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Google Project Zero team disclosed the details of a recently fixed Windows flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-24093, that can be compromised for remote code execution in the context of the DirectWrite user. Dominik Rottsches of Google and Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero discovered the flaws and reported the issue to Microsoft in November and […]
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French authorities unearthed a glut of stolen credentials on the dark web, apparently belonging to the healthcare workers. The authorities have alerted the healthcare department and advised them to remain vigilant. In recent weeks, threat actors have attacked several French hospitals – including hospitals in Dax and Villefranche-sur-Saone. The French Ministry of Social Affairs […]
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Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency slumped as much as 17 percent to $45,000 on Tuesday, sparking concerns from investors over the cryptocurrency’s sky-high valuations and its volatility in an unpredictable market. The cryptocurrency traded 13% lower, at $47,608.24, as of 11:45 p.m. in New York. The value of the cryptocurrency has soared in 2021, […]
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Malwarebytes, an American security firm announced the findings of its annual ‘State of Malware’ report, this report explored the working methodology of employees and cybercriminals. Work from home was the new normal during the Covid-19 pandemic wherein many companies altered their working methodology and started working remotely. The notable change was in the working […]
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Threat actors are using a novel approach to steal the credit card details of e-commerce shoppers by exploiting Google’s Apps Script business application platform. Threat actors are abusing Google Apps Script domain ‘script.google.com’ to hide their malicious activities from malware scan engines and evade Content Security Policy (CSP) controls. Eric Brandel, a cybersecurity researcher […]
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Lakehead University (LU) based in Ontario; Canada is currently dealing with the cyber-attack that hit the institution on Tuesday; Consequently, the computer systems remain offline as of now. Soon after the attack, the university shut down the computers at Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses as a precautionary measure. Lakehead provided the update on the […]
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Elon Musk, who’s currently the richest man on the earth –can his single tweet about investing or trading can affect the decision-making of millions of investors and traders around the globe? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, in the recent past many investors have invested their money in the shares of various companies by blindly […]
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Singapore’s leading telecom company Singtel confirmed the exploitation of a third-party file-sharing system Accellion which led to a massive data breach that affected nearly 1,30,000 clients. Private information of clients including National Registration Identity Card numbers and a combination of names, dates of birth, contact numbers, and addresses have been stolen by the hackers. […]
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Jones Day, a U.S.-based international law firm has suffered a major ransomware attack, and the allegedly stolen files from Jones Day were leaked on the internet. A Cybercriminal group known as Clop has taken the responsibility for attacking and stealing the files from the law firm. The incident was first reported on February 13 […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange EXMO, a British company was targeted in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. As a precautionary measure company has shut down its servers temporarily. The company also said in a notification that it suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack on February 15, when its website was offline for two hours. EXMO’s spokesperson said that […]
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