Over 20 million devices have downloaded a new class of activity-tracking apps that have recently experienced enormous success on Google Play, the official app store for Android. The apps advertise themselves as fitness, pedometer, and habit-building tools, promising to…
U.S. has announced a reward of up to $10 million for any information that can link to the Hive ransomware group. This comes after the FBI revelation that ransomware operations had extorted around $100 million from 1,500 companies since 2021.…
1,802 breach notifications were made in 2022, affecting over 440 million people. The fact that there were numerous data breaches in the United States last year should please the hackers at least. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 1,802…
The FBI confirms that the North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups, Lazarus and APT38, are responsible for the crypto theft of $100 million worth of Ethereum. Ethereum belonged to Harmony Horizon in June 2022. Harmony Horizon is a cross-chain bridge for…
In a report published on January 24, 2023, Russian telecommunications company Rostelecom revealed 21.5 million critical web attacks. These attacks aimed at roughly 600 Russian organizations from various industries, including telecom, retail, financial, and the public sector. The most powerful…
Two security holes have been identified in the Samsung Galaxy Store programme for Android, which a local attacker might use to install arbitrary apps covertly or lead potential victims to bogus landing pages online. The vulnerabilities were found by NCC…
Ad fraud is a major issue in the digital advertising industry, costing businesses billions of dollars each year. Recently, a massive iOS ad fraud operation known as “Vastflux” was disrupted by security researchers at the cybersecurity company HUMAN. This operation…
Customers of the FanDuel sportsbook and betting platform are being cautioned that their identities and email addresses were made public due to a security breach at MailChimp in January 2023. Users are advised to be on the lookout for scam…
Cybercriminals are marketing a new Android spyware called “Hook,” claiming it can remotely control mobile phones in real-time using VNC (virtual network computing). Hook A new Android spyware allows hackers to manipulate your phone remotely. The Ermac developer Android banking…
The multinational fast food corporation that operates popular chains such as KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, is under a ransomware attack. These attacks seem common these days. This attack resulted in the closure of 300…
