News

Nedbank third-party service provider Computer Facilities was exploited to steal customer data Nedbank, one of the largest financial institutions in South Africa, has announced a data breach on Thursday.[1] In the publicly published warning to the customers, the bank informed that its third-party service provider Computer Facilities (Pty) Ltd disclosed personal data […]

Nedbank customers beware: 1.7 million affected by data breach

 in Security / Virus  tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by
Besides blocking malicious apps, Google Play Protect also incorporates Safe Browsing and “Find My Device” features Google’s released security app Play Protect has blocked over 1.9 billion malicious applications that did not originate from the Play Store in 2019, protecting users from harm.[1] This high number would have probably been far smaller […]

Google Play Protect stopped almost 2 billion malicious apps in ...

 in Security / Virus  tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by
Charming Kitten hackers sent out fake requests for interviews impersonating New York Times journalists Iranian government-linked hackers attempted to steal email login information by targetting people with fake interview offers from journalists.[1] Iranian activists, other journalists, people from academia, permanently living in other countries got emails from the Charming Kitten […]

Iranian-linked hackers pose as journalists in the email scam campaign

 in Virus  tagged malware / News / Spam and phishing / trojan / Virus by
Metamorfo malware steals users’ passwords with the help of a keylogging trick Security researchers from Fortinet have recently spotted a new variant of a previously known Windows malware Metamorfo[1] – it is accustomed to targeting customers of over 20 financial institutions. First discovered in April 2018, the banking Trojan was […]

Metamorfo banking Trojan employs new tricks, expands its campaign

 in Virus  tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by
Health Share of Oregon vendor GridWorks had a laptop stolen during an office break-in – it contained Medicaid members’ personal information Personally identifiable information of 654,362 Medicaid’s members was disclosed due to a data breach. According to news sources, the information was breached on November 18, last year, due to a laptop theft […]

Health Share of Oregon vendor GrindWorks experiences data breach

 in Security / Virus  tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by
The malicious campaign has reached over 500,000 machines worldwide The Bitbucket[1] code hosting service is being exploited by malicious actors for the distribution of several malware types. According to the latest information, this campaign has already affected more than 500K businesses all over the world. The criminals have been pushing […]

Bitbucket used to deploy arsenal of malware to thousands

 in Virus  tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by