Engineer Steals $300k From E-Commerce Site
A former software engineer of the US-based e-commerce website Zulily, has been charged with stealing over $3,00,000 from the site after allegedly being inspired by the 1999 film 'Office Space'.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2023
1 min read
Hackers Exploiting ChatGPT To Write Malicious Codes To Steal Your Data
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ChatGPT, which gives human-like answers to questions, is also being used by cybercriminals to develop malicious tools that can steal your data, a report has warned.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2023
2 min read
Over 200 Million Twitter Users’ Data Dumped On Dark Web Earlier Sold For $200k
Cyber-security researchers have found a data dump comprising over 200 million Twitter users, that was earlier being sold for $200,000.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 6, 2023
1 min read
Bitdefender Releases Free Megacortex Ransomware Decryptor
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware. The MegaCortex ransomware first appeared in January 2019 with a few interesting attributes, including the use of a signed executable as part of the payload, and an offer of security consulting services...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 6, 2023
1 min read
LockBit Ransomware Gang Releases Free Decryptor For SickKids Hospital
The LockBit ransomware gang has released a free decryptor for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
Bijay Pokharel,
January 2, 2023
1 min read
Twitter In Data-Protection Probe After ‘400 Million’ User Details Up For Sale
A watchdog organization will be conducting an investigation into Twitter following reports that a hacker has claimed to have obtained private information linked to over 400 million accounts.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 30, 2022
1 min read
Anonymous Twitter User Leaks 3Commas API Keys
An anonymous Twitter user has acquired around 1,00,000 application programming interface (API) keys belonging to users of the crypto trading service, 3Commas.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 30, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Increase Abuse Of Google Ads Platform To Target Users
Hackers have increased their abuse of the Google Ads platform to target users searching for popular software products.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 29, 2022
1 min read
Hacker Selling Indian Railways Data On The Dark Web
Data of around 30 million travelers registered with the Indian Railways has been hacked and reportedly put on sale on the Dark Web, as per reports.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 28, 2022
1 min read
US Military Biometric Capture Devices Loaded With Data Were Sold On eBay
Old US military equipment being sold on eBay contained what appears to be biometric data from troops, known terrorists, and people who may have worked with American forces in Afghanistan and other countries in the Middle East, as reported by theverge.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 28, 2022
3 min read
Cyber Threats Shoot Up Over 60% Through Nov: South Korea
The number of cyber threats rose more than 60 percent in 2022 from a year earlier to increased ransomware attacks, government data showed on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 26, 2022
1 min read
Hacker Selling 400 Million Twitter Users’ Data On The Dark Web
A hacker has claimed to have stolen the data of nearly 400 million Twitter users and put it up for sale on the dark web.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 26, 2022
1 min read
YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium Plugin Exploited In The Wild
The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-45359 (CVSS v3: 9.8), allows unauthenticated attackers to upload files to vulnerable sites, including web shells that provide full access to the site.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 24, 2022
3 min read
The Guardian Hit By Ransomware Attack, Staff Told To Work From Home
Leading UK-based newspaper The Guardian on Wednesday confirmed its systems have been hit by a "serious IT incident," which appears to be a ransomware attack.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 21, 2022
1 min read
McGraw Hill Data Breach Exposes Details Of Over 100k Students
vpnMentor's research team has discovered a data breach related to McGraw Hill, an education publishing company based in the USA.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2022
2 min read
Over 54 Million Users’ Data At Risk Via 3 Popular Email Marketing Apps
CloudSEK's 'BeVigil', a security search engine for mobile apps, uncovered about 50 percent of the analyzed (600) apps on the Google play store, leaking API keys of three popular transactional and marketing email service providers; Mailgun, MailChimp, and Sendgrid.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2022
2 min read
Chinese Govt-Backed Hackers Exploiting Bug In Citrix Products: US NSA
Chinese government-backed hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in two widely used Citrix networking products to gain access to systems, the US government has warned.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2022
1 min read
Text Scams: The Devious Way Criminals Try To Screw You Over
With each passing year, cybercriminals’ scams grow more sophisticated. Spotting a scam used to be as simple as looking for spelling errors and checking the sender’s email address. And though scammers still make those mistakes, they’ve elevated their game and sometimes use legitimate information to...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2022
6 min read
Cybercriminals Use Over 400k Malicious Files To Attack Users Daily: Report
Over 4,00,000 new malicious files were distributed every day by cyber criminals to attack users in 2022, indicating a 5 percent growth compared to 2021, a new report has said. According to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, in 2021, approximately 3,80,000 of these files were detected daily,...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 12, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Selling 150k Patients’ Data Of TN Hospital On The Dark Web
According to security researchers from AI-driven cyber-security firm CloudSEK, the data fields being sold on the Dark Web include patient name, guardian name, date of birth, doctor's details and address information.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 2, 2022
2 min read
