04 Feb FBI Warns of DDoS Attack on State Voter Registration Site The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned of a potential Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that targeted a state-level voter registration and information site in a Private Industry Notification (PIN) released today. […]
04 Feb WhatsApp Bug Allowed Attackers to Access the Local File System Facebook patched a critical WhatsApp vulnerability that would have allowed potential attackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on both macOS and Windows platforms. […]
03 Feb New EmoCheck Tool Checks if You’re Infected With Emotet A new utility has been released by Japan CERT (computer emergency response team) that allows Windows users to easily check if they are infected with the Emotet Trojan. […]
03 Feb Twitter Fixed Issue Exploited to Match Phone Numbers to Accounts Twitter says that it discovered and fixed an issue exploited by attackers to match specific phone numbers to their corresponding Twitter accounts. […]
03 Feb Nintendo Hacker Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges, Faces 25 Years 21-year-old Californian Ryan S. Hernandez pleaded guilty to hacking into several Nintendo servers, stealing confidential information on hardware, games, and developer tools, and leaking it to others. […]
03 Feb Bouygues Construction Shuts Down Network to Thwart Maze Ransomware French construction giant Bouygues Construction shut down their computer network to avoid having all of their data encrypted by the Maze Ransomware. […]
03 Feb DoD to Require Cybersecurity Certification From Defense Contractors The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced that defense contractors will have to meet a basic level of cybersecurity standards when replying to a government acquisition program’s request for proposals by 2026. […]
02 Feb Tech Support Scam Hitting Microsoft Edge Start Page Takes a Break A sophisticated browser locker campaign that ran on high-profile pages, like Microsoft Edge’s home or popular tech sites, was deactivated this week after in-depth research was published. […]
02 Feb Pirated Software is All Fun and Games Until Your Data’s Stolen It may be tempting to try to download the latest games or applications for free, but doing so will ultimately land you in a hotbed of trouble as your computer becomes infected with adware, ransomware, and password-stealing Trojans. […]
01 Feb Devious Spamhaus Phishing Scam Warns You’re on an Email Block List A new phishing campaign distributing malware pretends to be from the Spamhaus Project warning that the recipient’s email address has been added to a spam block list due to sending unsolicited email. […]