Tag: Attack

November 3, 2022

Many individuals working across US government agencies and organizations are using smartphones with outdated operating systems, putting both them and the organizations they work for at major risk of identity theft(opens in new tab), data leaks, and other forms of […]

August 23, 2022

In an unexpected turn of events, a ransomware operator has found itself on the receiving end of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, all because they tried to leak stolen data. According to a BleepingComputer report, the LockBit group […]

August 4, 2021

A 12-year-old security vulnerability may be affecting routers built by “dozens of manufacturers”, exposing millions of users worldwide. According to researchers from security firm Tenable, the CVE-2021-20090 vulnerability made its way into modern routers due to the reusing of old […]

October 12, 2020

German software giant Software AG is racing to contain a major data leak resulting from a double extortion attack that saw its files encrypted and stolen by the operators of the Clop ransomware. The firm first came under attack on […]

May 14, 2019

WhatsApp is used by over 1.5 billion people and remains one of the most popular messaging and VoIP service. While it does offer “Security by Default” in the form of end-to-end encryption, there will always be vulnerabilities existing in the […]

November 9, 2016

Google released a new monthly batch of security patches for Android, fixing a dozen critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to compromise devices. One of the mitigated issues is a bit-flipping attack against memory chips that could lead to privilege […]

October 25, 2016

Researchers have devised a new way to compromise Android devices without exploiting any software vulnerabilities and instead taking advantage of a physical design weakness in RAM chips. The attack technique could also affect other ARM and x86-based devices and computers. […]

October 24, 2016

It’s apparently possible that a DDoS attack can be big enough to break the internet — or, as shown in the attack against ISP Dyn, at least break large parts of it. The DDoS attack against Dyn that began Friday […]

June 30, 2016

Most cyber security strategies and defence systems do not take into account the way that attackers really work, a report has revealed. Most organisations focus on detecting malware, but attackers are going undetected because most of the tools they use […]

March 15, 2016

When a demand for your money or your data pops up on a critical system, you have only a short period of time to decide whether to respond to a ransomware attack. Online extortion is on the increase, as criminals […]

February 29, 2016

Snapchat has revealed it was targeted in a phishing attack by a scammer impersonating Evan Spiegel, the company’s co-founder and CEO. The popular social network, which has raised more than $1 billion in funding, received an email last Friday requesting […]

March 11, 2015

 Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are always in top headlines worldwide, as they are plaguing websites in banks, and virtually of almost every organization having a prominent online presence. The main cause behind the proliferation of DDoS attacks is that there […]