Malware
Varenyky malware hits French Orange Customers
Varenyky malware which is new to the online world is found to be infecting French Orange customers for now and is said to have already victimized more than 1400 people so far through phishing email attacks. Security researchers at ESET have revealed that the said malware has the potential to take S#$tortion to a new […]
Cyber Attack on German companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel, and Roche
German media is buzzing with news headlines that a group of companies operating in its region was targeted by a cyberattack launched by Chinese hacking group. Public Broadcaster ARD has specified in its news post that hackers targeted Hotels group Marriott, BASF, airliner Lion Air, Chemical firm Shin-Etsu, Siemens, Shampoo maker Henkel and Pharma company […]
Fake FaceApp triggers Mobile Security fears
FaceApp which allows its users to transform their faces in their photographs is back in news for all wrong reasons. Security analysts from Kaspersky have discovered that a fake application with a similar name has managed to creep into the mobile app stores and is reported to be filled with an adware module called MobiDash. […]
Malware attack on Yandex Search engine of Russia by ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence
Russian Internet Search Company ‘Yandex’ was cyber attacked by a malware named ‘Regin’ and the nation’s intelligence is pointing fingers at ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence sharing alliance formed by Australia, New Zealand, Britain, United States, and Canada. Reuters which 1st shared the news piece with the world on Friday last week says that the attack was […]
Google admits advanced backdoors installed on Android devices
Google has declared on an official note that some of the low-end smartphones operating on Android OS might have advanced backdoors preinstalled in them from manufacturing factories. The internet juggernaut failed to address the names of the manufactures but said that it will take action against those which release mobiles into the market with Trojans […]
Cybersecurity news trending on Google
1.) Cloud Storage vendor Dropbox suffered a business drawback last week when security researchers participating at the ‘HackerOne’ bug hunt program in Singapore discovered over 264 vulnerabilities on its data storage platform. According to those familiar with the news from the company, the data storage firm had already been alerted by its internal engineers about […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
1.) To all those who are still using Windows 7 operating system loaded PCs and Laptops, here’s a piece of bad news. Microsoft has announced that it is going to end support to its popular operating system from news January and so PCs which run on the said obsolete OS will become vulnerable to cyber […]
Ransomware news for the day
1.) The computer network of Bridgeport schools was hit by ransomware on Friday which took hostage of some critical files related to the curriculum and attendance of the students. It’s said that the hackers are demanding a ransom in exchange for the decryption key. However, the IT staff are looking for alternatives to recover back […]
Shamoon Malware behind Saipem Cyber Attack
Saipem, the Italian oil services firm has discovered in its cyber attack investigation that last week’s disruption of its 300 servers was caused by Shamoon Virus attack- linking it to the 2012’s massive attack on Saudi Aramco. A statement released by the company on Wednesday says that the work to restore the operations was going […]
Most Google trended Cybersecurity keywords in 2018
As Donald Trump and the word ‘Idiot’ are currently trending the most on Google search engine, Cybersecurity Insiders brings to you the most searched keywords related to Cybersecurity which trended on Google in 2018. Cyptojacking- The word started to lead the trending list from May 2018 and is still said to be buzzing on the […]
