PHP backdoor attempt shows need for better code authenticity verification
Unknown attackers managed to break into the central code repository of the PHP project and add malicious code with the intention to insert a backdoor into the runtime that...
PYSA, the ransomware attacking schools
PYSA is big game ransomware that's been used in targeted attacks against large private organizations, healthcare, and most recently, the education sector.
The education sector’s cybersecurity problem has compounded...
Technical Advisory – ParcelTrack sends all pasteboard data to ParcelTrack’s servers on startup
Vendor: ParcelTrack
Vendor URL: https://www.parceltrack.de/
Versions affected: ParcelTrack Android Version 3.3, ParcelTrack iOS Version 3.3
Author: Dan Hastings – dan.hastingsnccgroupcom
Summary
Upon start of the ParcelTrack application any data contained on the global...
Hacker team-ups pose 2021 threat to financial industry, group cautions
Written by Tim Starks Mar 30, 2021 |...
China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specs
China enlisted surveillance firms to help draw up standards for mass facial recognition systems, researchers said on Tuesday, warning that an unusually heavy emphasis on tracking characteristics such as...
Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America
Facebook said on Monday it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia, and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication companies to boost internet...
SolarWinds hack obtained emails of top U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials
Hackers suspected of working for Russia got access to an email account belonging to the former head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for cybersecurity,...
Why cybercriminals target charities
It’s not just businesses being targeted by cybercriminals.Cybercriminals have long shown their willingness to target anyone they think they can make money from. Whether young or old, rich or...
Senator hammers Facebook, Instagram over COVID-19 misinformation
Written by Tim Starks Mar 26, 2021 |...
New wave of ‘hacktivism’ adds twist to cybersecurity woes
At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind of cyber threat is re-emerging:...
