WordPress Plugin Supply Chain Attack: What You’re Missing
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor. Here’s what the coverage gets wrong about the real threat model.
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Media Reports Inaccurate, Says Intel about Major Security Hole Discovered by Google Researchers
Google Project Zero researchers are constantly poking at operating systems and applications for zero day flaws that could leave them…
US officially blames North Korea for massive WannaCry ransomware attacks
The United States has officially declared that North Korea was responsible for the WannaCry ransomware attacks earlier this year that…
Spambot Discovered with 711 Million Breached Email Accounts
The biggest Spambot that contained more than 711 million email accounts has been found on a server in the Netherlands….
Google Play Store Affected by More Malware Apps
Recent research by two companies reported a couple of malware apps in the Google Play Store. Earlier, there were a couple…
Google Play Store Infected with 3 of 4000 Malicious Android Spy Apps, Now Removed
Though Google constantly updates its Play Store and takes measures to prevent malicious apps from making their way into the…
Kaspersky Free: Essential Malware Protection for the Entire World by November
Kaspersky Lab, the renowned cyber security and antivirus solutions provider, has recently made an announcement promising total protection for your…
Beware Old Google Chrome Extensions, Adware Being Injected by Unknown Buyer
An unknown company is actively buying up old Google Chrome extensions and using it to inject adware in order to…
New WhatsApp File Sharing Feature: Does it Pose a Security Risk Like Snapchat’s Paperclip?
WhatsApp’s new feature lets users share any file type, including zip files. WhatsApp, a powerful and popular messaging app, is…
Windows Defender SmartScreen on Microsoft Edge Offers Secure Browsing
Microsoft Edge, the default browser on Windows 10, and is touted to be a fast and safe browser. Aside from…
Can AppLocker on Windows 10 Provide Adequate Malware and Ransomware Protection?
AppLocker on Windows 10 is an often-underrated security layer that addresses what is now coming to the forefront of enterprise…
Petya Ransomware’s Author Wants to Help NotPetya (GoldenEye) Victims, Reaches Out on Twitter
The author of the original Petya ransomware that made news more than a year ago, known only by the name Janus,…
Petya Ransomware’s True Purpose Revealed – Data Destruction, Not Money
Just yesterday, a type of ransomware first identified as Petya, then subsequently named NotPetya or GoldenEye, started infecting about 2,000…
GoldenEye (Petya Offshoot) Ransomware has a “Vaccine”, Just Discovered
Less than two months ago, the WannaCry ransomware attacks wreaked havoc on cybersecurity systems on more than 300,000 machines in…
Hackers Will Soon Have to Face AI Cybersecurity Systems that Detect Malware Activity
Artificial Intelligence is very quickly moving into the cybersecurity space, helping scientists at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire,…