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More ransomware gangs now using DDoS attacks, more data thefts and an ADT technician admits spying on women Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday January 25th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. To hear the podcast click on the arrow below: There’s a new ransomware tactic going around: Launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against websites, then demanding organizations pay up to get decryption keys for scrambled data o...

Network File-Sharing Service Suffers Cryptojacking Attack  Last Updated: 25 January 2021 QNAP Inc., a company specializing in building file-sharing and storage management applications, has warned users about an ongoing crypto mining attack on its network-attached devices. According to a recent Bleeping Computer report, the attack is essentially a cryptojacking operation, forcing connected devices to mine Bitcoin. Blaming Weak Passwords A Taiwanese company, QNAP Systems is ...

Breach at Indian exchange BuyUCoin allegedly exposes 325K users’ personal data BuyUCoin initially denied the reports of a data breach, but added that all user funds are safe. 11949 Total views News Users of Indian crypto exchange BuyUCoin have reportedly been affected by a breach compromising personal data of more than 325,000 people. According to a report from Indian news outlet Inc42, a hacking group by the name of ShinyHunters leaked a database containing the names, phone numbe...

The database released for free in a hacking forum contains information that could be used by threat actors for performing targeted phishing and credential stuffing attacks, BleepingComputer reported on Wednesday.The

The database released for free in a hacking forum contains information that could be used by threat actors for performing targeted phishing and credential stuffing attacks, BleepingComputer reported on Wednesday.The

Millions of Nitro PDF users passwords exposed in leaked database It is a few months since Nitro PDF was hit by hackers in a huge data breach. While the stolen data was initially put up for sale, now it has been made available free of charge. What this means is that a database containing over 77 million user records is now freely available for just about anyone to download. The database weighs in at around 14GB and includes not only names and email addresses, but also passwords. SEE ALSO: The go...

The database released for free in a hacking forum contains information that could be used by threat actors for performing targeted phishing and credential stuffing attacks, BleepingComputer reported on Wednesday.The

Windows security vulnerabilities and bugs aren't new but most of the ones that we hear of involve downloading malicious software, often unknowingly, from

20 January 2021, 3:45 am EST By Messaging apps are incredibly important these days as people are still unable to freely meet in person to talk, whether about personal things or any work/school-related stuff, but according to a security researcher, some of the apps we are using arent as safe as we think they are. (Photo : Pexels) Logic Bugs Found in Messaging Apps In a report by Bleeping Computer, Google Project Zero security researcher Natalia Silvanovich has found vulnerabilities in several m...

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