Nosy Ex-Partners Armed with Instagram Passwords Pose a Serious Threat

A survey of single people found almost a third are still logging into their ex’s social-media accounts, some for revenge. Source: Threadpost

DanaBot Adds Ransomware to its Arsenal

Malware adds ransomware to its malicious bag of tricks. Source: Threadpost

FBI Reaffirms Stance Not to Pay Ransomware Attackers

An FBI warning urges organizations to be vigilant about ransomware, and reaffirmed its position that companies should not pay ransoms to recover their files. Source: Threadpost

Facebook malware: tag me if you can

On the morning of 26th June, news of a phishing campaign hit the Israeli media. Thousands of Facebook users complained that they had been infected by a virus through their accounts...

The mobile malware threat landscape in 2022

These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Figures of the year In 2022, Kaspersky mobile products and technology detected: 1,661,743 malicious installers 196,476...

Flaw Found In Dirty COW Patch

Researchers have found a flaw in the original fix for the Dirty COW vulnerability patched in October 2016. Source: Threadpost

Hacker Infects Gas Pumps with Code to Cheat Customers

Russian authorities have broken up a crime ring involving a hacker and willing gas-station employees who have used malicious software to cheat customers of gas. Source: Threadpost

Industrial Cobots Might Be The Next Big IoT Security Mess

Researchers at IOActive are sounding an early alarm on the security of industrial collaboration robots, or cobots. These machines work side-by-side with people and contain vulnerabilities that could put physical safety...

Cisco Webex, Router Bugs Allow Code Execution

High-severity flaws plague Cisco's Webex collaboration platform, as well as its RV routers for small businesses. Source: Threadpost

Attackers Use UPnP to Sidestep DDoS Defenses

Universal Plug and Play networking protocols can be exploited to bypass DDoS mitigations. Source: Threadpost
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Firefox 81 Release Kills High-Severity Code-Execution Bugs

Mozilla has fixed three high-severity flaws with the release of Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3. Source: Threadpost