Cybersecurity researchers have found a new ransomware called Thanos. This ransomware is being popularly advertised in the underground market as Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) tool. Another reason behind its rising popularity is that Thanos is the first ransomware family that seems...
A group of cybersecurity researchers discovered a novel side-channel attacking technique that allows eavesdroppers to spy on conversations happening in a room from a nearby location by watching a light bulb hanging in that room.
In a research report, security...
New research from consumer advocacy organization Which? revealed that more than 100,000 wireless security cameras installed in U.K. homes and businesses are vulnerable to cyber threats. Security cameras manufactured by HiChip that use software like CamHi app, Accfly, ieGeek,...
With millions of Americans and their employers adapting to government-mandated stay at home orders and social distancing advisories, it’s no surprise that we’ve seen a huge surge in the popularity of collaboration tools that allow businesses and consumers to...
Every minute is an opportunity for threat actors when they found a server left online unsecured. A latest security experiment by Comparitech led by cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko discovered that cybercriminals attacked a model of an unsecured database 18...
Security researchers from Reason Labs disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Facebook Messenger application for Windows that could allow attackers to hijack a call within the Messenger code to inject malware. The researchers also stated that it is a...
Google has warned about the emerging COVID-19 cyberthreats in India, Brazil, and the U.K. The search engine giant stated that attackers are using malware and phishing emails that imitate legitimate financial incentives to entice users to respond.
Neil Kumaran, Gmail...
Cybersecurity experts have found a fake Black Lives Matter voting campaign leveraging the popularity and sentiments of people in the ongoing protests against racism to spread Trickbot, an information-stealing malware. The phishing campaign is being touted to be run...
As the lockdown was imposed on many countries in late March 2020, most companies were forced to resort to a distributed work environment. This also boosted cloud adoption, and the demand for the SaaS model soared. This (and other...
The FBI recently issued a warning about threat actors targeting users with fake banking apps to compromise bank accounts, as more people are using online banking during the coronavirus pandemic.
In an official statement, the FBI stated that online and...
