According to an ethical hacking firm, an airport in north New York, besides its IT service provider, suffered a ransomware attack during the past holidays, specifically on Christmas Day. OnRead More →
Cybercrime is being severely beaten worldwide. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, originally from India, has just pleaded guilty of being involved in a fraudulent operation related to a network of call centersRead More →
We all like music, even cybercriminals. A report from cybersecurity firm AppRiver mentions that a malware campaign deployed via PowerPoint contains the lyrics to ‘In My Feelings’, by popular artistRead More →
There are lots of cases where hackers do not try to obtain money illegally or attack the victims’ information security and they just play pranks on others. This is theRead More →
Combating crimes such as possession of child pornography is a complex task and often limited by the privacy, data protection and cybersecurity measures for tech device users, although Apple seemsRead More →
Interpol, in collaboration with other agencies, has dealt a severe blow to cybercrime in Asia. The international agency announced the successful conclusion of Operation Goldfish Alpha, which was supported byRead More →
Celebrities all over the world have become priority targets for cybercriminals, who take advantage of public figures’ meager security risks and data protection for mobile devices knowledge to compromise sensitiveRead More →
Web application security specialists report the presence of a serious security flaw in Citrix NetSclaer/ADC that, if exploited, could allow an unauthenticated threat actor to perform arbitrary code execution onRead More →
According to figures released by cybersecurity firms, TikTok managed to break into the Top 5 of the most downloaded apps of 2019, although user interest also attracted the attention ofRead More →
Information security specialists report that a hacker group has attacked the government’s IT systems in the city of Las Vegas; experts fear this will be a new incident in theRead More →
Like any other smartphone manufacturer, Samsung includes in its products multiple pre-instituted functions and applications for various purposes; while most users simply ignore their presence and functions, many of theseRead More →
Devices that use the Android operating system are often targeted by multiple cyberattacks attempts. This time, experts in ethical hacking from Trend Micro reported the discovery of three malicious appsRead More →
New incidents related to cybersecurity and data protection are reported every day, so users need to learn a little about these topics to implement the required security measures on theirRead More →
Recent technological advances have led to new variants of hacking and cyberattack. Over the past two years, information security firm and independent researchers have given special follow-up to one ofRead More →
Last year, vulnerability testing researchers at Mimecast Research Labs reported the finding of a security flaw in Microsoft Office products, tracked as CVE-2019-0560. Before the end of last year, MicrosoftRead More →
A new application for quantum computing could be just around the corner. During the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, ISARA Corporation, in collaboration with car developer Karma,Read More →
The famous tech company Apple has recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Corellium, a company specializing in web application security and operating system virtualization. The technology firm accuses CorelliumRead More →
In the holiday season, there is often an increase in the activity of online hackers and fraudsters. During the most recent years WhatsApp was one of the main target platformsRead More →
A data breach affected for half a year multiple franchises owned by Landry’s Inc., a popular restaurant corporation that operates throughout the US territory, including several franchises operating in theRead More →
During 2019 hundreds of thousands of users worldwide were victims of an email scam in which those responsible claimed to have hacked people’s devices to record videos of victims visitingRead More →
