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Vatican shuts down its website amid hacking attempts
The Vatican was forced to take down its main vatican.va website on Wednesday and soon admitted it had detected apparent attempts to hack it.
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ZIP and RAR named most prevalent malware carriers
Archive formats, such as ZIP and RAR files, are the most common types of files for delivering malware. They have surpassed Office files for the first time in three years.
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E-sports, crypto and banking most vulnerable to fraud, deepfakes blossom
A new identity fraud report says that this criminal practice doubled in industries such as crypto and banking in 2022, while scammers have also begun targeting E-sports.
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LastPass confirms another breach
Password manager with over 25 million users said an unauthorized party gained access to “certain elements of their customers’ information.”
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Hyundai app bug allows anyone to unlock and start the car remotely
The flaw affects Hyundai and Genesis vehicles made over the past decade and allows controlling the locks, engine, and other critical features.
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Twitter quietly ditches its COVID misinformation policy
Another day, another bit of worrying news from Twitter. It turns out that the social media platform has quietly abandoned enforcement of its COVID misinformation rules.
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Putin embraces digital currency as sanctions cripple Russia’s economy
Putin called for a new blockchain-based digital currency payment system for cross-border transactions amidst the wave of sanctions and international pressure on Russia’s economy.
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Facebook fined $276m for data scraping leak in the EU
Meta was fined $276m by Ireland’s data privacy regulator over a leak that exposed hundreds of millions of user records.
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Acer driver flaw allows deploying malware during boot process
Acer devices are impacted by a driver vulnerability similar to an earlier discovered bug that affected several Lenovo computer models.
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Cyber pirates feel Monday mourning blues
International police celebrated Cyber Monday with a cyber bust of gargantuan proportions – shutting down more than 12,500 illegal websites and disconnecting dozens of servers streaming pirated content across thousands of channels.
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WhatsApp data leaked - 500 million user records for sale online
Someone is allegedly selling up-to-date mobile phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users. A data sample investigated by Cybernews likely confirms this to be true.
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Punisher ransomware disguises as a COVID tracking app
Threat actors still leverage the COVID-19 pandemic to lure victims into a trap.
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America tightens the screw on Chinese telecom firms
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the banning of telecom and video surveillance equipment from prominent Chinese brands.
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IKEA posted on ransomware gang’s leak site
Ransomware cartel Vice Society added data stolen from IKEA Morocco and IKEA Kuwait to the gang’s website.
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FC Barcelona’s official website exploited for fraud
FC Barcelona, Europe‘s top football club, had its official website used by scammers in a third-party fraud.
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FBI lends helping hand in Continental breach investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has joined an ongoing investigation into a ransomware attack on Continental, a German tire and car parts company. The gang LockBit is behind the breach.
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RansomExx joins the ranks of ransomware gangs switching to Rust
While switching a programming language might sound trivial, the change indicates cybercriminals are carefully weighing the benefits of the swap.
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UK bans Chinese cameras on government sites
The UK has introduced additional controls on sensitive government sites to enhance the security of their personnel, information, assets, and estate.
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Pro-Kremlin group claims responsibility for cyberattack on EU Parliament
The European Parliament’s website was hit by a cyberattack after it had declared Russia “a state sponsor of terrorism.” The pro-Kremlin group Killnet has since claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Russian zero-day firm offers $1.5m for a Signal RCE exploit
OpZero, a Russian zero-day company, has raised its prices for Signal RCE (remote code execution) exploits so much that it now pays three times more than Zerodium, its closest competitor. Why?
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