07 Feb Twitter Outage Prevents Users From Sending New Tweets Twitter is experiencing a worldwide service disruption preventing users from sending tweets from the social networking platform’s app, website, or TweetDeck. […]
07 Feb TA505 Hackers Behind Maastricht University Ransomware Attack Maastricht University (UM) disclosed that it paid the 30 bitcoin ransom requested by the attackers who encrypted some of its critical systems following a cyberattack that took place on December 23, 2019. […]
07 Feb Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Update to Fix Wallpaper Bug Microsoft has released the KB4539602 stand-alone update to fix a bug that caused Windows 7 wallpapers in ‘Stretch’ mode to display a blank black screen. […]
07 Feb Misconfigured Docker Registries Expose Orgs to Critical Risks Some organizations have improperly configured Docker registries exposed to the public web, leaving a door open for attackers to infiltrate and compromise operations. […]
07 Feb Emotet Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Spread to New Victims A recently spotted Emotet Trojan sample features a Wi-Fi worm module that allows the malware to spread to new victims connected to nearby insecure wireless networks according to researchers at Binary Defense. […]
07 Feb Critical Android Bluetooth Flaw Exploitable without User Interaction Android users are urged to apply the latest security patches released for the operating system on Monday that address a critical vulnerability in the Bluetooth subsystem. […]
06 Feb Japanese Defense Contractors Kobe Steel, Pasco Disclose Breaches Japanese defense contractors Pasco Corporation (Pasco) and Kobe Steel (Kobelco) today disclosed security breaches that happened in May 2018 and in June 2015/August 2016, respectively. […]
06 Feb Google Chrome to Block Mixed Content Downloads, Prevents MiTM Attacks Google is moving forward with its plan to block mixed content downloads from web sites to protect users from man-in-the-middle attacks. […]
06 Feb Phishing Attack Disables Google Play Protect, Drops Anubis Trojan Android users are targeted in a phishing campaign that will infect their devices with the Anubis banking Trojan that can steal financial information from more than 250 banking and shopping applications. […]
06 Feb DoJ Asks Victims of the Quantum DDoS Service to Come Forward The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) today issued a notification to raise awareness among victims of the Quantum Stresser Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) for-hire service operated by David Bukoski. […]