June 2022 – Page 9

Android malware on the Google Play Store gets 2 million downloads

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered adware and information-stealing malware on the Google Play Store last month, with at least five still available and having amassed over two million downloads. […]

13 Jun

Kaiser Permanente data breach exposes health data of 69K people

Kaiser Permanente, one of America’s leading not-for-profit health plans and health care providers, has recently disclosed a data breach that exposed the health information of more than 69,000 individuals. […]

13 Jun

Gallium hackers backdoor finance, govt orgs using new PingPull malware

The Gallium state-sponsored hacking group has been spotted using a new ‘PingPull’ remote access trojan against financial institutions and government entities in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. […]

13 Jun

Internet Explorer (almost) breathes its final byte on Wednesday

Microsoft will finally end support for Internet Explorer on multiple Windows versions on Wednesday, June 15, almost 27 years after its launch on August 24, 1995. […]

13 Jun

Hackers clone Coinbase, MetaMask mobile wallets to steal your crypto

Security researchers have uncovered a large-scale malicious operation that uses trojanized mobile cryptocurrency wallet applications for Coinbase, MetaMask, TokenPocket, and imToken services. […]

13 Jun

Metasploit 6.2.0 improves credential theft, SMB support features, more

Metasploit 6.2.0 has been released with 138 new modules, 148 new improvements/features, and 156 bug fixes since version 6.1.0 was released in August 2021. […]

12 Jun

PyPI package ‘keep’ mistakenly included a password stealer

PyPI packages ‘keep,’ ‘pyanxdns,’ ‘api-res-py’ were found to contain a password-stealer and a backdoor due to the presence of malicious ‘request’ dependency within some versions. […]

12 Jun

New Vytal Chrome extension hides location info that your VPN can’t

A new Google Chrome browser extension called Vytal prevents webpages from using programming APIs to find your geographic location leaked, even when using a VPN. […]

12 Jun

Hello XD ransomware now drops a backdoor while encrypting

Cybersecurity researchers report increased activity of the Hello XD ransomware, whose operators are now deploying an upgraded sample featuring stronger encryption. […]

11 Jun

WiFi probing exposes smartphone users to tracking, info leaks

Researchers at the University of Hamburg in Germany have conducted a field experiment capturing hundreds of thousands of passersby’s WiFi connection probe requests to determine the type of data transmitted without the device owners realizing it. […]

Month: June 2022

Android malware on the Google Play Store gets 2 million downloads

Kaiser Permanente data breach exposes health data of 69K people

Gallium hackers backdoor finance, govt orgs using new PingPull malware

Internet Explorer (almost) breathes its final byte on Wednesday

Hackers clone Coinbase, MetaMask mobile wallets to steal your crypto

Metasploit 6.2.0 improves credential theft, SMB support features, more

PyPI package ‘keep’ mistakenly included a password stealer

New Vytal Chrome extension hides location info that your VPN can’t

Hello XD ransomware now drops a backdoor while encrypting

WiFi probing exposes smartphone users to tracking, info leaks