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Threat actors are using a new malware to attack Russian courts and mayoral offices, with the intention of completely erasing all the data on affected computers.

The Azov 'ransomware', which has been widely distributed in recent days, has been found to actually be a data wiper that purposefully deletes information on victim machines and infects other applications.

As many as 113,384 fraudulent websites were reported in 2021 in Vietnam. Of these, 22,000 websites were put on a black list after verification.

Users of Samsung, Huawei, and Google phones have been advised to remove a number of popular apps that may contain spyware which steals money. Tech experts have cautioned owners of Android smartphones and tablets that a variety of apps could be infected with harmful malware called 'Harly'. What is Harly? Harly, named after Harley Quinn the popular Batman villain, who is also the Joker's girlfriend, is a type of trojan known as a "trojan subscriber" signs users up for paid...

Cyber insurance is a type of cover that protects businesses and individuals from financial losses from various digital age threats such as malware attack, phishing, identity theft, social media breach, among other things.

As per a report by Kaspersky, 28 games including Roblox, FIFA, PUBG, Minecraft, and many others have been exploited by a popular malware called RedLiner.

All paid extensions have been compromised, but the free version appears to be safe

According to cyber security analytics firm Zscaler Threatlabz, Google has removed 50 more apps from its Play Store as it said that they were infected by the Joker malware. It is suggested that users must uninstall these suspected apps if they are still on their smartphones. 

Louisiana's unemployment website is back online after an attempted malware attack forced systems in dozens of states to shut down internet services.

Brooks County Judge Eric Ramos said the attack affected the county's Justice of the Peace, district court, and finance department.