US payments giant NCR confirmed over the weekend that a data center outage is the result of a ransomware attack. A well-known ransomware group has taken credit for the attack. NCR first reported investigating an “issue” related to its Aloha restaurant point-of-sale (PoS) product on April 12. On April 15, …
Read More »Hacker group brings down Israeli postal, banking and telecoms websites
A hacker group attacked the websites of Israel’s national mail service and major banks Friday, briefly bringing them down in an assault seemingly timed to coincide with a day of Iranian-promoted anti-Israel events. The attack was quickly squelched, authorities said, with apparently no significant harm or data leaks, though the …
Read More »New Android Malware Infecting 60 Google Play Apps with Over 100M Installs
Recently, McAfee’s Mobile Research Team discovered ‘Goldoson,’ a new type of Android malware, has crept into the Google Play store through 60 genuine apps, downloaded by a whopping 100 million users. The sneaky malware component found in all 60 apps was not the developers’ fault. It had been slipped into …
Read More »New QBot email attacks use PDF and WSF combo to install malware
QBot malware is now distributed in phishing campaigns utilizing PDFs and Windows Script Files (WSF) to infect Windows devices. Qbot (aka QakBot) is a former banking trojan that evolved into malware that provides initial access to corporate networks for other threat actors. This initial access is done by dropping additional …
Read More »Western Digital Hack – Attackers Demanding “Minimum 8 Figures” as Ransom
WD (Western Digital), the data storage solutions provider, recently announced a distressing announcement. In a cybersecurity incident, their network suffered a data breach that allowed threat actors to unauthorizedly access data across multiple systems. Threat actors behind the recent cyber attack on Western Digital (WD) have proclaimed the responsibility for unauthorizedly stealing …
Read More »Latest Cybersecurity Alert- 17 April, 2023
Vixen Panda APT Group suspected of targeting foreign ministry in cyberattack A Chinese hacker group, Vixen Panda, is suspected of targeting the Foreign Ministry in a recent cyberattack. As per a new report by Euractiv, the hackers showed a keen interest in policy documents. German Arms Manufacturer Rheinmetall Targeted in …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, April 17, 2023
An urgent investigation unfolds as a ransomware attack targets a data management company in Northern Ireland, entrusted with protecting the sensitive data of various charities and non-profits, among which are organizations assisting sexual assault survivors. Talking about ransomware attacks, a U.S. payments giant suffered one too – affecting hospitality customers. …
Read More »Pakistan Cyber Attack, Team UCC Claims to Take Down Pakistan International Airlines
Pakistan’s largest airline group, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), has reportedly fallen victim to a cyber attack. The hacking group Team UCC has claimed responsibility for the attack. At the time of writing, PIA’s official website was inaccessible. The website displayed “Error code 1020”, a Cloudflare error that occurs when security measures to prevent DDoS …
Read More »10 Best Zippyshare Alternatives – Best File Sharing Services
With Zippyshare no longer available, users are now in search of alternative file hosting services to meet their needs. In this article, we will explore the top 10 Zippyshare alternatives that users can consider for their file hosting requirements. Zippyshare (Zippyshare.com) was a file hosting and sharing website that launched …
Read More »Akamai to open two new DDoS scrubbing centers in India
Cloud cybersecurity company Akamai has announced two new India-based scrubbing centers, as part of its global infrastructure investment strategy. With plans to deploy the scrubbing centers in Chennai and Mumbai, Akamai aims to provide protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to local and global businesses in India. A …
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