Google Force Installs Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID App Google is force-installing a Massachusetts COVID-19 tracking app on residents’ Android devices without an easy way to uninstall it. For the past few days, users have reported that Google silently installed the Massachusetts ‘MassNotify’ app on their devices without the ability to open it or Read more…
South Korea’s Nuclear Research Agency Hacked Using VPN Flaw South Korea’s ‘Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute’ disclosed yesterday that their internal networks were hacked last month by North Korean threat actors using a VPN vulnerability. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, or KAERI, is the government-sponsored institute for the research and application Read more…
iPhone Bug Breaks WiFi When You Join Hotspot with Unusual Name A new iPhone bug has come to light that breaks your iPhone’s wireless functionality by merely connecting to a specific WiFi hotspot. Once triggered, the bug would render your iPhone unable to establish a WiFi connection, even if it is Read more…
Tinder Spam Campaign Hides “Handwritten” Links in Profile Images A new trend has emerged on dating apps like Tinder with spammers sneaking in links within profile images. Multiple such Tinder spam profiles reviewed by BleepingComputer shared some common characteristics. For example, nearly every profile had an image of an attractive person followed by another Read more…
The Week in Ransomware – June 18th 2021 – Law Enforcement Strikes Back Compared to the last few weeks, it has been a relatively quiet week with no ransomware attacks causing widespread disruption. It was a good week for law enforcement, with Ukrainian police arresting members of the Clop ransomware gang and Read more…
Three UK Telco Bug Has Customers Receiving and Making Random Calls Customers of the Three UK telco company are panicking as they receive a series of random phone calls due to an ongoing issue. Likewise, outbound calls from customers are being routed to random strangers. Three is the fourth-largest British telecom giant Read more…
Poland Blames Russia for Breach, Theft of Polish Officials’ Emails Poland’s deputy prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński says last week’s breach of multiple Polish officials’ private email accounts was carried out from servers within the Russian Federation. “After reading the information provided to me by the Internal Security Agency and the Read more…
Microsoft Announces Windows Developer Event for June 24th Microsoft has announced an additional Windows developer event for June 24th that will likely reveal new programming API or Microsoft Store changes. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that they would be holding a special Windows event on June 24th at 11 AM EST to Read more…
Fake DarkSide Gang Targets Energy, Food Industry in Extortion Emails Threat actors impersonate the now-defunct DarkSide Ransomware operation in fake extortion emails sent to companies in the energy and food sectors. The Darkside ransomware operation launched in August 2020, targeting corporate networks and demanding millions of dollars for a decryptor and a Read more…
Russia Bans Opera VPN and VyprVPN, Classifies Them as Threats Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog, has banned the use of Opera VPN and VyprVPN after classifying them as threats according to current Russian law. “In accordance with the regulation on responding to threats to circumvent restrictions on access to child pornography, suicidal, pro-narcotic Read more…
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