A massive 13-day long Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on a single online service has been launched by a Mirai-based botnet, according to Imperva. The botnet, which was observed coordinating 402,000 different IPs, most of which are apparently located in Brazil, was using Internet of Things (IoT) devices withRead More…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware targeting Linux systems, which spies on users, Called EvilGnome, the threat disguises as a Gnome extension and was found to include unfinished keylogging capabilities, as well as comments, symbol names and compilation metadataRead More…
Synology recently found that several users were under a ransomware attack, where admins’ credentials were stolen by brute-force login attacks, and their data was encrypted as a result. Synology investigated and found that the causes of these attacks were due to dictionary attacksRead More…
To empower Middle East businesses to mitigate the financial and reputational impact of cyber-attacks, Help AG, the region’s leading cybersecurity solutions, services and consultancy provider, today unveiled its new Critical Services Integrity Monitoring (CSIM) service. An ‘add-on’ to the company’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering, this new addition deliversRead More…
A flaw in a Facebook app designed for children under 13 years old allows them to chat online with people unapproved by their parents. The messaging app is designed to give parents control over who their kids text and video chat with online, but a bug in the software letsRead More…
A new business email compromise (BEC) scam targeting company customers by asking for aging reports from employees, has been discovered by Agari Cyber Intelligence Division. BEC scammers impersonate CEOs of targeted companies and request information from employees on invoices that are overdue for payment in the form of an agingRead More…
Kaspersky has uncovered a significant rise in the use of malware designed to harvest consumers’ digital data, known as password stealers. According to Kaspersky’s data, the number of consumers targeted by stealers increased from less than 600,000 people in the first half of 2018 to over 940,000 during the same periodRead More…
A critical flaw impacting millions of mobile and internet of things (IoT) devices running NVIDIA’s Tegra processor has opened the door for several attacks, including device hijacking or siphoning of data. The warning comes from a cybersecurity researcher, who discovered the flaw and asserts that the bug “affects every singleRead More…
