Tag: data breaches

Happy Mother’s Day! Serving, surviving, and thriving as a mom with a cyber career

Being a mother and working in cybersecurity necessitates unique skillsets. As mothers, we understand time management, communication, and positive reinforcement. We emphasize the value of clear instructions and providing positive reinforcement. Mothers possess the capacity to remain calm and composed in any circumstance, while also possessing the skillset needed to coach, teach, or evaluate a […]

Bl00dy Ransomware Gang Strikes Education Sector with Critical PaperCut Vulnerability

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of attacks carried out by a threat actor known as the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang that attempt to exploit vulnerable PaperCut servers against the education facilities sector in the country. The attacks took place in early May 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]

Severe Security Flaw Exposes Over a Million WordPress Sites to Hijack

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor that could be potentially exploited to achieve elevated privileges on affected sites. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-32243, has been addressed by the plugin maintainers in version 5.7.2 that was shipped on May 11, 2023. Essential Addons for Elementor has over one million […]

Malwarebytes achieves perfect score in latest AVLab assessment

Malwarebytes has once again earned a perfect score in AVLabs March 2023 real-world malware detection tests, marking the sixth consecutive quarter achieving this feat. Let’s delve into the details of the test and how both consumer and business products outperformed competitors in exhaustive testing. The AVLab Assessment AVLabs evaluation process is extensive and comprehensive, putting […]

Google Passkeys: How to create one and when you shouldn’t

Google has just brought users closer to a passwordless future. In a recent blog post, the tech giant introduced the option to create and use a safer, more convenient alternative to passwords: Passkeys, a form of digital credential. So, how do they work? Passkeys are generated using public-key cryptography, or asymmetric encryption, which involves using a pair of public and private […]

Google offers Dark Web monitoring for US Gmail users

By Deeba Ahmed Google said that with its dark web monitoring feature, not only will users be able to check their… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google offers Dark Web monitoring for US Gmail users

OneNote documents have emerged as a new malware infection vector

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  Intro In February 2022, Microsoft disabled VBA macros on documents due to their frequent use as a malware distribution method. This move prompted […]

Spanish Police Takes Down Massive Cybercrime Ring, 40 Arrested

The National Police of Spain said it arrested 40 individuals for their alleged involvement in an organized crime gang called Trinitarians. Among those apprehended include two hackers who carried out bank scams through phishing and smishing techniques and 15 other members of the crime syndicate, who have all been charged with a number of offenses […]

New APT Group Red Stinger Targets Military and Critical Infrastructure in Eastern Europe

A previously undetected advanced persistent threat (APT) actor dubbed Red Stinger has been linked to attacks targeting Eastern Europe since 2020. “Military, transportation, and critical infrastructure were some of the entities being targeted, as well as some involved in the September East Ukraine referendums,” Malwarebytes disclosed in a report published today. “Depending on the campaign,