Month: December 2021
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Research claims Samsung Galaxy Store apps are spreading malware
When one of the apps at VirusTotal was examined, it generated more than one dozen low-grade alerts ranging from adware, malware, trojans to …
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Error prompted LastPass to send false breach alerts to users
LastPass password manager users were shocked when they received alerts about their accounts getting compromised during a hack attack. The …
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Error prompted LastPass to send false data breach alerts to users
LastPass further revealed that it has minimized the risk of leaking users’ master passwords by implementing a “zero-knowledge security …
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PulseTV discloses potential compromise of 200,000 credit cards
PulseTV (pulsetv.com), an American e-store that uses TV as a medium to reach customers, has disclosed a large-scale customer credit card …
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Copycat and fad hackers will be the bane of supply chain security in 2022
Replicable attacks and a low barrier to entry will ensure the rate of supply chain attacks increases next year, cybersecurity researchers …
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The biggest data breaches, hacks of 2021
In 2021, thousands of new cybersecurity incidents have been recorded — and while cryptocurrency theft and data loss are now commonplace, …
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Top 10 healthcare breaches in the U.S. exposed data of 19 million
The healthcare sector has been the target of hundreds of cyberattacks this year. A tally of public data breach reports so far shows that …
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Netgear leaves vulnerabilities unpatched in Nighthawk router
Researchers have found half a dozen high-risk vulnerabilities in the latest firmware version for the Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router. At …
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How to implant a malware in hidden area of SSDs with Flex Capacity feature
Researchers devised a series of attacks against SSDs that could allow to implant malware in a location that is not monitored by security …
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New Malware Bypasses Security Measures by Using SSD Over-Provisioning
Korean researchers discovered a vulnerability in solid-state drives that enables malware to infect an SSD’s empty over-provisioning …
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Supply chains, ransomware, zero trust and other security predictions for 2022
Cybercrime is becoming more professionalized, organized, systematic, and diversified, making better cybersecurity crucial for nations and …
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Exploring the current state of cybersecurity resilience
Cyberattacks surged over fivefold during the height of the pandemic, with large U.K. organisations each facing an average of 885 attempted …
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