Google, Apple Fined by Italian Authority for Aggressive Data Collection Italy’s competition authority (Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) has announced a fine of 10 million Euros ($11.3 million) against Google and Apple. The companies were fined due to violations of the Consumer Code involving lack of information on how personal Read more…
TrickBot Phishing Checks Screen Resolution to Evade Researchers The TrickBot malware operators have been using a new method to check the screen resolution of a victim system to evade detection of security software and analysis by researchers. Last year, the TrickBot gang added a new feature to their malware that terminated the infection Read more…
Marine Services Provider Swire Pacific Offshore Hit By Ransomware Marine services giant Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) has suffered a Clop ransomware attack that allowed threat actors to steal company data. Swire Pacific Offshore discovered an unauthorized network infiltration onto its IT systems, resulting in the compromise of some employee data. Read more…
Interpol Arrests Over 1,000 Suspects Linked to Cyber Crime Interpol has coordinated the arrest of 1,003 individuals linked to various cyber-crimes such as romance scams, investment frauds, online money laundering, and illegal online gambling. This crackdown results from a four-month action codenamed ‘Operation HAEICHI-II,’ which took place in twenty countries Read more…
UK Government Transport Website Caught Showing Porn A UK Department for Transport (DfT) website was caught serving porn earlier today. The particular DfT subdomain behind the mishap, on most days, provides vital DfT statistics for the public and the department’s business plan. Racy traffic ahead The UK DfT’s charts.dft.gov.uk website was seen serving porn today, as Read more…
How Cybercriminals Adjusted Their Scams for Black Friday 2021 Black Friday is approaching, and cybercriminals are honing their malware droppers, phishing lures, and fake sites while shoppers prepare to open their wallets. As researchers at Kaspersky point out, scammers are already targeting people with fake tickets for the FIFA World Read more…
New Linux Malware Hides in Cron Jobs with Invalid Dates Security researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux that keeps an almost invisible profile by hiding in tasks scheduled for execution on a non-existent day, February 31st. Dubbed CronRAT, the malware is currently targeting web stores Read more…
Discord Malware Campaign Targets Crypto and NFT Communities A new malware campaign on Discord uses the Babadeda crypter to hide malware that targets the crypto, NFT, and DeFi communities. Babadeda is a crypter used to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in what appear to be harmless application installers or programs. Read more…
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Fails to Start on Windows Server Microsoft has confirmed a new issue impacting Windows Server devices preventing the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint security solution from launching on some systems. The enterprise endpoint security platform (previously known as Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection or Defender ATP) might Read more…
Windows 10 KB5007253 Update Released With Network Printing fixes Microsoft has released the optional KB5007253 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 2004, Windows 10 20H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 21H2. Microsoft claims this update fixes network printing issues causing 0x000006e4, 0x0000007c, or 0x00000709 error codes to be displayed. Read more…
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