The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said that the infrastructure of an underground marketplace known as “Slilpp” that focused in trading stolen login credentials had been affected and shut down.…
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JBS ransomware attack: paid $11 million to REvil ransomware
Following a catastrophic ransomware attack late last month, JBS disclosed on Wednesday that it paid extortionists $11 million in bitcoins to recover access to its systems. Third-party forensic investigations…
Cybercriminals could possibly exploit Samsung pre-installed apps for spying
Several major security vulnerabilities in Samsung pre-installed Android apps have been discovered, which, if properly exploited, might have given hackers access to personal data without the users’ permission and allowed…
Microsoft Office patches 4 critical security flaws
Check Point Research, a cybersecurity company, had advised Microsoft Office customers to update their software as soon as possible following the discovery of four security vulnerabilities that enable attackers to…
U.S. recovers 63.7 of 75 bitcoins ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
The US Department of Justice said on Monday that it has recovered 63.7 bitcoins (worth $2.3 million) paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware extortionists on May 8, due…
Critical RCE bug found in VMware vCenter Server exploited in wild
Cyber criminals are searching the internet for unpatched VMware vCenter servers that are vulnerable to a serious remote code execution bug that was fixed at the end of last month.…
Latvian woman charged for developing trickbot banking malware
Max, the 55-year-old Latvian lady was charged on multiple counts, for her participation in programming malware for the infamous Trickbot group. After being detained in February in Miami, Alla…
Latest WhatsApp scam: Hijacker hacks Whatsapp using security code
Scammers are continuing to target WhatsApp users and hijack their accounts by impersonating as friends and asking for SMS security codes. The scam has been around for years, yet…
Health Service Executive IT system shut down suffers a major ransomware attack
Following a “significant ransomware attack,” Ireland’s Health Service Executive has temporarily shut down its IT infrastructure. The health organization announced that it had shut down its systems as a…