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Spyhide, an Android spyware app developed in Iran, has silently collected private phone data from tens of thousands of Android devices worldwide. Operating as stalkerware, it discreetly installs on victims' phones, remaining hidden on the home screen to avoid detection and removal. Once installed,

Keira Waddell Published on 28th July 2023

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of the notorious AsyncRAT malware. Dubbed HotRat, the trojan is actively spreading through pirated versions of popular software, including video games, image and sound editing tools, and Microsoft Office. According to Avast security

Zane Kennedy Published on 26th July 2023

Apple has taken a strong stand against the UK government’s proposed amendments to its Investigatory Powers Act, clearly expressing its refusal to compromise on end-to-end encryption. In response to the potential changes, the tech giant has warned that it may disable iMessage and FaceTime services

Keira Waddell Published on 25th July 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed the construction of a “strong cyber security barrier” around China's internet infrastructure, reinforcing the country's infamous Great Firewall. His call, issued during a recent two-day cybersecurity meeting in Beijing, comes as part of an ongoing

Zane Kennedy Published on 24th July 2023

JumpCloud, a US-based identity and access management firm, recently made a disclosure regarding unauthorized access to its systems by a North Korean nation-state actor. The breach occurred a month ago and involved a spear-phishing attack against a targeted group of customers. The incident was

Keira Waddell Published on 23rd July 2023

Cl0p, the Russian cybercrime group responsible for the recent MOVEit hack, has continued to add to its list of alleged victims. Several new entities have been added, including public and private companies, state and local governments, universities, and other organizations. As part of its malicious

Husain Parvez Published on 21st July 2023

According to a recent post by Ram Gall, a threat analyst at the WordPress security firm Wordfence, an undisclosed group of hackers have initiated a campaign targeting a recently disclosed vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payments plugin. The campaign began on July 14th, with the intensity of the

Husain Parvez Published on 20th July 2023

Cybercriminals have found a potent weapon in the form of WormGPT, a generative AI tool designed explicitly for malicious activities. WormGPT has emerged as an alternative to the well-known AI model ChatGPT, empowering hackers to launch more sophisticated cyber attacks, particularly in Business

Zane Kennedy Published on 20th July 2023

All-In-One Security (AIOS), a widely-used WordPress plugin with over 1 million installations, has issued a security update to fix a bug which caused users' passwords to be stored in plaintext on the WordPress site’s database. AIOS confirmed that the bug, introduced in version 5.1.9, has been

Keira Waddell Published on 18th July 2023

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained approximately 2.3 million records. Upon further investigation, it became clear that these records were associated with multiple dating applications contained in a

Jeremiah Fowler Published on 17th July 2023