT28 has been exploiting a six-year-old vulnerability in Cisco routers to deploy malware and carry out surveillance on both individuals and organizations in the United States, Europe, and Ukraine. The state-sponsored group has been using an old vulnerability,

GuidePoint Security has released the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team’s (GRIT) Q1 2023 Ransomware Report. Within it, GRIT tracked 849 publicly posted ransomware victims claimed by 29 different threat groups in Q1 2023, which is a 25% increase compared to Q4 2022. Manufacturing,

NCR Global, the American software and technology company, has suffered an outage of its Aloha point-of-sale (POS) platform across several restaurants. After a few days of radio silence, NCR disclosed the outage was caused by a ransomware attack on a data center responsible for powering the service.