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
Apple Fixed 2 iOS 0-Day Vulnerabilities That Let Hackers Compromise Fully Patched Devices
Apple has released a new update to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to execute malicious code to attack iPhones, iPads, iPods, macOS, and Apple Watch devices.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 4, 2021
1 min read
DigitalOcean Data Breach Exposes Customer Billing Data
Cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 29, 2021
1 min read
How Secure Are QR Codes?
Attackers can embed malicious URLs containing custom malware into a QR code which could then exfiltrate data from a mobile device when scanned. It is also possible to embed a malicious URL into a QR code that directs to a phishing site, where unsuspecting users...
Bijay Pokharel,
April 27, 2021
2 min read
Hacker Published 20 Million Alleged BigBasket Users Records On Dark Web
A hacker has leaked database of about 20 million alleged BigBasket users on a popular hacker forum.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 26, 2021
1 min read
REvil Ransomware Gang Are Demanding $50 Million From Apple To Avoid Documents Leaked
The operators of the REvil ransomware are demanding a $50 million ransom from Apple to avoid having confidential information leaked on the dark web,
Bijay Pokharel,
April 22, 2021
1 min read
Geico Data Breach Exposed Customers’ Driver’s License Numbers For More Than A Month
Insurance company Geico has suffered a data breach that exposed customers’ driver’s license for more than a month, according to a data breach notice filed with the attorney general of California.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 20, 2021
1 min read
Swinburne University Data Breach Exposes Details Of 5000 Individuals
Swinburne University has confirmed that details of more than 5,000 staff and students were inadvertently made available on the Internet. The information made available was name, email address, and in some cases, a contact phone number.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 17, 2021
1 min read
Russian Hackers Are Actively Exploiting Five Publicly Known Vulnerabilities: NSA
The National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) jointly released a Cybersecurity Advisory, “Russian SVR Targets U.S. and Allied Networks,” today to expose ongoing Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) exploitation of five publicly known...
Bijay Pokharel,
April 16, 2021
1 min read
What Is Sextortion? And How Can You Avoid It?
Sextortion is an emerging online scam in which an attacker attempts to extort money or get victims to do something against their will by threatening to release embarrassing, personal images or their most intimate moments to their contacts, friends, and family.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 16, 2021
4 min read
