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CyberSecurity

US Healthcare Providers at Imminent Risk of Being Targeted by Ransomware Attack, FBI Warns

Three federal agencies have warned U.S. healthcare providers to be alert as Russian hackers are targeting hospitals with a ransomware attack.

12 hours ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Ransomware

CyberSecurity

Chinese Hackers Expanding Global Footprint Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities, Report Says

After the NSA published a list of 25 common vulnerabilities, cybersecurity research firm Check Point found that Chinese hackers have been exploiting them to expand globally

32 hours ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Google Removes Popular Children's Android Apps for Stealing User Data

The apps which were targeted to children bundled Android ID and Android Advertising ID to track users' activity, violating Google's policy

2 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Local Election Officials Targeted with Suspicious Email Campaign Ahead of US Presidential Polls

Local election officials have seen a surge in suspicious emails impersonating disabled voters and election directors.

2 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

UK Carried Out Secret Cyberattacks on Russia in Retaliation, Says Former National Security Adviser

Following the Novichok poisonings in 2018, the U.K. launched cyberattacks on Russian interests in retaliation as per the former cabinet secretary Mark Philip Sedwill

4 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Apparent Pro-Trump Hacker Eris Loris Hits Among Us Game with Spam Attack After AOC's Popular Twitch Stream

The hacker with the name of Eris Loris managed to hack into Among Us chat boxes and posted spam messages asking the gamers to vote for Trump

5 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

US Treasury Imposes Sanctions Against Russian Research Institute Over Triton Malware Attack

The Triton malware was allegedly developed by Russia's Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics for a cyberattack on a Saudi oil refinery and U.S. utility companies

5 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

State-Backed Russian Hackers Stole Sensitive Data from US Government Networks, Says Intelligence Report

A day after it was revealed that hackers from Russia and Iran obtained U.S. voter information, CISA and FBI in a joint statement said that a state-backed Russian group stole data

6 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

Hackers Maybe Using 63 Spoofed Census Bureau Domains for Phishing Attack, Warns FBI

FBI and Homeland Security have found 63 newly registered domains that mimic the Census Bureau's website address that can be used for a phishing attack

9 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Hackers Gain Access to Banking Apps, Steal Over NIS 500,000 From Dozens of Israelis

Police arrested 16 suspects including a couple who managed the operation that targeted elderly people's bank accounts gaining access to phone plan

9 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Security Flaws in Discord's Desktop App Allowed Hackers to Take Over System

Japanese Bug Bounty hunter Masato Kinugawa found three bugs in Discord's desktop app that allowed remote execution attacks (RCE)

10 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Chinese Hackers Targeting Biden Campaign Impersonating McAfee Antivirus, Says Google

Google's security research team identified the attacks on Joe Biden's campaign by Chinese hacker group APT31 and informed the FBI about it

12 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, speaks during an interview

Politics

Twitter Changes Hacked Materials Policy After Republicans Threaten Jack Dorsey of Subpoena

Twitter will no longer block the links to hacked materials and instead label them after the controversy surrounding the Hunter Biden story erupted

13 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Us election 2020 Us presidential election

Twitter shares drop after fall in user numbers

Technology

Twitter Down: Massive Global Outage Bars Users from Posting on Social Media Platform

The outage comes just a day after Twitter made an unprecedented move to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post article criticizing US presidential candidate Joe Biden

13 days ago

By R. Ghosh

CyberSecurity

Hackers Can Use Fake Road Signs on Digital Billboards to Spoof Tesla's Autopilot

Researchers say that using phantom images and road signs for split-seconds, Tesla's and Mobileye's autopilot system can be fooled to push the brakes

16 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Elon musk

Tech & Trend

Hackers Gain Access to Home Security Camera Footages, Share Over 3TB Worth Videos Online

The hacking group shared these wrongly accessed videos from countries like Singapore, Canada, and Thailand on porn sites

17 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

CyberSecurity

Sophisticated Android Malware Abusing Notification Access to Demand Ransom, Warns Microsoft

The MalLocker.B malware triggers an overlay screen with ransom note using an explicit image from the phone or a fake police fine notice that can not be bypassed

20 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Ransomware

CyberSecurity

Phishing Email Disguising as Google Info on Donald Trump's Health Downloads Malware

The phishing emails trick users to visit a Google Docs link to download a malicious file which when clicked can steal files and encrypt the system for ransom

20 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus Us presidential election

CyberSecurity

From Kaspersky to MacAfee, Most Antivirus Solutions Have Security Flaws Easily Exploited by Hackers

Hackers can exploit antivirus software's bugs to gain elevated privileges in a system through symlink attacks and DLL hijacking

22 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

CyberSecurity

Chinese Hackers Using UEFI Malware That Cannot Be Removed by OS Reinstalls

Kaspersky Lab first noticed the malware in a series of cyberattacks on diplomats, NGO staff from Africa, Asia and Europe.

23 days ago

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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