‘CryptoRom’ Crypto-Scam is Back via Side-Loaded Apps
Scammers are bypassing Apple’s App Store security, stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from the unwitting, using the TestFlight and WebClips programs.
For about a year now, crypto-traders and...
Facebook Hit With $18.6 Million GDPR Fine Over 12 Data Breaches in 2018
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday slapped Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms a fine of €17 million (~$18.6 million) for a series of security...
The insta-scam on Instagram: cyber crooks get social
The popular platform has been used by threat actors to target a high-profile insurance firm based in New York, compromising around 300 employee email accounts in a social...
Google joins the race to buy Mandiant – media
Alphabet Inc’s Google aims to buy Mandiant, a major cybersecurity firm.
A person familiar with the subject told The Information that Google is in talks to buy the cybersecurity firm...
Google offers free DDoS protection to Ukrainian organizations
Google continues to see DDoS (distributed denial of service) attempts against Ukrainian sites and urges anyone close to the conflict to use Google protection for free.
Ukrainian organizations, including the...
FBI launches ‘crypto unit’ to curb online crime
The Bureau wants more expertise on virtual currency, the most common asset in most cybercrime cases.
The new 'nerve center' for the FBI's virtual currency program, dubbed Virtual Assets Unit...
Stellar startups beware: bad guys want a slice too
Some cynics say no good deed goes unpunished – and that appears to be what is happening in cyberspace, with high-growth enterprises more likely to be targeted by threat...
Technical Advisory – Apple macOS XAR – Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2022-22582)
Vendor: Apple
Vendor URL: https://www.apple.com/
Systems Affected: macOS Monterey before 12.3, macOS Big Sur before 11.6.5 and macOS 10.15 Catalina before Security Update 2022-003
Author: Richard Warren
Advisory URLs: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185, https://support.apple.com/en-gw/HT213185
CVE...
‘Unlucky:’ Agave and Hundred Finance DeFi protocols exploited for $11M
A hacker has made off with approximately $11 million in wrapped ETH (wETH), wrapped BTC (wBTC), Chainlink (LINK), USD Coin (USDC), Gnosis (GNO) and wrapped XDAI (wxDAI) after using...
Truth or fiction? Popular former hacker claims to have $7B in BTC
A former blackhat hacker who goes by the name Gummo online claims to have amassed around $7 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Despite a flood of positive comments and...
