Tag: security
CCleaner hit by data breach that saw customer data stolen, blames MOVEit hack
Popular optimization tool CCleaner has confirmed its services have been hit by a data breach, seemingly caused by the MOVEit data theft fiasco. Its parent compan Gen Digital sent an email to its customers warning that threat actors exploited the MOVEit flaw to steal sensitive data from CCleaner, TechCrunch reported. …
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DDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that’s a really bad thing
There had been “thousands” of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the time since the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability was disclosed, a new report from Cloudflare has claimed, adding that 89 of those exceeded 100 million requests per second (rps). Thanks to these attacks, the total amount…
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These Android apps are nothing but adware, but have been installed over 2 million times already – so uninstall now
Cybersecurity researchers from Dr.Web discovered a handful of Android apps that were pushing ads and stealthily subscribing people to premium services. The reserachers reported that these trojan apps, all found on Google’s official Play Store app repository, were cumulatively installed roughly two million times. The apps were pretending to be…
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Over a million Windows and Linux systems infected by this tricky new malware
Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have discovered an “impressive” malware threat hiding in plain sight for half a decade. Called StripedFly, the malware’s earliest evidence of activity dates back to 2017, Kaspersky claims, where at one point it was discovered but dismissed as a “mere” cryptocurrency miner. However, a new investigation…
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Ethical hackers are helping more and more business stay safe
As businesses rush to deploy emerging technology to stay ahead of the competition, they’re also putting themselves in the line of fire of various cybercriminals looking to deploy malware. Ethical hackers, however, are taking the shots, as every day they help more and more businesses stay safe and secure. This…
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Seiko confirms thousands of user accounts were breached in cyberattack
Famous watchmaker Seiko has confirmed that the cyberattack it suffered in July 2023 was indeed a cybersecurity incident carried out by the infamous BlackCat ransomware gang. In an incident report published on October 25 (the third one in the series), the company said that its investigation confirmed 60,000 “items of…
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