Facebook Bug Exposed Entire News Feed To ‘Integrity Risks’
In a startling revelation, a group of Meta engineers has reportedly identified a "massive ranking failure" that exposed nearly half of all Facebook News Feed views to potential "integrity risks".
Bijay Pokharel,
April 1, 2022
2 min read
Bitcoin Swindlers Targeting iPhone, Android Users Via Dating Apps
Bitcoin swindlers are now targeting iPhone and Android users through popular dating apps, such as Bumble and Tinder, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake "profit tax" to unlock their crypto accounts, cyber-security researchers warned on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 28, 2022
2 min read
Data Centres In India Faced 51 Million Cyber Attacks In 9 Months
The data centers in India captured more than 51 million cyber attacks over their networks from over 40,000 unique IP addresses from April-December 2021, a new report showed on Friday.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 25, 2022
1 min read
A 16 Years Old Teen Suspected By Cyber Researchers Behind The Lapsus$ Hacking Group
Cybersecurity researchers investigating a string of hacks against technology companies, including Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp., have traced the attacks to a 16-year-old living at his mother’s house near Oxford, England.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 24, 2022
4 min read
Microsoft Acknowledge They Were Hacked By Lapsus$ Extortion Group
Tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that one of their employees was compromised by the Lapsus$ hacking group, allowing the threat actors to access and steal portions of their source code.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 23, 2022
1 min read
More Conti Ransomware Source Code Leaked On Twitter
A Ukrainian security researcher has leaked newer malware source code from the Conti ransomware operation on Twitter.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 21, 2022
1 min read
Emsisoft Releases Free Decryptor For Diavol Ransomware
Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool to help Diavol ransomware victims recover their files without paying a ransom.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 19, 2022
1 min read
HackerOne Apologizes To Ukrainian Hackers For Mistakenly Blocking Payouts
Chris Evans, the CISO of bug bounty platform HackerOne, apologized to Ukrainian hackers after erroneously blocking their bug bounty payouts following sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus after Ukraine's invasion
Bijay Pokharel,
March 16, 2022
2 min read
Researchers Find New Destructive Wiper Malware In Ukraine
Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET have have discovered a new type of destructive wiper malware affecting computers in Ukraine, making it at least the third strain of wiper to have hit Ukrainian systems since the Russian invasion began.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 15, 2022
1 min read
Irish Privacy Watchdog Sued For Not Probing ‘Massive Google Data Breach’
Irish High Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit against the country's privacy watchdog's alleged failure to fully investigate a complaint against Google for a massive data breach.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 15, 2022
2 min read
Ubisoft Confirms ‘Cyber Security Incident’ And Resets Staff Passwords
Ubisoft has confirmed that it suffered a 'cyber security incident' that caused disruption to its games, systems, and services.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 14, 2022
1 min read
Sodinokibi/REvil Ransomware Defendant Extradited To United States And Arraigned In Texas
A man charged with conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, made his initial appearance and was arraigned today in the Northern District of Texas.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 10, 2022
4 min read
Ransomware Gang Breaches 52 US Critical Infrastructure Organizations: FBI
FBI says the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 8, 2022
2 min read
Russia Discloses 17,000 IPs Allegedly DDosing Russian Organization
Russia shared a list of 17,576 IP addresses allegedly used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting Russian organizations and their networks.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 6, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Breach Russian Space Research Site And Leak Mission Files
Cyber-criminals linked to the Anonymous hacking group have broken into a website belonging to Russia's Space Research Institute (IKI) and leaked files that allegedly belong to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 4, 2022
2 min read
Ukraine Creates ‘IT Army’ To Hack Russian Websites
Facing massive cyber-attacks from Russia-sponsored threat actors, Ukraine has now assembled an 'IT army' tasked with specific cyber challenges, which reached nearly 200k users on Telegram on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 28, 2022
2 min read
Iran-Backed Hackers Now Active To Deliver Ransomware Globally
Hackers linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security are exploiting bugs to conduct cyber espionage and other malicious attacks against organizations globally including in Asia, the US, and the UK, cyber and law authorities have warned.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 26, 2022
1 min read
Ukrainian Govt Websites Hit By Cyberattacks Amid Russia’s Military Operation
As Russia began military operations against Ukraine, key Ukrainian government websites were down early on Thursday as multiple cyberattacks hit the country.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 24, 2022
1 min read
Vulnerability in UpdraftPlus Allowed Subscribers To Download Sensitive Backups
This vulnerability allows any logged-in user, including subscriber-level users, to download backups made with the plugin. Backups are a treasure trove of sensitive information, and frequently include configuration files that can be used to access the site database as well as the contents of the...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 18, 2022
3 min read
Ukraine Hit By Massive Cyber Attack Amid Standoff With Russia
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has suffered a major cyberattack that prevented users from accessing its website, amid heightened tensions with Russia.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2022
2 min read
