Since Google announced its campaign to auto-enrol users for 2-step verification last year, Google has auto-enrolled more than 150 million users in 2 step-verification.…
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Indian Government and Military targeted by new CapraRAT Android malware
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group having political ambitions has added a new remote access trojan (RAT) to its malware arsenal. The RAT is…
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Stealthy backdoor used for targeting Taiwanese financial institutions
Taiwanese financial instiutions have been on the radar of a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group. The group has been running a “persistent campaign”…
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Hackers target European Oil ports
Belgian prosecutors are investigating the hacking of oil facilities in the country’s ports, including Antwerp—Europe’s second-biggest port after Rotterdam. In Germany, prosecutors said they…
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Threat actor exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform
A threat actor, likely to be Chinese, targeted a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform. The zero-day exploitation is part of a…
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UpdateAgent Malware, updated variant infects Mac users through Adware
Microsoft revealed details of a Mac Trojan that was previously undocumented. Microsoft said the trojan underwent several changes ever since it first appeared in…
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SolarMaker malware evolved to sustain in hacked systems
Threat actors regularly work on their attack strategy and defence measures to beat the protective measures. Solarmaker information stealer and backdoor operators have been…
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Emsisoft’s Deadbolt decryption tool is available
Deadbolt ransomware has got a decryption key after a few days it first appeared. However, the threat actors must provide a decryption key for…
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Secure keys generated by researchers using natural silk fibres and the keys offered a strong authentication
At South Korea’s Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), researchers have used natural silk fibres, silk fibres that are made from domesticated silkworms…
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Microsoft mitigates several attacks in 2021
This week Microsoft said it prevented several denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting its customers in 2021. Three of the attacks exceeded 2.4 terabits per second…