A New Hacking Group Hitting Russian Companies With Ransomware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
As ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure continue to spike in recent months, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new entrant that has been actively trying to conduct multistage...
Researchers Uncover Cyber Espionage Operation Aimed At Indian Army
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered fresh evidence of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign against Indian defense units and armed forces personnel at least since 2019 with an aim to steal...
US charges, sanctions Russians accused of stealing $17 million from crypto exchanges
Written by Jeff Stone Sep 16, 2020 |...
John McAfee arrested in Spain, charged with tax evasion
Written by Tim Starks Oct 5, 2020 |...
SEC settles with trader accused of illegal trades using hacked data
Written by Tim Starks Oct 7, 2020 |...
Android ransomware authors have a new trick to go with an old shakedown technique
Written by Sean Lyngaas Oct 8, 2020 |...
Facebook Debuts Bug-Bounty ‘Loyalty Program’
Facebook bounty hunters will be placed into tiers by analyzing their score, signal and number of submitted bug reports — which will dictate new bonus percentages.
Facebook...
Fitbit Spyware Steals Personal Data via Watch Face
Immersive Labs Researcher takes advantage of lax Fitbit privacy controls to build a malicious spyware watch face.
A wide-open app-building API would allow an attacker to build a malicious...
Russian Who Hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
By: Swati Khandelwal
A Russian hacker who was found guilty of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring over eight years ago has finally been sentenced to 88 months in United States...
Beware: New Android Spyware Found Posing as Telegram and Threema Apps
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A hacking group known for its attacks in the Middle East, at least since 2017, has recently been found impersonating legitimate messaging apps such as Telegram and...
