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Hundreds of U.S. Companies Hit by Massive Ransomware Attacks

REvil, as promised, continues to target more and more businesses in the United States and across the Western world
by George Dascalu, July 5th, 2021
 

Microsoft Engineer Stole $10M by Selling Xbox Gift Cards

A junior engineer assigned to test Microsoft's e-commerce platform for payment flaws began exploiting a bug he found
by George Dascalu, July 2nd, 2021
Personal Data of 69K LimeVPN Users Marketed on Dark Web

Personal Data of 69K LimeVPN Users Marketed on Dark Web

by George Dascalu, July 2nd, 2021
A data breach occurred at a VPN service provider, exposing users' data routed through encrypted Internet connections
 

US and UK Cybersecurity Agencies Blames APT28 Gang for Massive Cyberattacks

A Russian cybercriminal organization with government ties carried out major cyberattacks in several countries
by George Dascalu, July 2nd, 2021
 

New Skills Academy Suffers by Data Breach

Hackers are progressively attacking targets from numerous domains in order to collect users' information
by George Dascalu, July 2nd, 2021
 

Microsoft Reveals Flaws Allowing Hacking of Netgear Routers

Vulnerable flaws found by Microsoft in some Netgear routers could be used to breach the entire network
by George Dascalu, July 2nd, 2021
 

Cybercriminals Unleashing Malware for Apple M1 Chips

macOS malware designed for the new M1 CPU on the loose
by George Dascalu, July 2nd, 2021
RCE Bug in Adobe Experience Manager Revealed (UPDATED)

RCE Bug in Adobe Experience Manager Revealed (UPDATED)

by George Dascalu, July 1st, 2021
Sony, Mastercard and PlayStation discovered new security vulnerabilities in Adobe's content management system
 

Service Used by Cybercriminals Seized by Law Enforcement

U.S. and Europen authorities have begun to target the tools and technologies that hackers use to launch cyberattacks
by George Dascalu, July 1st, 2021
 

Apple Encrypts iCloud Stored Data on Google and AWS Clouds

Apple's decision to encrypt data stored in the cloud aligns with trends toward greater cybersecurity safeguards
by George Dascalu, July 1st, 2021
 

LinkedIn Denies Data Breach Exposing 700M Users' Profiles

Company said that the disclosed data from LinkedIn was obtained through scraping the website, not through a data breach
by George Dascalu, July 1st, 2021
NATO Warns That Cyberattacks on Its Members May Prompt a Military Response

NATO Warns That Cyberattacks on Its Members May Prompt a Military Response

by George Dascalu, June 29th, 2021
NATO reacts to emerging cybersecurity threats
 

More than 700M LinkedIn Users Data for Sale

Data scraping serves as the foundation for hacking campaigns
by George Dascalu, June 29th, 2021
 
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