Account takeover is a huge problem these days. To steal billions of credentials from thousands of platforms, criminals use automated tools – for example, they actively apply OpenBullet, the legal program for testing sites...
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Check Point Specialists Explained Vanity URL Issue in Zoom
Check Point experts said that back in January 2020, they helped Zoom to fix the Vanity URL link issue, which could allow hackers to pose as employees of a victim company. is, attackers could send invitations to Zoom business...
Diebold Nixdorf discovered a new form of attacks on ATMs in Europe
Diebold Nixdorf discovered a new form of attack on ATMs in Europe. The company’s security specialists warned of a variation of the black box attacks on ATMs, which attackers began to use in Belgium. box attacks are a type...
Russian hackers tried to steal COVID-19 research data
The UK National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), with support of the US National Security Agency and Canadian intelligence agencies, warned that Russian hackers were trying to steal COVID-19 research data. hacker group APT29 (aka...
TrickBot malware accidentally notified its victims about infection
The Bleeping Computer magazine reports that the Advanced Intelligence information security specialist Vitali Kremez studied the new version of the famous TrickBot malware and found an interesting bug in it, due to which the...
Botnet Phorpiex doubled its activity
Check Point experts found that the Phorpiex botnet (aka Trik) has increased its activity. Researchers have recorded a sharp increase in attacks using Phorpiex, which currently distributes Avaddon malware using spam emails. a...
Joker once again bypassed the protection and entered the Google Play Store
Information security experts in 2017 first discovered the Joker malware (or Bread, in Google terminology). Joker has developed rapidly and even entered Google Play earlier this year. However, it was nevertheless cleared from...
During quarantine, stalkerware usage increased by 51%
Avast analysts warn that during the quarantine period, from March to June 2020, the use of spyware and stalkerware (including those that are installed seamlessly from the user) in the world increased by 51% compared to January...