International

The Palo Alto County Sheriff Office seems to have become the latest victim of a ransomware attack after hacker collective Play ransomware added it to its list. A deadline of 12 days to pay a ransom has been set by the ransomware group, following which they have threatened to publish the stolen …

Women hold 25 percent of cybersecurity jobs globally in 2022, up from 20 percent in 2019, and around 10 percent in 2013. We predict that women will represent 30 percent of the global cybersecurity workforce by 2025, and that will reach 35 percent by 2031. This goes beyond securing corporate …

A new YouTube phishing campaign is making rounds in the wild, urging users to read and accept so-called changes in YouTube’s rules and policies. What’s scary is that it abuses YouTube’s authentic email address to lure users into providing their credentials. What’s the new scam? YouTube has published a warning, stating …

A North Korean government-backed hacking crew, tracked as ARCHIPELAGO, is targeting academics, government and military personnel, policymakers, researchers, and think tanks in South Korea and the U.S. According to Google researchers, it has launched cyberattacks against accounts belonging to individuals with expertise in North Korea policies such as sanctions, human rights, and …

Apple on Friday pushed out a major iOS security update to fix a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild. The newest iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 updates cover code execution software flaws in IOSurfaceAccelerator and WebKit, suggesting a complex exploit chain was detected in the wild …

Apple has released emergency security updates to address two new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks to compromise iPhones, Macs, and iPads. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited,” the company said when describing the issues in security advisories published on Friday. The first security flaw (tracked …

Following reports of a ransomware attack, Taiwanese PC vendor MSI (short for Micro-Star International) confirmed today that its network was breached in a cyberattack. Earlier this week, the Money Message ransomware gang claimed to infiltrate some of MSI’s systems and stolen files that will be leaked online next week if the company refuses …

The parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has sought a criminal case against Nadra officers who allegedly breached the data and accessed personal information of the army chief’s family. The meeting on Thursday, chaired by MNA Noor Alam Khan, expressed serious concerns over media reports about the breach. Those involved in this …

A new statement(Opens in a new window) from MSI says users should avoid downloading firmware and BIOS updates from third-party sources, and instead only obtain such software from the company’s official website. The statement suggests MSI is worried hackers could circulate malicious versions of the company’s BIOS software when the ransomware gang, …