Security research firm Malwarebytes claimed that one of its forum users reported about a malicious app “Barcode Scanner” published by LavaBird LTD, which has over 10 million installations on the Google Play Store.
Several users, who downloaded the app, reported that...
February 9, every year, marks Safer Internet Day. A day that is meant to focus on creating a safer cyberspace. The Safer Internet Day came into existence in 2012 when the U.S. DHS and European Commission decided to focus...
Attacks on industrial control systems (ICS) are not new. Earlier, a report from industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty suggested that around 70% of the ICS vulnerabilities discovered in the first half of 2020 could be exploited remotely. That said, the...
Europol dismantled an organized cybercriminal group that defrauded the U.S. banks for €12 million (US$14.4 million). A cross-border operation dubbed “Operation SECRETO,” coordinated by Europol and led by the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), and the U.S. Secret Service, busted...
A strong password habit of a fraudster is keeping the German prosecutors at bay. According to a report, the German police have seized over 50 million euros (US$60 million) worth of Bitcoin from a scammer, who has been sentenced...
The more technology advances, the more sophisticated the methods that fraudsters employ to cheat people out of their hard-earned money. And it’s only gotten worse since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as more and more people get stuck...
Cybercriminals have posted massive patients’ and employees’ personal data, from two of the biggest hospital chains in the U.S., on the dark web to extort them for ransom. Attackers published tens of thousands of files from the Leon Medical Center,...
As per a survey conducted by U.S.-based financial technology firm FIS, around 68% of Indian consumers now use digital banking services, for both online and mobile banking. Digital transactions rose by 46% in 2020 (45.72 billion transactions) compared to...
Threat intelligence team from security firm Wordfence discovered a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contact Form 7 Style, a WordPress plugin installed on over 50,000 sites.
The vulnerability, with a CVSS Score: 8.8, could allow a...
Woodland Trust, a charitable trust organization that protects and restores woodland in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, was hit by a sophisticated, high-level cyberattack in December 2020. Woodland Trust stated that unknown attackers illicitly obtained access to the...
