Androxgh0st malware ramps up global attacks

More than 600 servers worldwide have been subjected to recent attacks with the Androxgh0st malware, reports Hackread. The U.S., India, and Taiwan accounted for the bulk of the impacted servers, which were compromised by Androxgh0st malware operators through web shells Read More …

ToddyCat is making holes in your infrastructure

Kapersky researchers continue covering the activities of the APT group ToddyCat. In their previous article, they described tools for collecting and exfiltrating files (LoFiSe and PcExter). This time, the researchers have investigated how attackers obtain constant access to compromised infrastructure, what Read More …

UK government cannot protect businesses and services from cyber attacks

UK businesses are rapidly losing confidence in the government’s ability to protect them from cyberattacks. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity researchers Armis, which states that the lack of faith is higher than anywhere else in Europe. Read More …

Grindr facing UK lawsuit over alleged data protection breaches

Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday. Austen Hayes, Read More …

Leicester street lights stuck on all day due to cyber attack

A cyber attack targeting Leicester City Council has led to some street lights being stuck on all day. The attack crippled the authority’s services seven weeks ago and led to confidential documents being published online by the hackers, including rent Read More …

Discord’s updated Terms of Service are exactly the wrong response to its recent data breaches

It seems that Discord has been in the news for one reason or another lately, ranging from layoffs to massive privacy breaches and information theft by third parties. And now there’s something new on the horizon — one that may Read More …

Singapore: Personal information of parents, staff at 127 schools accessed in data security breach

A data breach at one of its vendors has resulted in the “unauthorised access” of names and email addresses of parents and staff from five primary and 122 secondary schools, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Friday (Apr 19). Read More …

More ways Israel could strike Iran, from cyber attacks to assassinations

For years, the two countries in the Middle East targeted each other’s military and intelligence sites in cyber attacks. The best known, from Israel’s side, was Stuxnet – reportedly developed jointly by the U.S. and Israel — that struck the Read More …