Category: CYBER SECURITY

Hoya Corporation, a multinational Japanese optics technology company, has been hit with a ransomware attack. The cybercriminal group 'Hunters International' demands a $10 million ransom payment.

A recent data breach affecting iCabbi, a Dublin-based taxi dispatch software provider, has compromised the personal information of nearly 300,000 taxi app users in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Researchers have discovered an active espionage campaign 'eXotic Visit', targeting Android users via fake messaging apps that are distributed through dedicated websites and Google Play, a new report said on Wednesday.

Security researchers at Bitdefender have issued a critical warning: over 90,000 LG smart TVs could be remotely hacked due to flaws in the TV's WebOS operating system.

With major elections worldwide this year, particularly in India, South Korea, and the US, a Microsoft Threat Analysis team has warned that China will create and amplify AI-generated content to benefit its interests.

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated SQL injection, making it crucial for admins to prioritize applying security updates for the plugin.

A major security incident at a US-based cancer treatment and research center, City of Hope, has compromised the sensitive personal data of over 820,000 patients.

Google has announced an upgrade to Gmail's security features, blocking emails from bulk senders who fail to meet stricter anti-spam thresholds and email authentication standards.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that impersonation scams in the United States topped $1.1 billion in 2023, more than three times what consumers reported in 2020.

The US House of Representatives has taken a significant step in regulating the use of advanced AI tools on its premises. Congressional staffers are now barred from using Microsoft Copilot, a powerful code generation assistant, on official devices.

The U.S. State Department has announced a hefty $10 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of the "Blackcat" ransomware gang.

A potent new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called "Darcula" poses a significant threat to iPhone users. This sophisticated service has already been used in attacks, utilizing iMessage to deliver convincing phishing links designed to steal user credentials.

Google has released a critical security update for its Chrome browser, patching seven vulnerabilities – including two zero-day flaws actively exploited during the recent Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition.

China continues to lead the way for government-backed exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities. The cyber espionage groups in the country exploited 12 zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023, up from seven in 2022, a Google report said on Wednesday.

A federal court imposed a heavy $9.9 million penalty on a robocall scammer responsible for thousands of illegal "spoofed" calls.

German law enforcement has seized the infrastructure of the Nemesis Market.

Mozilla has swiftly patched two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser.

Nearly 33.8 million attacks on mobile devices from malware, adware, and riskware were blocked in 2023 globally, highlighting a 50 percent increase in such attacks over the previous year's figures, a new report revealed on Friday.