Cybersecurity

"Salon never has access to your personal files or information during this process," the media site notes.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 14, 2018

Widely believed to be linked to the North Korean regime, Lazarus Group has been linked to the 2014 Sony hack and the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 among others.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 14, 2018

The hacker group created customised chat apps with backdoor functionalities for both Android and Windows.

India Ashok Feb 14, 2018

Over the past few months, security experts have observed a steady rise in cryptojacking attacks, malware-based miners and browser-based cryptominers.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 13, 2018

Over the past few months, researchers observed an uptick in phishing campaigns targeting several Olympics organisations by the Kremlin-linked hacking group Fancy Bear.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 13, 2018

The incident comes as cybercriminals increasingly look to tap into the growing digital currency market with cryptojacking attacks, malware and more

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 12, 2018

"Best international practice says that you don't talk about an attack," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 12, 2018

"DNS is still often treated differently providing a golden opportunity to leak data," Forcepoint researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 10, 2018

The three-year-old code was initially stolen by a former Apple intern who shared it with a group of five friends in the iOS jailbreaking community.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 10, 2018

A separate database that contained personal details of 53,000 current and former Sacramento Bee subscribers was also compromised.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 10, 2018

The case has been dubbed "one of the largest cyber fraud enterprise prosecutions ever undertaken" by the Justice Department.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 08, 2018

"I clicked on it and instantly knew that I had been had," one retired Air Force major general, who was sent a dubious phishing link, said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 08, 2018

The company said there is currently no indication to suggest this data was downloaded or accessed by any Mixpanel employee or third party.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 07, 2018

For anyone typing quickly or letting browser autocomplete lead them to the "right" website, they may be just one letter away from being led to the dubious phishing website.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 06, 2018

"Those infected devices are actively trying to spread malicious code," researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 06, 2018

Cybercriminals managed to infiltrate the site and install maliciously modified copies of the Firefox, OnyX and Deeper applications.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 06, 2018

The social media influencers included in this database, mostly young and female, span across the globe from France to the rest of Europe and the US.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 06, 2018

Similar to other ransomware, Scarabey demands a Bitcoin payment from victims after infecting their system and encrypting all files.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 05, 2018

Trend Micro has observed hackers abusing session-replay scripts to view what a victim does on every site they visit during a browsing session.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 03, 2018

The FBI has identified four variations of the scam that claimed the recipient has been a victim of a fraud scheme or a cybercrime.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 03, 2018

The malware includes a slightly modified Gh0st remote access trojan designed to act as a backdoor that researchers said is "very similar" to attacks linked to the Iron Tiger group.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 03, 2018

Smart sex toys made by German company 'Amor Gummiwaren GmbH' contained multiple security vulnerabilities that could let hackers remotely take control of vibrators.

Jason Murdock Feb 02, 2018

BeeToken has confirmed the phishing attacks, warning users to be wary of emails and Telegram messages asking for funds.

India Ashok Feb 02, 2018

Secure chat app Telegram and a newer version of the software called Telegram X were both removed from Apple's iOS App store Wednesday (31 January), with little explanation.

Jason Murdock Feb 01, 2018

"It is interesting to see a new ransomware being distributed via exploit kits in what so far seems to be a few ongoing campaigns," researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 01, 2018

The bot spreads using the NSA's EternalBlue exploit that was leaked by the hacking group Shadow Brokers in April last year.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 01, 2018

Google Play store riddled with malware and viruses but elite engineers promise work underway to clean up shop.

Jason Murdock Jan 31, 2018

Experts found that the highest number of leaked credentials, 555,000 credentials, came from the financial sector.

India Ashok Jan 31, 2018

Since it is fileless and uses legitimate system software, researchers say it is "difficult, if not impossible" for companies to detect and block it.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 31, 2018

Car-sharing company GoGet's CEO, Tristan Sender, said they did not notify affected customers sooner based on the "strong advice" of NSW police.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 31, 2018