Security

The new version of Android malware will be able to break into accounts by using the stolen codes Cybersecurity experts have observed a new strain of Cerberus banking malware for Android – it now can gather one-time codes from Google Authenticator[1] and hack potential victims’ accounts that are protected with […]

Future view: Cerberus trojan steals 2FA codes via Google Authenticator

February 27, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Slickwraps customers’ private data becomes at risk of exposure A cybersecurity specialist named Lynx[1] has revealed that the systems belonging to Slickwraps are vulnerable to unauthorized access. The company did not respond to the findings at first so the researcher went public with his discovery. Since Slickwraps is a firm […]

Easily accessible Slickwraps systems lead to a data breach

February 22, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Data of 10.6 million MGM hotel visitors, including high-profile individuals, posted on the underground hacking forum In July 2019, MGM Resorts hotel and casino chain was affected by a cybersecurity incident that resulted in its guests’ personal information disclosure. In a combined investigation by tech site ZDNet[1] and a security […]

MGM data breach reveals personal data of celebrities and CEOs

February 21, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

A flaw in the ThemeREX Addons allow hackers to create admin accounts and take over vulnerable websites According to the Wordfence security firm that manages the WordPress platform’s firewall, the plugin installed on at least 44,000 websites has a bug that was already exploited by hackers.[1] Attacks started on February […]

Hackers exploit a zero-day vulnerability in a WordPress plugin

February 20, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

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

February 14, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

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 ...

February 13, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

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

February 6, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Twitter reveals a cybersecurity issue: API feature allowed hackers to link phone numbers to user accounts Twitter officially addressed the security incident in the report posted on Monday.[1] The social network revealed that it has discovered and fixed the issue exploited by hackers that managed to match specific phone numbers […]