In a startling revelation, Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has uncover a massive adware campaign. It has gone undetected for the past six months. The firm’s anomaly detection feature, integrated into Bitdefender Mobile Security software, successfully detected over 60,000 malicious Android…
Microsoft, one of the leading technology companies, agreed to settle charges with FTC for privacy violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). As part of the settlement agreement, Microsoft has agreed to pay a hefty fine of $20…
Leading snowboard manufacturer, Burton Snowboards, has informed its customers about a data breach resulting from a cyber incident earlier this year. The company discovered the attack on February 11, which led to a system outage and the cancellation of online…
Amazon has been ordered to pay a substantial fine of $30 million in response to allegations of privacy violations involving its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services. The fine comes from unlawful surveillance practices by Amazon’s subsidiary, Ring,…
Microsoft’s security researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in macOS. It enables hackers with root privileges to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP). By exploiting this flaw, attackers can install “undeletable” malware and gain unauthoriz access to a victim’s private data.…
In a stunning turn of events, a recent hacking forum called ‘Exposed’ has brought the RaidForums hacking community back into the spotlight. Following the closure of RaidForums and its successor, Breached, this new platform has quickly gained popularity among cybercriminals.…
QBot malware, a notorious threat that has evolved from a banking trojan to a malware dropper. It has came to revelation that a new technique to infect computers. This time, it abuses a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the Windows 10…
In a disturbing development, cyber attackers have devised a new method to carry out targeted phishing attacks. It is via using encrypted RPMSG attachments transmitted through compromised Microsoft 365 accounts. This technique aims to bypass email security gateways, making it…
An ongoing series of attacks is currently targeting a vulnerability known as Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in a popular WordPress cookie consent plugin called Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner. This plugin has amassed over 40,000 active installations, making it an…
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against four entities and one individual. This is for their involvement in illicit IT army schemes and cyberattacks. Through this they were generating revenue to finance…
