Category: Technobabble
Security Researchers Discover Clicker Malware In 16 Android Apps
Posted on October 23, 2022 at 6:49 PM A recent report reveals that sixteen Android apps downloaded more than 20 million times are infected with the new Clicker malware. According to the report, the malware is being used for mobile...
International Wholesale Giant METRO Suffers Possible DDoS Attack
Posted on October 23, 2022 at 4:43 PM International wholesale giant METRO has announced a breach of its IT systems following a hacking incident. As a result of the breach, the company experienced store payment issues and outages. METRO’s IT...
University of Texas researchers hack Starlink to explore navigation services
Posted on October 22, 2022 at 5:57 PM The potential of the Starlink network goes far beyond providing high-speed internet connection to some of the remote areas on earth. According to researchers from the University of Texas, the more than...
Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) Announces Data Breach With 3 Million Patients Affected
Posted on October 22, 2022 at 4:49 AM Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) has become the latest health institution to suffer a data breach after the records of 3 million patients were exposed. The hospital healthcare system, based in Illinois and...
Microsoft launches Azure DDoS protection for small and mid-sized businesses
Posted on October 21, 2022 at 8:46 AM Microsoft has announced the launch of the Azure distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection to the public. This protection tool will provide a new and fully managed DDoS protection pay-per-protected IP model....
Hackers breached Hong Kong government agency and remained undetected for a year
Posted on October 19, 2022 at 5:52 PM Symantec researchers have detected cyberattacks caused by the APT41 threat actor group. The group breached several government agencies in Hong Kong, and it remained hidden for one year in some instances. Hackers...
How to set up Attack Surface Custom Policies
Validate security policies like you mean it Not everything on your attack surface is a vulnerability. Every organization has their own internal security policies that align with the risk tolerance of their business context. While industries like SaaS are often...
Proactively reduce risks with Attack Surface Custom Policies
Introducing Attack Surface Custom Policies If you’re responsible for security, then you know how useful it is to have clearly-defined security policies that are simple to implement, scale, and verify. Product and AppSec teams know that great security policies empower...
Close To 900 Zimbra CS Servers Exploited Following A Zero-Day Vulnerability
Posted on October 16, 2022 at 3:37 PM Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, in a tweet, revealed that 876 servers were compromised in a critical Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability. At the time of the hack, the vulnerability was classified as a...
DDoS attacks seem to be the most popular attacks, according to Nexusguardâs research
Posted on October 14, 2022 at 6:14 PM As per the latest Nexusguard study published in the firm’s DDoS Quantitative Study for 2022, the number of DDoS threats rose by 75.6 percent throughout the beginning of this year versus last...
Russian hackers target several state government websites
Posted on October 14, 2022 at 1:45 PM A Russian hacking group has taken responsibility for several hacking attacks that took dozens of state government websites offline. The affected states include Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Russian hackers take state...
Voice phishing is back and targeting androids for banking malware
Posted on October 13, 2022 at 7:28 PM An Android financial services malicious software assault is fooling individuals into leaving their contact information and specific other confidential material into malicious scams, which malicious hackers then employ to contact people and...
