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Sky.com servers exposed via misconfiguration
CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain, containing what appear to be production-level database access...
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Microsoft: attacks from Russian nation-state actors are increasingly effective
Russia is responsible for 58% of all nation-state attacks observed by Microsoft, company claims in the second annual Digital Defence...
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Google warns 14,000 Gmail users: government-backed attackers may be trying to steal your password
Google’s anti-hacker team warned approx. 14,000 Gmail users about a phishing campaign carried out by APT28, or Fancy Bear, a...
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Hackers in SolarWinds breach stole data on U.S. sanctions policy, intelligence probes
The suspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies emerged with information about...
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Fantasy Football Hub suffered a data breach: we are deeply sorry for everything
Fantasy Football Hub, a start-up specializing in Premier League fantasy football, admitted it had suffered a data breach. They believe...
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Why Facebook went down, and what's BGP routing
Billions of people yesterday were forced to remember what life was like before Facebook Inc. Turns out that's because someone...
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Apple Pay, Visa bug allows hacking contactless payments
UK researchers discovered unauthorized contactless payments possible on a locked iPhone due to flaws with Apple Pay and Visa. Security...
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CEO of a top Russian cybersecurity company arrested on treason charges
Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group-IB, on suspicion of state treason and...
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Nikolai Kvantaliani: for how long will Belarus be able to block the internet without hurting business?
Presidential elections in Belarus are somehow unprecedented this time. Even with the internet and VPN (virtual private network) blocked, people...
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Does China's Great Firewall upgrade spell a new era for online censorship?
The infamous Great Firewall of China (GFC) famously blocks access to selected websites from outside of the country while also...
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Apple ignores multiple security issues on iOS 15, researcher claims
The reserarcher has discovered four vulnerablities of iOS releases Apple fixed one of the issues, with other three still in...
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Top 7 ways threat actors abuse Google Forms
Malicious hackers are increasingly using Google Forms to launch sophisticated attacks both against individuals and organizations. New research from cybersecurity...
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Most malware attacks now involve ransomware – report
2021 will be remembered as the time ransomware broke mainstream. No wonder. A recent report shows that as most malware...
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Facebook's CTO Mike Schroepfer to step down
Longtime Facebook executive Mike Schroepfer said on Wednesday that he was stepping down as the company's chief technology officer. Schroepfer...
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Polish gene project moves to drop Chinese tech on data concerns
A European Union-funded project to build a genomic map of Poland plans to drop gene-sequencing technology from China's BGI Group...
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Cring ransomware exploits 11-year-old version of Adobe’s ColdFusion 9 software
Cring ransomware operators mounted an attack against a target after hacking a server running an unpatched, 11-year old version of...
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New Cooperative Inc. ransomware attack may threaten US food supply
Major US farm service provider New Cooperative Inc. was hit by what is most likely a ransomware attack. A leaked...
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Bad romance: crypto scammers exchange 'love' for money
As if meeting new people wasn't hard enough, scammers are here to make it even harder. Swapping words of love...
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US to target ransomware payments in cryptocurrency with sanctions
The Biden administration is preparing to take actions, including sanctions, to make it more difficult for hackers using digital currency...
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Musk vows to work with global regulators on data security
Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc will work with global regulators to ensure data security, Chief Executive Elon Musk told an...
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