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INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime

INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cybercrime INTERPOL on Tuesday said it took down more than 22,000 malicious servers linked to various cyber threats as part of a global operation. Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the… 

South Korea Fines Meta .67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers

South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Tech Regulation Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea’s data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about… 

Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users

Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Phishing Protection Google’s cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to… 

FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions

FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities. “An Advanced… 

New Android Banking Malware ‘ToxicPanda’ Targets Users with Fraudulent Money Transfers

New Android Banking Malware ‘ToxicPanda’ Targets Users with Fraudulent Money Transfers

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Attack Over 1,500 Android devices have been infected by a new strain of Android banking malware called ToxicPanda that allows threat actors to conduct fraudulent banking transactions. “ToxicPanda’s… 

Synology Urges Patch for Critical Zero-Click RCE Flaw Affecting Millions of NAS Devices

Synology Urges Patch for Critical Zero-Click RCE Flaw Affecting Millions of NAS Devices

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Security Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker Synology has addressed a critical security flaw impacting DiskStation and BeePhotos that could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-10443 and… 

Malware Campaign Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts to Control npm Typosquat Packages

Malware Campaign Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts to Control npm Typosquat Packages

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Blockchain An ongoing campaign is targeting npm developers with hundreds of typosquat versions of their legitimate counterparts in an attempt to trick them into running cross-platform malware. The attack is… 

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Data Breach and Extortion Attacks

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Data Breach and Extortion Attacks

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual who is suspected to have conducted a series of hacks stemming from the breach of cloud data warehousing platform Snowflake… 

Google Warns of Actively Exploited CVE-2024-43093 Vulnerability in Android System

Google Warns of Actively Exploited CVE-2024-43093 Vulnerability in Android System

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Vulnerability Google has warned that a security flaw impacting its Android operating system has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43093, has been described…