Critical File Upload Vulnerability Discovered In ‘Fancy Product Designer’ Plugin
Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a critical file upload vulnerability being actively exploited in Fancy Product Designer, a WordPress plugin installed on over 17,000 sites
Bijay Pokharel,
June 2, 2021
1 min read
US Department Of Justice Seizes 2 Domains Used In USAID Phishing Attacks
The US Department of Justice has seized two Internet domains i.e. theyardservice[.]com and worldhomeoutlet[.]com, which was used in recent phishing attacks impersonating the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to distribute malware and gain access to internal networks.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 2, 2021
2 min read
JBS Global Meat Processing Shuts Down Production After Cyberattack
JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat processor, shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 31, 2021
1 min read
Interpol Intercepts $83 Million Fighting Financial Cyber Crime
Interpol has intercepted $83 million belonging to victims of online financial crime from being transferred to the accounts of their attackers.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 31, 2021
3 min read
Russian Hackers Hit 150 Firms In Latest Cyber Attack: Microsoft
The latest attack by the group named 'Nobelium' has targeted around 3,000 email accounts across 150 organizations.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 29, 2021
1 min read
APT Hackers Breached US Local Govt By Exploiting Fortinet Bugs : FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert on Thursday after a local government office was attacked through Fortinet vulnerabilities earlier this month.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 28, 2021
1 min read
Data Of 180 Million Domino’s India Users Leaked On Hackers Forum
Cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia has claimed that the data of 180 Million orders made to the popular Pizza brand Domino's (India) have become public as hackers have created a search engine on the Dark web.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 24, 2021
2 min read
Never Use SMS For 2FA. Here’s Why
One of the most common methods of 2FA is SMS text messages. The problem is that SMS is not a secure medium. Hackers have several tools in their arsenal that can intercept, phish, and spoof SMS. Despite this security flaw and better options for authentication,...
Bijay Pokharel,
May 24, 2021
2 min read
DDoS Hacking Attempts Drop In Q1 2021: Kaspersky
In the first quarter of 2021, the number of DDoS attacks dropped by 29 percent compared to the same period in 2020, but increased by 47 percent compared to the fourth quarter in 2020, as reported by Kaspersky's Cyberthreat Research And Reports.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 23, 2021
2 min read
Air India’s 4.5 Million Customers’ Info Compromised In Global Data Breach
Air India disclosed a data breach after personal information belonging to roughly 4.5 million of its customers was leaked two months following the hack of Passenger Service System provider SITA in February 2021.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 22, 2021
1 min read
CNA Financial Paid $40 Million To Ransomware Hackers
CNA Financial paid $40 million in late March to regain control of its network after a ransomware attack.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 21, 2021
1 min read
Bizarro Banking Trojan Surges Across Europe
Bizarro, the banking Trojan family originating from Brazil has targeted customers of at least 70 banks as it moves from its Brazilian base to Europe.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2021
2 min read
People Lost More Than $80 Million In Cryptocurrency Investment Scams: FTC
Since October 2020, consumers have reported losing more than $80 million to cryptocurrency investment scams, an increase of more than ten-fold year-over-year, according to a new data analysis from the Federal Trade Commission.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2021
1 min read
Guard.me Has Taken Down Their Site After Data Breach
Student health insurance carrier guard.me has taken their website offline after a vulnerability allowed a threat actor to access policyholders' personal information.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2021
1 min read
How To Protect Your Home Network From ‘FragAttacks’
FragAttacks are a group of security vulnerabilities that can be used to attack Wi-Fi devices. Every Wi-Fi device ever created appears vulnerable, making it possible for attackers to steal sensitive data or attack devices on your network.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 15, 2021
2 min read
Irish Health Service Hit By Ransomware Attack
Ireland's health service has temporarily shut down its IT system on Friday to protect it from a “significant” ransomware attack.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 14, 2021
1 min read
How To Defend Against DDoS Attacks
In a DDoS attack, An attacker uses a number of machines across the internet (or what’s called a “botnet”). Those machines send a high volume of fake traffic to the target site, all in an attempt to overload server resources and bring the site down.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 12, 2021
5 min read
Zoom Gains Access To Private iPad Camera API
Apple has given video-conferencing platform Zoom access to a private iPad camera API, which makes the app being able to use the camera during iPad Split View multitasking.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 9, 2021
3 min read
Colonial Pipeline Halts All Operations After Cyber Attack
Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. refined products pipeline operator, has halted all operations after it fell victim to a cybersecurity attack on Friday
Bijay Pokharel,
May 8, 2021
1 min read
Over 128M iOS Users Affected By XcodeGhost Malware
More than 128 million iOS users were allegedly affected by the “XcodeGhost” malware which first surfaced in 2015 -- responsible for injecting malware into several iPhone and iPad apps that were subsequently uploaded to the App Store.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 8, 2021
2 min read
