Cybersecurity
Malware designed to target industrial control systems like power grids, factories, water utilities, and oil refineries represents a rare species of digital badness. So when the United States government warns of a piece of code built to target not just one of those industries…
State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) has suffered a major cyber-attack in its field headquarters in eastern Assam's Duliajan, with the hacker demanding $75,00,000, officials said on Wednesday. OIL's Manager, Security, Sachin Kumar, who filed an FIR with the police on…
A U.S. court has sentenced former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to five years and three months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for conspiring with North Korea to help use cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions imposed on the country. "There is no question…
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-fixed security flaw in the Rarible non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace that, if successfully exploited, could have led to account takeover and theft of cryptocurrency assets. "By luring victims to click on a malicious NFT…
Microsoft has fixed a new Windows RPC CVE-2022-26809 vulnerability that is raising concerns among security researchers due to its potential for widespread, significant cyberattacks once an exploit is developed. Therefore, all organization needs to apply…
Cybercriminals are attempting to trick American users of digital payment apps into making instant money transfers in social engineering attacks using text messages with fake bank fraud alerts. The warning, published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a public service…
Google has released Chrome 100.0.4896.127 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability actively used by threat actors in attacks. "Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-1364 exists in the wild," Google said in a security advisory released…
A new information-stealing malware called ZingoStealer has been discovered with powerful data-stealing features and the ability to load additional payloads or mine Monero. The new malware was created and released for free by a group of threat actors named the…
The MetroHealth System in Cleaveland, Ohio, recently disclosed a data breach involving 1700 of its patients. In a recent statement, MetroHealth announced that on November 13, while the health system’s electronic medical records systems were being upgraded, 1700 patient…
The developer of a popular WordPress plugin has updated its product to fix a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to change the appearance of websites. Elementor is marketed as a leading website building platform for WordPress, enabling over five million…