Last Friday, threat actors compromised the Twitter account of the social media platform's very own CEO Jack Dorsey and used it to send out a string of vulgar and racist tweets, including a bomb threat …
WordPress sites under attack as hacker group tries to create rogue admin accounts
Threat actors are adding backdoor admin accounts to compromised WordPress websites as part of an ongoing campaign targeting over 10 vulnerable plugins for the highly popular content management system, …
US Cyberattack Hurt Iran’s Ability to Target Oil Tankers, Officials Say
In June of this year, US security experts destroyed a database used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to plan attacks against international oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, US …
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Global Breach Costs Set to Top $5 Trillion By 2024
Data breaches will result in $3 trillion in global losses for impacted firms this year, and the costs will steadily increase over the coming years to reach $5 trillion by 2024, Juniper Research …
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Malicious websites were used to secretly hack into iPhones for years, says Google
Threat actors may have hacked into thousands of iPhones via an "indiscriminate" attack involving a number of malicious websites, new research by Google shows. The websites were visited by thousands of …
Ransomware hits hundreds of dentist offices in the US
Threat actors have managed to infect the systems of hundreds of US dental practice offices with ransomware by compromising third-party software. The exploited software is DDS Safe, a medical data …
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Indictment of Capital One suspect alleges breaches of 30 companies, cryptojacking
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is charging Paige Thompson, the person thought to be behind the massive Capital One data breach, with obtaining unauthorized access to the data of over 30 companies …
Phishing attacks jump by 21% in latest quarter, says Kaspersky
The number of phishing campaigns increased by 21% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, a new Kaspersky report shows. The firm detected a total of 129.9 million phishing …
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Russian police take down malware gang that infected 800,000+ Android smartphones
Russian authorities have taken down a cyber crime group thought to be behind a number of malware campaigns that have targeted over 800,000 Android devices since 2015. With assistance from Group-IB, …
Critical Cisco VM Bug Allows Remote Takeover of Routers
Various Cisco routers are vulnerable to remote takeover by hackers due to a security flaw that has been given the maximum severity score on the CvSS scale (10 out of 10). Cisco has released a patch …
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