Findings published by Mozilla exposed a worrying concern about the lack of security and user privacy for mental health apps found on mobile application stores. These apps are valuable for people undergoing personal distress like anxiety, PTSD, domestic violence, etc. Some religion-themed apps are also discovered in a similar case. The study made by Mozilla...Continue Reading
After a cyberattack targeted their vendor, the library lending app Onleihe announced problems in multiple media formats endorsed on the platform, like audio, video, and e-book files. Onleihe is an application that enables visitors and users to connect to local libraries and borrow e-magazines and audiobooks. The application is utilised by various universities in Europe...Continue Reading
BotenaGo’s new malware strain has been discovered by researchers targeting the LILIN security camera DVR devices. The researchers called the newly discovered malware variant “LILIN Scanner” since it is used by the threat actors in the source code during the latest attacks. Based on reports, the new variant is coded in the Go language (Golang)...Continue Reading
A “data security event” in the Texas Department of Insurance resulted in a data leak impacting approximately 1.8 million people. The Texas Department of Insurance, aka TDI, revealed that the “data security event” happened on March 24. However, security researchers had noticed that Texas’ Attorney General’s office reported the incident on April 4. The leaked...Continue Reading
The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) in Scotland recently disclosed a ransomware attack against their institution conducted by the RansomEXX group. The attack campaign resulted in the leakage of the institution’s sensitive data on the internet. According to a chief executive of SAMH, their institution is devastated by the attack. They cannot understand why...Continue Reading
A statement from Okta’s representative revealed that about 2.5% of their clients’ data might have been impacted by the data breach that transpired last March 22, executed by the Lapsus$ threat group. Even though Okta has not provided further details about the attack’s impact, they added that the affected clients are allowed to analyze the...Continue Reading
Microsoft’s internal Azure DevOps Server projects, including Bing and Cortana, were recently targeted by the threat group Lapsus$, leaking the projects’ source code to the public. Through their Telegram channel, the Lapsus$ threat group shared a screenshot showing the Azure DevOps Server of Microsoft, which contains the source code for many of the giant tech...Continue Reading
One of Japan’s most prominent animation studios, Toei, suffered a cyberattack that caused a delay in releasing new episodes of several animes, especially the popular series ONE PIECE. The news has disappointed the fans since they are waiting for the much-awaited 1000th episode of the highly acclaimed Japanese anime series. According to the announcement of...Continue Reading
Recent reports revealed how Google Drive became the most exploited function that threat actors used for spreading malicious payloads. Based on data gathered by researchers, about half of all malicious Office documents spread globally were distributed by threat actors using Google Drive. The result of the report is based on a recent study that covers...Continue Reading
The source code of BotenaGo malware that has been leaked to GitHub was recently discovered by researchers and added that the identity of the culprit who revealed the source code is yet to be confirmed. However, now that the source code is released on a public platform, researchers can tell how the malware works against...Continue Reading
