Hackers attack Lenovo NAS, destroy data and demand ransom
ZDNet reporters discovered that hackers are attacking the Lenovo NAS after during investigation of users’ complaints, appearing on the BitcoinAbuse website. This site reports...
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News · June 29, 2020
CryCryptor ransomware masks as COVID-19 monitoring application
ESET experts discovered the CryCryptor ransomware, which targets Android users and masks as a COVID-19 monitoring application. appeared just a few days after the...
Tutorials · June 26, 2020
Guide to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Google Chrome
A step-by-step guide to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) support in the Google Chrome browser. “Is it possible to use the following feature to maliciously disable...
News · June 24, 2020
IPP port allows access to more than 80000 printers
Experts from the non-profit organization Shadowserver Foundation issued a warning, in which again recommend companies do not leave printers in public access via Internet....
News · June 23, 2020
Attackers use Google Analytics for web skimming
Kaspersky Lab researchers report that hackers are abusing Google Analytics to implement attacks of the MageCart type, or web-skimming. Thus, attackers extract stolen bankcard...
News · June 22, 2020
Information security experts discovered a rare AcidBox malware that is used for targeted attacks
Specialists at Palo Alto Networks revealed a rare AcidBox malware, which is used for targeted attacks on some organizations. To do this, AcidBox used...
News · June 19, 2020
Maze crypto operators mistakenly attacked the wrong company
The Register reports that Emsisoft specialists found a very interesting attack. Maze cryptographic operators accidentally attacked the wrong company. attacked a New York-based architectural...
News · June 18, 2020
Zoom made end-to-end encryption available to everyone
In early June, Zoom's management made a very strange decision that end-to-end encryption would be sold to users. However, it seems that the company...
News · June 17, 2020
Hundreds of millions of IoT devices at risk due to Ripple20 vulnerabilities
Specialists from the Israeli company JSOF discovered 19 vulnerabilities in a small library that was created back in the 90s and has been actively...
News · June 16, 2020
Hundreds of thousands users of specific applications may lose privacy
The vpnMentor research team discovered a data leak (photos, including erotic ones, screenshots of personal correspondence and money transfer transactions, audio recordings and some...
News · June 15, 2020
Antiviruses began to detect stalkerware better
Analysts from the independent lab AV-Comparatives and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) found that antiviruses on Android and Windows began to detect stalkerware better....
News · June 12, 2020
KingMiner botnet hacks MSSQL to install miner
Sophos experts warn of the activity of the KingMiner botnet, which hacks the MSSQL databases to install the miner. Using brute force attacks, this...
