Malicious browser extensions are increasingly being used to infect millions of users across the world to monitor their browsing activity, exfiltrate stolen data, send malicious commands, and more.
Since December, FTA-linked hacks have been reported by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), law firm Allens, the University of Colorado, and more.
According to a report by Redscan, 63% of the total number disclosed in 2020 were classed as “low complexity,” which means an attacker with low technical skills could exploit them.
Some of the fraud was initiated through dating apps but even more through social media, the FTC said, as people flocked to them during months of stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic.
The database is said to contain customers’ full names, birthdates, taxpayer identification number (TIN), birthplace, passport details, family status, car availability, education, phone number, etc.
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) has become a lucrative enterprise. As per research by Chainalysis, blockchain transactions prove that different ransomware operators are interconnected.
From the past few months, law enforcement agencies from around the globe have been making significant progress in controlling cybercrime, especially ransomware operations.
Slack found that one of its app versions on Android was storing passwords in plaintext, leaving affected users vulnerable. The company has fixed the bug and is now starting to intimate affected users to reset their passwords.
Check Point researchers discovered a group of Iranian hackers targeting more than 1,000 dissidents worldwide in two-of-a-kind surveillance operations in at least four attack campaigns.
On February 2, the organization said it was told that it had been affected by the data breach. The institute’s investigation revealed that around 4% of its data held by Accellion had been accessed.