Organizations bore the brunt of cyber-attacks in Q1, according to Malwarebytes

Russian-speaking threat group has been targeting retailers and financial institutions in the US and abroad via a spear-phishing campaign.

Facebook may be fined as much as $5 million by the FTC for data issues related to the Cambridge Analytica incident.

By Uzair Amir

The IT security researchers at Netskope Threat Research Labs have discovered a new malware hosted on the Google Sites, a dedicated platform offered by Google for developing websites. Dubbed LoadPCBanker by researchers; the malware is actually an executable that is hidden inside a PDF file titled “PDF Reservations Details MANOEL CARVALHO hospedagem familiar detalhes PDF.exe.” […]

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Google Play has removed up to 50 apps that once downloaded plagued systems with full-screen ads.

By Uzair Amir

The app is called WiFi Finder – connect to hotspots. WiFi Finder, a popular and widely downloaded hotspot finder app designed for Android devices has been identified to be exposing passwords of WiFi networks for over two million networks. The exposed database was identified by GDI Foundation member and security researcher Sanyam Jain. According to […]

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ReDoS flaws discovered in OWASP Core Rule Set

The malware hides in the legitimate game downloads, signed with a real certificate; connections to ShadowHammer have been found.

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