Over 3.6 Million Exposed MYSQL Servers On IPv4 And IPv6
Over 3.6 million MySQL servers are publicly exposed on the Internet and responding to queries, making them an attractive target to hackers and extortionists.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 1, 2022
1 min read
Man Sentenced For Transnational Cybercrime Enterprise
A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for purchasing stolen or compromised credit cards and assisting other members of the Infraud Organization in monetizing their fraudulent activity.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 28, 2022
2 min read
Chinese Hackers Target Russian Defence Research Institutes: Report
China's cybercriminals are targeting Russian defence research institutes, according to a report released by cybersecurity firm CheckPoint Research (CPR) on Friday.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 20, 2022
3 min read
Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability In Jupiter And JupiterX Premium Themes
Security researchers of Wordfence have disclosed a set of vulnerabilities in the Jupiter and JupiterX Premium themes and the required JupiterX Core companion plugin for WordPress, which included a critical privilege escalation vulnerability that allowed any user to become an administrator.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 19, 2022
3 min read
Millions Of Attacks Target Tatsu Builder Plugin
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been tracking a large-scale attack against a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Tatsu Builder, which is tracked by CVE-2021-25094 and was publicly disclosed on March 24, 2022, by an independent security researcher. The issue is present in vulnerable versions...
Bijay Pokharel,
May 18, 2022
1 min read
Han Bing Sentenced 7 Years In Prison For Wiping Employer’s Database
Han Bing, a former database administrator for Lianjia, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for logging into corporate systems and deleting the company's data.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 15, 2022
2 min read
Hackers Hit Top Crypto Data Websites Amid Crypto Meltdown
As the crypto market suffered a meltdown, several top crypto data websites were hit by cyber-attacks where a malicious pop-up prompted users to connect their crypto wallets.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 14, 2022
2 min read
Man Sentenced For Stealing From Paypal Accounts In Wire Fraud Scheme
A Texas man was sentenced today to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conduct in connection with a scheme to buy 38,000 compromised PayPal
Bijay Pokharel,
May 13, 2022
2 min read
Russia Ramping Up Cyber Attacks Against Starlink: Musk
Russia is ramping up their efforts to jam Starlink internet service in Ukraine, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 11, 2022
2 min read
United States Offers $15 Million Reward For Info On Conti Ransomware Gang
The Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10,000,000 for information leading to the identification and/or location of any individual(s) who hold a key leadership position in the Conti ransomware variant transnational organized crime group.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 9, 2022
2 min read
Public Wi-Fi Security: Tips For Staying Safe
Staying safe while using public Wi-Fi has been a growing concern for years. That’s because anyone with the network password could potentially hack into devices that are connected to it
Bijay Pokharel,
May 7, 2022
5 min read
Nozomi Networks Discovers Unpatched DNS Bug in Popular C Standard Library Putting IoT at Risk
Nozomi Networks Labs discovered a vulnerability affecting the Domain Name System (DNS) implementation of all versions of uClibc and uClibc-ng, a popular C standard library in IoT products.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 4, 2022
3 min read
Lapsus$ Hackers Breached T-mobile’s Systems And Stole Its Source Code
The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile’s source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 24, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Steal $180 Million In Crypto From Beanstalk Farms
Hackers have stolen nearly $180 million in cryptocurrency from Beanstalk Farms, decentralized finance (De-Fi) project.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 19, 2022
1 min read
Kaspersky Releases Free Decryptor For Yanluowang Ransomware Victims
Kaspersky experts have analyzed the ransomware and found a vulnerability that allows decrypting files of affected users via a known-plaintext attack.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 19, 2022
3 min read
North Korean Hackers Stole More Than $600 Million In Cryptocurrency In Single Hack: FBI
The US has blamed North Korean hacker group Lazarus for stealing $625 million in cryptocurrency from the Ronin Network, owned by developer group Sky Mavis.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 15, 2022
2 min read
Member of Hacking Group Sentenced for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards
A Ukrainian man was sentenced today in the Western District of Washington to five years in prison for his criminal work in the hacking group FIN7
Bijay Pokharel,
April 8, 2022
4 min read
6 Anti-Virus Apps On Google Play Store Steal 15K Android Users’ Data
At least 15,000 Android users downloaded anti-malware apps from the Google Play Store which, instead of protecting them from hackers, infected their devices to steal passwords, bank details and other personal information, a new report showed on Thursday.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
What Is The Deep Web? Understanding The Most Misunderstood Part Of The Internet
The deep web is much larger than the surface web. It’s where restricted web pages live, and it also houses an area where determined web surfers can find websites that sell illegal drugs, weapons, stolen account passwords and banking information. It’s also where you’ll stumble...
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
7 min read
Hackers Breached Mailchimp To Phish Cryptocurrency Wallets
The breach was confirmed to the press by Mailchimp on Monday, but it had come to light over the weekend when users of the Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallet reported being targeted by sophisticated phishing emails.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read





