Category: security
TeamViewer says its network was breached — but customer and company data is safe
TeamViewer has warned users it may have suffered a breach, but has reassured it does not appear any company or customer data has been affected. A statement on the TeamViewer Trust Center site stated on June 26, the company detected an “irregularity” in the company’s internal corporate IT environment that…
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An ID verification service for TikTok, Uber and X reportedly left its credentials open for a year
Identity verification company AU10TIX kept a set of admin credentials exposed for more than a year, possibly allowing threat actors to steal its customers’ sensitive data. AU10TIX verifies user identities on behalf of its clients, which include, among others, TikTok, X, and Uber, via selfie pictures and scans of people’s…
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Medusa Android malware returns to target users around the world — here’s how to stay safe
Medusa, an Android banking trojan that had been laying low for roughly a year now, has made a fresh appearance, experts have warned A new, lightweight Medusa variant has been seen being used by multiple threat actors, and targeting victims in numerous countries around the world, noted cybersecurity researchers from…
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Microsoft console files are being exploited to let hackers gain access to private systems
Hackers are now using custom-made MSC files to abuse a known, but unpatched, Windows cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which could allows them to remotely execute malware or malicious code on target devices. Cybersecurity researchers from the Elastic team recently spotted threat actors distributing Microsoft Saved Console (MSC) files, which are…
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Mirai-esque botnet is hitting Zyxel NAS devices
A botnet, strikingly similar to the dreaded Mirai, is targeting Zyxel NAS instances that have passed their end-of-life date, new research has claimed. A report from the Shadowserver Foundation, a security organization that keeps track of cyber-threats, says the threat actors recently started scanning for one of the three flaws…
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Multiple WordPress plugins are being hacked to attack websites across the world
Thousands of WordPress websites are at risk of being completely taken over by hackers, after the updating process of multiple plugins was compromised to deploy malicious code. Security researchers from Wordfence, an organization that monitors the security of the world’s biggest website builder platform, warned that they so far discovered…
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