Latest News: Cybersecurity

A recent report by HUMAN's Satori team uncovered 28 free VPN applications available on Google Play that are covertly transforming devices into residential proxies. In other words, it allows malicious threat actors to route third-party traffic through user’s devices without their knowledge or

Over 100 organizations across the European Union and the United States have been targeted by a sophisticated malware known as StrelaStealer. This information-stealing malware, designed to harvest email credentials from popular email clients, has seen a surge in activity through large-scale phishing

A recent study by Palo Alto Networks and ABI Research revealed that one in four industrial enterprises in the past year have had to halt their operations temporarily due to cyberattacks. The survey, which encompassed nearly 2,000 executives and practitioners across 16 countries, sheds light on the

Organizers of the Belgian Grand Prix have reported a cybersecurity incident in which hackers sent phishing emails through a compromised official email account. The intent was to mislead fans using a fake €50 voucher offer, leading them onto a phishing website. As per the organizers' official

Over 15,000 Roku accounts have been compromised, which has resulted in hackers gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information, including credit card details. The breach occurred between December 28, 2023, and February 21, 2024. Roku confirmed the breach, stating that the hackers employed a

Over 3,300 WordPress websites have been compromised through vulnerabilities in the Popup Builder plugin. Security researchers at Sucuri have identified the flaw, CVE-2023-6000, in versions 4.2.3 and older of the plugin. It has led to a surge in malicious activities across the internet. The

PetSmart has recently informed its customers of a credential stuffing attack, prompting an immediate reset of passwords for affected accounts. The pet retail giant currently has over 60 million customers. The attack leveraged usernames and passwords exposed in prior breaches to gain unauthorized

UnitedHealth Group has reportedly paid a ransom of $22 million to the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang to regain access to data and systems encrypted during a cyberattack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare. The payment was disclosed through a post on a Russian cybercriminal forum by an affiliate of

The North Korean threat actor Lazarus Group exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in the Windows operating system to help perform cyberattacks. This exploit, discovered by researchers at cybersecurity firm Avast, allowed the hackers to gain kernel-level access. According to Bleeping

What Does it Mean for Personal Privacy, Secure Communication, and Access to Information? Russian sources have announced that a ban on VPN services will go into effect on March 1st. The ban encompasses advertisements and websites that provide information about how to bypass blocked resources in