A hack-for-hire campaign has targeted thousands of users and hundreds of organizations across six continents over the past several years, according to a report from Citizen Lab, a laboratory-based at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy...
Japanese consumer electronics and video game giant, Nintendo, had earlier admitted that over 160,000 of its gamers’ accounts had been hacked by cybercriminals. However, further internal investigations have now confirmed that another 140,000 user accounts were compromised, taking the...
Facebook filed a lawsuit in Virginia against 12 hoax domain names registered by Indian-based proxy service provider Compsys Domain Solutions Private Ltd. The malicious domains spoofed Facebook and its product names to carry out unethical activities.
The social networking giant...
Information technology company Unisys Corp. will be supporting CyberPeace Institute's Cyber4Healthcare initiative to ensure hospitals and health care organizations are protected against the increasing cyberattacks amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The Cyber4Healthcare program is designed to offer free cybersecurity services...
With so many employees sheltering in place due to Coronavirus, enterprises with Windows are depending on VPNs and Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). However, while this allows employees to access company apps and files, using VPN and RDP surfaces...
A recent study by vulnerability management firm RiskSense revealed that the number of open source software (OSS) vulnerabilities increased in 2019 compared to 2018.
The study titled "The Dark Reality of Open Source" also stated that the total common vulnerabilities...
Although metamorphically, however, many cybersecurity experts believe that “there is a Snake under Honda’s hood”. Yes, you read it right! Operations of the Japanese automobile giant, Honda, were reportedly disrupted in parts across Europe, Japan, and the U.S. due...
A recent study from Uswitch, a UK-based price comparison service and switching website, stated that threat actors are constantly enhancing their attack vectors and targeting linked devices for data theft. Smart vehicles saw a 99% increase in cyberattacks in...
The Indian Government has addressed a critical vulnerability in India-based secure document wallet DigiLocker that could allow a remote attacker to bypass one-time passwords (OTP) authentication and sign in as other users.
An OTP is a temporary password that is...
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) admitted it become a victim of a data breach that exposed information of around 74,000 beneficiaries, including names, addresses, birth dates, banking and IRS data, and other details. However, SFERS clarified that no...
