Month: September 2020

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malware

Instantaneous Increase of Emotet Trojan Attacks reported by authorities from Japan, France, New Zealand

In 2014, Emotet was first discovered as a “simple” banking trojan intended to steal financial data. Since it has developed over time into a botnet and incorporated modularity, such as the ability to distribute ransomware using worm-like functionality, therefore, it has been described by the US Department of Homeland Security as “one of the most expensive and…
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Instagram Retaining Deleted User Data: Bug Reported by Researcher

A bug was reported recently on Instagram by a researcher, Saugat Pokharal, in a blog post. Saugat is a security researcher who lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. He revealed that he accidentally found out that the company retained the copy of data on its servers even when the users had deleted it from their accounts.  Instagram is…
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Best free resource for learning cybersecurity online

Looking to secure your business from cyber frauds or wanting a job in IT security, or just fascinated by the movies and want to hack like them. You have to start somewhere. We will provide you some of the best, free of cost online resources to kick start your career today. Cybersecurity is the hot…
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money

EVILNUM group targeting Financial firm

EVILNUM, an advanced and persistent threat community with the bulk of targets in EU countries and the United Kingdom, has also noticed threats in countries such as Australia and Canada. According to ESET’s telemetry, the EVILNUM group’s priorities are financial technology firms – for example, businesses that provide online exchange services and resources.  Previously, Evilnum…
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File Manager WordPress Plugin Zero-Day Vulnerability Risked Thousands Of Websites

A new zero-day vulnerability was founded by Wordfence in a WordPress plugin. The vulnerability existed in the file manager plugin and allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on a WordPress site. WordPress is a popular website building website and is used by millions of users worldwide. The vulnerability has affected 70,000 active users of…
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FBI and NSA expose new Linux Russian malware Drovorub

The cold war started in 1947, leading to the race of nuclear weapons that might have ended in 1991, but the relations between the two world powers have never been friendly. The two nations never hesitate to trouble each other. But this time, the FBI has shown serious concerns regarding a Russian“wood cutter.” What is…
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Maximum Lifespan of SSL/TLS Certificates is 398 Days from September 1

SSL/TLS certificates allow an authenticated communication between a browser and a web server, while at the same time verifying the identity of the domain that holds the certificate. The lifespan of the certificate shall have a fixed life cycle. This is defined by the ‘Valid From’ and ‘Valid To’ attributes. If the credential expires, it…
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