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#StayHome Tech – Private Internet Access VPN Considering how the recent COVID-19 pandemic has been evolving, people all over the world are being encouraged to #StayHome, no matter if they’re sick or not. These campaigns make people more present online and more involved in the world of cybersecurity due to malicious […]

Online safety issues during the quarantine: how to manage your ...

March 31, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

A data dump containing 4,934,863 Georgian voters’ personal information was found being sold on the underground forums On Saturday, security researchers from Under the Breach discovered a listing on underground hacking forums – it contained personal information of Georgian citizens. The data dump reached 1.04 GB in size and was […]

Personal data of almost 5 million Georgian voters exposed online

March 30, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Tekya malware was downloaded almost 1 million times Check Point security researchers found that Android applications designed for kids distributed malware dubbed Tekya.[1] More than 50 apps on the Google Play Store were discovered using a new trick to mimic users clicks on ads.[2] This malware imitated users’ actions to […]

Google Play Store distributed malicious ad-fraud apps designed for kids

March 24, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Rogers’ third-party service provider left an unprotected database open Canadian communications and media company Rogers is in the process of notifying its customers about the data breach that affected their personal information. According to the notification published on the official ISP’s site, the intrusion was spotted on February 26th, 2020, and […]

Data breach at Canadian ISP Rogers: open database to blame

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

During the Covid-19 outbreak, HHS servers suffer a DDoS attack attempting to cause disruption According to news reports,[1] on this Sunday night, The United States Health and Human Service Department was hit by the cyber attack. Criminals attempted to take department’s servers offline in the middle of the Coronavirus outbreak. […]

U.S Health and Human Services network hit by DDoS attack

March 17, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

University Hospital Brno is used to test patients for coronavirus infections – cyberattack halts the operations The second-largest hospital in the Czech Republic was hit by a massive cyberattack in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. The incident happened on Friday night, which prompted the authorities to close down the […]

Hospital Brno in Czechia hit by a cyberattack during COVID-19 ...

March 16, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Necurs is the largest botnet that managed to infect more than 9 million computers worldwide Microsoft managed to take down an entire infrastructure of Necurs – the largest botnet in the world that was used by cybercriminals to distribute spam and infect computer users with malware across the globe. Eight […]

Necurs botnet majorly disrupted by Microsoft and partners

March 11, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

Virgin Media data leak – an unprotected marketing database to blame Virgin Media, one of the largest internet and TV cable provider in the UK, has announced a data breach which affected over 900,000 of its customers, which represents 15% of the customer base. According to the notice published on […]

900,000 customers affected by Virgin Media data breach

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

Security researchers claim that CIA hacked Chinese industries and government agencies to obtain intelligence information CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was conducting cyber-espionage activities on Chinese government institutions and various industries, as the report by Qihoo 360, published on Tuesday, claims.[1] Qihoo 360, one of the most reputable cybersecurity firms, become the […]

Qihoo 360: CIA was monitoring Chinese industries for 11 years

March 4, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager

The US charges two Chinese men for helping North Korean actors steal over $250 Million Two men from China helped the North Korean hacker group to steal cryptocurrency, according to recent court documents.[1] The Us Department of Justice charged the two for laundering $100 million worth of cryptocurrency that got […]

Two Chinese men got charged for money laundering and helping ...

March 3, 2020 in Security / Virus tagged malware / News / Security / trojan / Virus by webmanager