Category: security
Another top US health provider sees millions of patient records stolen – here’s what we know
Kentucky-based healthcare provider Norton has confirmed that it has suffered a significant ransomware attack that may have put the data of millions of its patients at risk. In a filing to the Maine Attorney General on December 8, the healthcare giant said that 2.5 million individuals had been affected by…
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A whole new kind of Linux malware has been found in the wild
A new type of Linux malware has been identified after going unnoticed for two years thanks to work by cybersecurity researchers from Group-IB. The newly uncovered Linux Remote Access Trojan (RAT), Krasue, was first registered on Virustotal, and has since been targeting primarily telecommunications companies in Thailand. Group-IB says that…
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Update WordPress now to fix this significant security flaw
WordPress has released a new version – 6.4.2, that fixes a remote code execution vulnerability. Used in pair with another flaw, hackers could run arbitrary PHP code on a WordPress website, and as almost half of the internet is thought to run on WordPress, the attack surface is quite wide.…
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Top Russian military hackers target NATO using Microsoft Outlook exploits
Between April and December 2022, the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, a NATO force that can quickly be deployed to command NATO forces, was targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Unit 42, a security arm of Palo Alto Networks, who noted that the hackers were after…
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A popular Android barcode scanner app has some worrying cybersecurity flaws
A popular barcode-scanning app for Android carried a severe vulnerability that allowed anyone easy access to a database full of sensitive data, as long as they knew where to look. This is according to Cybernews report on the flaw in the Barcode to Sheet app, which allows ecommerce users to…
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This Bluetooth security flaw could be used to hijack Apple and Linux devices
Experts have uncovered a way to trick a Bluetooth-enabled device into thinking it has connected to a wireless keyboard when, in fact, it’s connecting to another computer. This, in turn, would allow the operator to run commands on the device, including running malware, according to cybersecurity researcher Marc Newlin, who…
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