Category: CYBER SECURITY

A security researcher has found a way that an attacker could leverage the macOS version of Zoom to gain access to the entire operating system. According to The Verge, details of the exploit were released in a presentation by Mac security specialist Patrick Wardle at…

The U.S. State Department announced a $10 million reward for information on Conti ransomware members, including showing the face of one of the members for the first time. Conti is extremely damaging ransomware due to the speed with which encrypts data and spreads to other…

US-based enterprise software vendor company Twilio on Monday said it has been hacked as someone gained “unauthorized access” to information related to its customer accounts. Twilio has more than 150,000 customers, including Facebook and ride-hailing major Uber. “On August 4, 2022, Twilio became aware of…

The microblogging site Twitter has confirmed a recent data breach was caused by a now-patched zero-day vulnerability used to link email addresses and phone numbers to users’ accounts, allowing a threat actor to compile a list of 5.4 million user account profiles. While Twitter is forthcoming…

A Ukraine-based cybersecurity researcher and journalist has claimed that about 288 million personal records, containing the full name, bank account number, and nominee information of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) holders in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), were exposed online before being taken off…

The FCC’s Robocall Response Team is alerting consumers to the rising threat of robotexts. Substantial increases in consumer complaints to the FCC, reports by non-government robocall and robotext blocking services, and anecdotal and news reporting make it clear that text messages are increasingly being used…

Microsoft has caught an Austrian company selling spyware based on multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits to attack its customers. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) found that the spyware developer — officially named DSIRF and codenamed KNOTWEED…

The decentralized music streaming platform Audius was hacked over the weekend, with threat actors stealing over 18 million AUDIO tokens worth approximately $6 million. Hello everyone – our team is aware of reports of an unauthorized transfer of AUDIO tokens from the community treasury. We…

A threat actor known as ‘devil’ is selling database containing phone numbers and email addresses belonging to 5.4 million twitter accounts for $30,000.  The database contains info about various accounts, including celebrities, companies, and random users. “Hello, today I present you data collected on multiple…

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2021 hack that it says exposed around 76.6 million US residents’ data. According to the proposed agreement filled on Friday, T-Mobile will put $350 million into a settlement fund to…

The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth…

Cyber-security researchers have discovered six severe vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built vehicle GPS tracker, potentially allowing hackers to track individuals without their knowledge, remotely disable fleets of corporate supply and emergency vehicles, abruptly stop civilian vehicles on dangerous highways, and more. Cyber-security company BitSight said…