Image: Gabriel Gurrola Vertafore, a provider of insurance software, has disclosed this week a data breach, admitting that a third-party …
Microsoft urges users to stop using phone-based multi-factor authentication
Microsoft is urging users to abandon telephone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions like one-time codes sent via SMS and voice calls …
Facebook link preview feature used as a proxy in website-scraping scheme
Image: Facebook Multiple data-scraping groups have abused the Facebook link preview feature to scrape data from internet sites disguised as …
New ‘Ghimob’ malware can spy on 153 Android mobile applications
Security researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan that can spy and steal data from 153 Android applications. Named Ghimob, …
Ransomware hits e-commerce platform X-Cart
E-commerce software vendor X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack at the end of October that brought down customer stores hosted on the company’s …
FBI: Hackers stole source code from US government agencies and private companies
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent out a security alert warning that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications …
Linux version of RansomEXX ransomware discovered
Security firm Kaspersky said today that it discovered a Linux version of the RansomEXX ransomware, marking the first time a …
Apple fixes three iOS zero-days exploited in the wild
Apple has released security updates today for iOS to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities that were discovered being abused in attacks …
Russian authorities make rare arrest of malware author
Image: D-Keine / Getty Images Russian authorities have arrested a malware author at the end of September, an action that …
Toy maker Mattel discloses ransomware attack
Image: Karen Vardazaryan, Mattel, ZDNet US toymaker Mattel revealed today that it suffered a ransomware attack that crippled some business …