Cyberattack Forces Shutdown of Major U.S. Pipeline
Colonial Pipeline halts all fuel pipeline operations in response to a cyberattack read more Source: Security Week
Continue ReadingHow to control Spotify while playing a game in Windows 10
While playing a game, you may want to listen to your playlist rather than the in-game music to get the most out of your gaming experience. Unfortunately, it can be a pain to alt-tab out of the game to control your music. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com
Continue ReadingMicrosoft warns of a large-scale BEC campaign to make gift card scam
Microsoft is warning of a large-scale BEC campaign that targeted hundreds of organizations leveraging typo-squatted domains registered days before the attacks. Business email compromise (BEC) attacks represent a serious threat for organizations worldwide, according to the annual report released by FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, the 2020 Internet Crime Report, in 2020, the IC3 received 19,369 Business […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good
Plus: A Peloton data leak, Russian hacker details, and more of the week’s top security news. Source: Wired
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TsuNAME: New DNS Bug could be used to DDoS Authoritative DNS Servers
Security researchers have found extreme domain name system (DNS) fixes that hackers may use to conduct constructive denial-of-service attacks on authoritative DNS servers. The bug they refer to as TsuNAME has been discovered by researchers from SIDN Labs and InternetNZ. The bug is a humongous reflection-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) amplification function attacking authoritative […]
Continue ReadingISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The secret campaign, backed by major broadband companies, used real people’s names without their consent. Source: Wired
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Research Shows 19 Petabytes of Data Exposed Across 29,000+ Unprotected Databases
Researchers from CyberNews discovered that over 29,000 databases across the world are now totally inaccessible and publicly available, exposing over 19,000 terabytes of data to everyone, including threat actors. The majority of businesses keep confidential data in databases. Passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account, and credit card information, and other vital information […]
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Modem Vulnerabilty Attacks Android Phones, Steals Data and Records Calls
Google and Android manufacturers always aim to keep their hardware and software security robust. However, a vulnerability found in Qualcomm SoCs recently revealed by Check Point Research is quite frightening. The vulnerability can allow a harmful application to patch software with MSM Qualcomm modem chips, which gives the actor access to call logs and chat […]
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ShinyHunters is Leaking Data of all the Big Conglomerates
Following the hacking of masked credit and debit card data belonging to crores of Juspay customers, independent cybersecurity analyst Rajshekhar Rajaharia reported on January 6, 2021, that the same hacker, likely branded as ‘ShinyHunters,’ is now selling databases belonging to three more Indian companies on the Dark Web. ShinyHunters, the well-known hacker responsible for […]
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CISA Alert Describes FiveHands Ransomware Threat
Agency Offers In-Depth Analysis, Risk Mitigation AdviceThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an alert providing more details on the threat posed by FiveHands ransomware attacks and offering risk mitigation tips. Source: Bank Info Security
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