Category: Email Breach
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WordPress Admins Urged to Remove miniOrange Plugins Due to Critical Flaw
WordPress users of miniOrange’s Malware Scanner and Web Application Firewall plugins are being urged to delete them from their websites following the discovery of a critical security flaw. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-2172, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and discovered by Stiofan. It impacts the following…
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Updates on internet outage in West Africa
The recent internet outage in West Africa was primarily caused by damage to multiple undersea cables. These cables are vital for carrying internet traffic across continents. Here’s a breakdown: Additional Factors:
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U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp
A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other remote access trojans to Meta as part of the social media giant’s ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor. The decision marks a major legal victory for Meta, which filed the lawsuit in October 2019 for using its…
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Records released by House Republicans show that Joe Biden repeatedly emailed Hunter Biden’s business associate in 2014
Democrats say the emails were routine and that Hunter Biden’s business associate worked as Joe Biden’s financial adviser and helped the then-vice president file his tax returns. Records released by House GOP show Biden emailed Hunter Biden’s business associate in 2014 Joe Biden exchanged emails with his son Hunter’s business associate 54 times while he was…
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DOJ and Pentagon Email Breach Impacted Around 632,000 Federal Employees
Russian hackers compromised the email addresses of about 632,000 employees from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Justice (DOJ). Bloomberg first reported the news of the breach on Monday. The breach occurred on May 28 and 29 according to a new report obtained through the Freedom of Information Act – and…
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Encrypted email provider Proton has built its own CAPTCHA service
Image Credits: Oleksandr Hruts / Getty Images Proton, the Swiss company that develops privacy-focused online services such as email, has developed its very own CAPTCHA service to help discern between genuine login attempts and bots — and it touts the new system as the world’s first CAPTCHA that is “censorship resistant.” The company said it has already been testing its…
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International Criminal Court Suffers Cyberattack
The International Criminal Court (ICC) revealed that it suffered a cyberattack last week and is investigating the incident with the assistance of Dutch authorities. The ICC said it detected activity that was affecting its information systems and then took steps to respond and mitigate the impact. The Court said that it plans to strengthen its cybersecurity…
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STEALTH SOLDIER BACKDOOR USED IS TARGETED ESPIONAGE ATTACKS IN LIBYA
Researchers detected a cyberespionage campaign in Libya that employs a new custom, modular backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier. Experts at the Check Point Research team uncovered a series of highly-targeted espionage attacks in Libya that employ a new custom modular backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier. Stealth Soldier is surveillance software that allows operators to spy on the victims…
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Chameleon Android Banking Trojan Variant Bypasses Biometric Authentication
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking malware called Chameleon that has expanded its targeting to include users in the U.K. and Italy. “Representing a restructured and enhanced iteration of its predecessor, this evolved Chameleon variant excels in executing Device Takeover (DTO) using the accessibility service, all while expanding its targeted…
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Pervasive Emotet Botnet Now Steals Emails
After a month of laying low, the ubiquitous Emotet botnet has come alive again with a new module that siphons email messages from machines infected by the malware. Hundreds of thousands of victim machines across 170 countries are now likely outfitted with the email-stealing component of the malware, according to research by Kryptos Logic. The…
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