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A WordPress Plugin Called 'ThemeGrill Demo Importer' Exposed 200,000 Websites to Hackers
Content Management Systems (CMS) like WordPress have completely transformed the process of creating and maintaining a website. Right now, building a website can be as easy as setting up a WordPress installation and... Read more
Security Researchers Warn Verizon Users About an Aggressive Smishing Scam
Phishing has always been one of the cybercrooks' favorites. There are a few good reasons for this. You don't need to have a lot of technical skills to pull off a successful phishing scam, and even large-scale... Read more
Apple Is the Newest Member of the FIDO Alliance
You might think that there is an obvious reason for our continuous reliance on passwords. You probably assume that we still use them because we have yet to develop an alternative that is reliable and more secure than... Read more
SoundCloud Was a Target for Credential Stuffing Attacks Due to the Unlimited Number of Login Attempts
With over 170 million users, SoundCloud is undoubtedly one of the world's largest audio streaming platforms. According to Alexa, it's in the Top 100 most visited websites, which made it a perfect candidate for a good... Read more
Google Chrome Is About to Start Blocking Downloads. Here's All You Need to Know
In keeping with its position as one of the leading IT companies of today, Google is one of the forerunners when it comes to taking global to improve online safety. Case in point - the company’s latest efforts are... Read more
LabCorp Cannot Catch a Break as a New Data Breach Is Revealed
A healthcare organization's involvement in a cybersecurity incident can never be good news. If it has to deal with two separate attacks in the span of less than eleven months, it's even more worrying, and when its... Read more
A Data Breach Hits a San Diego-based Low-Income Preschool Education Provider
Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. (EES) doesn't look like the most attractive prey for cybercriminals. For the last four decades, EES has developed and offered educational programs to children growing up in... Read more
Emotet Malware is Now Capable of Hacking Wi-Fi Networks
Many people don't think much of it, but the correct configuration of a Wi-Fi network is incredibly important. It could open the gateway to all your personal devices, and its security must be treated with utmost... Read more
The Metamorfo Banking Trojan Disables Auto-Complete to Record the Passwords You Type In
While other threats have come and gone throughout the years, banking trojans have remained a firm favorite with cybercriminals, and although some of the strains like Ursnif have established a reputation for efficient... Read more
Google Admitted to Exposing Private Videos Stored on the 'Google Photos' Cloud
The constant barrage of data breaches, leaks, cybersecurity incidents, and privacy-exposing bugs has taught many people that oversharing private information on the internet could be dangerous. That's why users tend to... Read more
The Consequences of the 2019 Wawa Data Breach: Private Data of Millions Is Sold on the Dark Web
Last week, researchers from threat intelligence firm Gemini Advisory noticed that there was a new offer on Joker's Stash, one of the Dark Web's most popular marketplaces for stolen credit card details. It was posted... Read more
Ashley Madison Data Breach Extortion Scam Targets Hundreds of Victims
Different data breaches have different consequences. If an internet discussion board is hacked, for example, the damage is usually limited to usernames, email addresses, and, in some cases, passwords. If an e-commerce... Read more
One Social Captain Bug Threatens the Security of Thousands of Instagram Users
For many, Instagram is a way of using trendy filters and effects to show all your friends how tasty your salad is. For others, however, Instagram is pivotal to their money-making venture, and they need to ensure that... Read more
Ring Sued Over Hacked Cameras That Exposed Children's Privacy
Unfortunately, we tend not to think about the consequences when we're connecting more and more devices to the internet. Last year, for example, Ashley LeMay and Dylan Blakeley bought a couple of IP cameras... Read more
Cybercriminals Use Coronavirus-Themed Spam to Spread Malware
The Wuhan coronavirus (also known as 2019-nCoV) is still dominating the news, and unfortunately, this is unlikely to change any time soon. The death toll rises at an alarming rate, and people are on the verge of... Read more
Spicejet Failed to Protect 1.2 Million Customers' Data From Hackers
Security researchers often criticize the PR teams of cyberattack victims for mishandling the incident, and it must be said that frequently, in their attempts to minimize the embarrassment, spokespeople tend to say... Read more
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter Are in a Struggle to Stop the Distribution of Fake News Around the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak
Fake news has been around for just as long as real news, but over the last few years, the phenomenon has gained a lot of notoriety. Why? It all has to do with the fact that the internet and social networks are... Read more
The UN Deliberately Hid a Massive Hacking Attack That Could Have Put a Lot of People in Danger
News of cyberattacks aimed at organizations of all shapes and sizes comes out on a daily basis, and it's often accompanied by a lot of criticism for the victim. Usually, the problem lies in the way the incident is... Read more
