Researchers Denis Sinegubko and Adrian Stoyan have found fake versions of jQuery files on dozens of sites that mimic the jQuery Migrate plugin for WordPress running on 7.2 million sites. uch forgeries contain obfuscated code to...
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Website Notifications: Guide To Block
One of the fundamental truths of the mobile era is that website notifications have now become regular. Any customer with a smartphone is used to them, and thus every person going online deals with them. The realm of notifications...
North Korean hackers attack IS specialists again
In January 2021, Google experts warned that North Korean hackers attack IS specialists engaged in vulnerability research. used social engineering to specialists, tried to gain their trust, and eventually lure them to malicious...
The Ubiquiti Hack Was More Disastrous Than Reported
KrebsOnSecurity source claims that the January 2021 hack of major cloud IoT device vendor Ubiquiti was more disastrous than officially reported. a reminder, Ubiquiti reported earlier this year that a third-party cloud service...
Ziggy ransomware operator returns money to victims
Bleeping Computer drew attention to an interesting situation around the ransomware Ziggy, which closed down last month: its operator returns money to victims of malware. ceased operations in February 2021. Then, in a short...
Hackers injected a backdoor into the main PHP repository
Last weekend, a malicious backdoor was pushed to the php-src repository maintained by the PHP team on the git.php.net server. attackers claimed that they were simply trying to “fix a typo” and signed these commits...
Encrochat encrypted messaging platform used Signal protocol
Encrochat, a platform for encrypted communications, which was eliminated by European law enforcement officers in 2020, used the Signal protocol. Encrochat has been used by over 60,000 criminals worldwide. me remind you that...
Experts uncovered over 200 fleeceware applications that lured $400,000,000 from users
Avast experts found over 200 fleeceware applications in the App Store and Google Play (134 for iOS and 70 for Android). These applications have been downloaded over a billion times and have already brought to their creators over...
Clop ransomware operators leaked data from two universities
Bleeping Computer reported that Clop ransomware operators leaked stolen data from two universities: Colorado and Miami. particular, screenshots of student progress and social security numbers, University of Colorado financial...
Attackers broke into Shell oil and gas company
Attackers broke into the Shell oil and gas company (Royal Dutch Shell), which ranks fifth in the Fortune Global 500. The hackers exploited the outdated file-sharing service Accellion FTA (File Transfer Application). disclosed...