An unresolved flaw in PayPal can harm its users
PayPal is a digital currency service used globally by many users, especially those who work independently or businesses that want to offer various forms of payment. However, since the end of last year, a cybersecurity researcher found a flaw in the money transfer system, which remains unsolved until now. Find out all the details in […]
A Venezuelan doctor is the mastermind behind Thanos Ransomware
This Monday, the United States Department of Justice has raised several accusations against a Venezuelan cardiologist for being the author of Thanos Ransomware, which has been wreaking havoc in the world since its first appearance. What no one expected is that a renowned doctor from Venezuela was the mastermind behind all these illegal acts. Learn […]
WordPress sites have been hacked to redirect them to scam sites
The last few weeks, WordPress has been under many attacks. These have shown great planning as they attack not only plugins, but are capable of injecting vulnerable code that makes visited sites lead to others, which will trick visitors. In April, there was a wave of attacks exploiting weaknesses in the plugins WordPress sites rely […]
A Nerbian RAT is targeting entities in Italy, Spain and The U.K.
A remote access trojan (RAT) that had not been documented until recently has been wreaking havoc in Europe, especially entities in countries such as Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. This Trojan uses covid-19-themed phishing techniques to trick users into gaining unauthorized access. Learn more about the Nerbian RAT with this article. Read: Spain’s public […]
Spain’s public administration is under the radar of cybercriminals
Spain has become a focal point for cybercriminal activities, from spying on big names in the Spanish government to attacking different organizations and systems of public institutions. The last blow is for the City Council of Lugo, but this attack only shows how weak many public systems are not only in Spain but throughout the […]
Learn what are the biggest password problems
Today, being World Password Day, we are going to talk about a very important topic, one that everyone seems to avoid just for their own comfort. Creating a strong password is not complicated and only takes a couple of minutes. The problem is that most users go with what they quickly remember or are familiar […]
Microsoft discovers new privilege escalation flaws in Linux
The Microsoft 365 Defender team discovered two privilege escalation flaws in Linux operating system. These flaws are worrisome as they can cause further damage by giving access for various malicious operations. Although Linux was long thought to be one of the most secure systems, it is now known that cybercriminals have only looked for more […]
Elon Musk’s Twitter will offer end-to-end encryption in DMs
The shocking news this week was the purchase of the microblogging platform Twitter, by the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk. News that impressed many due to the length of the negotiations. Despite knowing Elon’s work, there are many users concerned about the changes. However, one of the things he wants to change is […]
T-Mobile confirms to have been a Lapsus$’s victim
Although it had been believed that the Lapsus$ extortion group had retired for a vacation, added to the news that several of its members were arrested, including the alleged leader, it turns out that between March and April they have been very active with other attacks on important companies. In this case, T-Mobile, dedicated to […]
Meet DDoSecrets successor to Wikileaks
Julian Assange’s Wikileaks was a very shocking portal that caused a lot of havoc in the world. However, since the arrest of its creator, things in that area had calmed down. But in the year 2020, a new name, DDoSecrets (acronym for Distributed Denial of Secrets) started to emerge. Currently, this group is one of […]
A flaw in Rarible, an NFT Marketplace, put cryptowallets at risk
Rarible is the most used marketplace for buying and selling NFTs (non-fungible tokens), but a flaw in its systems allowed cybercriminals to take possession of users’ cryptowallets. All this thanks to malicious NFTs, a kind of phishing within the platform that deceived users. Learn more about this already fixed bug. Read: Ukrainian soldiers are hacked […]
Ukrainian soldiers are hacked
You might think that cyberwarfare only targets large corporations and government agencies of the parties involved in the conflicts. It turns out that, in these modern times, a pattern is being noticed where groups attack and access people’s accounts. In this case, the Ukrainian soldiers were the latest victims of a Belarusian hacker group. Read […]
Microsoft announces release of Autopatch for businesses
As it’s well known, Windows’ parent company uses the second Tuesday of each month to release updates, which are intended to repair and patch any errors or failures in its operating systems and products. However, you have noticed that not all customers are compliant with these updates, especially those under the enterprise category. That is […]
Mailchimp faces a breach to launch phishing scams
The email marketing firm Mailchimp was compromised at the end of March due to an access to its database. All this as part of a very well-planned plan by hackers to launch a phishing campaign, in which mining cryptocurrencies was the key. In this access, not only were the systems of the largest email marketing […]
Ukrtelecom suffers a cyberattack in the middle of war
Ukrtelecom is the largest national internet operator in Ukraine, and at the end of March, it suffered a major cyberattack, which is already associated with the war that is being waged between this country and Russia. Although the entire service was not totally attacked, a part was affected. More details of what happened will be […]
Alleged members of Lapsus$ were arrested in London
Lapsus$ has become the most wanted cybercriminal group so far after the series of hacks in recent months with high-impact profiles such as Samsung, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and others. It should be noted that their first big blow was last December to a ministry in Brazil. How have they managed to do so much damage with […]
North Korean hackers took advantage of Chrome Zero-Day
A few months ago, a Zero-Day bug was reported in the Chrome browser, which was fixed and led Google to ask its users for an urgent update. But the repercussions of said failure were unknown until now. The team of the giant based in Mountain View has revealed certain events that are of interest that […]
Microsoft is Lapsus$’s latest victim
This time, the extortion group Lapsus$ went against Microsoft, obtaining around 40GB of information. Both parties confirmed and announced the attack, increasing this group’s danger, though there are not many details about them. This adds to the series of attacks on important profiles in the world. Learn more about this new security breach in the […]
Toei Animation suffers a delay in its schedule due to a hack
The Japanese company, Toei Animation, has suffered a delay in the release schedule of new episodes due to the unidentified access of a third party. This hack has turned the company upside down, and it continues to investigate how it happened and all the repercussions it brings. Many fans are somewhat surprised, but at the […]
Ubisoft suffers a cyberattack
The French company dedicated to videogames, Ubisoft, confirmed last Friday that it was the victim of a new cyberattack. There are several pertinent details about this new one, which is just another drop in a wave of attacks on big names, including Samsung, NVIDIA, and Vodafone. This article will show a bit more of what […]