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Beware! Darknet Vendors Tout More Fake Covid-19 Vaccines for Bitcoins - Report

Check Point researchers bought a $750 'Chinese vaccine' but the product never arrived and the vendor disappeared.

Jan 14, 2021

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Society

Salaat First: Another Popular Muslim Prayer App Sells Location Data to FBI, ICE

Salaat First shared location data with a French firm Predicio which had customers including Venntel, a US government contractor.

Jan 12, 2021

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Tech & Trend

SolarWinds Hack Was More Lethal; 250 Govt. Agencies and Businesses Hit

A report cites evidences that suggest that Russia exploited several layers of the supply chain to intrude the systems of the agencies.

Jan 3, 2021

By Poulami Nag

CyberSecurity

Hackers Use Facebook Ads to Steal Over 615,000 Login Credentials in Large-Scale Phishing Campaign

Hackers posted fake Facebook ads from legitimate companies to lure victims into providing Facebook logins in 10 countries

Jan 2, 2021

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Facebook

CyberSecurity

SolarWinds Hackers Also Accessed Microsoft Source Code, Company Reveals

The hackers breached into Microsoft's internal network and used an internal account to view source code but as it had view-only access, they could not alter the codes.

Jan 1, 2021

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Live-Streaming Swatting Incidents by Hijacking Smart Home Devices, FBI Warns

Hackers are taking over smart home devices with leaked user names, passwords and calling in emergency responders to live-stream incidents

Dec 30, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

After SolarWinds Data Breach in US, Vietnam Targeted in Similar Supply-Chain Cyberattack

Suspected Chinese hackers infected two Vietnamese government digital certificate client apps with PhantomNet malware to create a backdoor

Dec 28, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Beware! Hackers Using New Amazon Gift Card Scam to Infect Devices with Banking Malware

The spoofed emails claiming to give out $100 Amazon gift card contains Dridex malware that can steal banking credentials.

Dec 27, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Was GoDaddy Abusive and Insensitive? Internet Company Apologizes After Phishing Email Test

GoDaddy faced backlashes after it sent a phishing email to employees offering holiday bonuses but it turned out to be a security test.

Dec 26, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Israel Company NSO's Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Middle East Journalists' iPhones

Canada-based Citizen Lab found that 36 journalists' iPhones were hacked exploiting a "zero-click" vulnerability in Apple's iMessage.

Dec 22, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

Hackers Infiltrated Systems of Treasury Dept's Senior Leadership and Accessed E-Mails for over 6 Months

The hackers reportedly used a malicious update to SolarWinds' Orion network monitoring platform to gain access into the Treasury's systems.

Dec 22, 2020

By R. Ghosh

CyberSecurity

Ledger Suffers Massive Data Breach, Hackers Target Thousands of Customers with Phishing Attack

Hundreds of thousands of Ledger customers have been targeted with phishing attacks since the data was posted on a hacker's forum

Dec 21, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

How Will US Retaliate Against SolarWinds Cyber Attack? US Senators Compare it to Pearl Harbor

As Donald Trump remained mum on the alleged Russian-backed cyberattacks that compromised national security, Republican and Democrat senators have called retaliation.

Dec 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Russian Hackers Behind SolarWinds Cyberattack Also Breached US Nuclear Weapons Agency

Among half a dozen U.S. federal agencies, the networks of the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration were also compromised.

Dec 18, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

More Than 3 Million Users Installed Malware-Laced Chrome, Edge Extensions [LIST]

Internet security firm Avast found 28 extensions for Facebook, Vimeo, Instagram among others that contain malicious code.

Dec 17, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Facebook

Crime

New Goontact 'Sextortion' Malware Infecting Thousands of Android and iOS Devices – Report

The malware can steal personal information including SMS, GPS location, photos and contacts that can be used for extortion and future phishing attacks.

Dec 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Israeli Researcher Turns RAM into Wi-Fi Card to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers

By planting malware on an air-gapped computer, hackers can convert electromagnetic signals of RAM modules to transfer data wirelessly.

Dec 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

China Allegedly Spying on Americans Through Caribbean Phone Networks - Report

By diverting signaling messages, China is allegedly tracking and intercepting calls of thousands of Americans, claims mobile network security expert Gary Miller.

Dec 15, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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Society

Leaked Files Reveal Hundreds of CCP Members Are Working Inside Big Companies and Government Agencies

A huge database was leaked on Telegram exposing names and national ID numbers of over one million CCP members.

Dec 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

CyberSecurity

APT32 Hacker Group Behind Wuhan Cyberattack Has Links to Vietnam IT Firm, Claims Facebook

The infamous APT32, also known as OceanLotus, is allegedly backed by the Vietnam government and has been tracked to a local IT firm.

Dec 11, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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