Tag: malware
LA Attorney Urges People to Avoid Public Charging Stations
The Los Angeles District Attorney urged travelers to avoid public USB power charging stations in hotels, airports, and other public locations. In a security...
Insider Sold 68K Customer Records to Scammers: Trend Micro
Cybersecurity and defense company Trend Micro revealed that one of its employees illegally accessed and sold personal information of around 68,000 of its customers.
The...
Don’t Reboot Your Systems after Ransomware Attack: Experts
Security pros stated rebooting a computer after a ransomware attack could lead to restarting a crashed file-encryption process and cause potential loss of encryption...
Researchers Discover the First “BlueKeep” Mass Hacking Campaign
BlueKeep, a critical remote code execution flaw, has been spotted by security researchers for the first time in the wild to launch a mass...
Phishing is No Longer an Email-Based Threat: Research
Security experts said cybercriminals are customizing their hacking methods to trick consumers. According to the cloud security firm Akamai Technologies, attackers are using enterprise-based...
WhatsApp rolls out Biometric Security Lock for Android Devices
WhatsApp recently announced the launch of biometric authentication through fingerprint sensors on the Android platform, as an additional privacy measure. The Facebook-owned messaging app...