Ransomware attacks targeted Toymaker Mattel Inc., the company that produces Barbie dolls and also the Hot Wheels cars. The company disclosed the information and mentioned it managed to reject the attack.
Encrypted data in the attack
According to the…
Russian hackers organized an auction to sell the source code of the KPOT malware. It seems that he malware author decided to sell the code and involve in other projects.
The sale happened after the KPOT malware author decided to auction off the code, desiring to move…
Facebook will partially lift the advertising ban on face masks. Thus, third-party businesses will have the possibility to advertise cloth masks. Also, they could promote other non-medical face coverings, such as bandanas.
Face masks shortage determined the ban…
The search giant decided to help users discover scams with a new website. Google announced Scamspotter.org, where anyone can learn how to spot fraud schemes, during the pandemic.
Google said that Scamspotter can reveal dishonest schemes, such as false stimulus, fake…
According to a government security agency, state-sponsored hackers launched cyber-attacks for the COVID 19 vaccine, against UK universities. They were trying to steal research on developing the vaccine. So, they believe that Russia, Iran and China might have been behind this…
In an article published by Scott Spencer,
Google promises to stop bad ads. Scott Spencer, Vice President of
Product Management, Ads Privacy and Safety said that this commitment
is especially important now.
A task force for COVID-19
During the COVID-19 outbreak…
Attackers published Zoom passwords and links, on Dark Web Forum. This is only one of the ways cybercriminals take advantage of the Coronavirus crisis besides disinformation, fraud, malware and phishing campaigns.
Since most of the companies closed their offices, the…
The Coronavirus malware makes disks unusable by overwriting the master boot record (MBR). This is the same trick that NotPetya wiper malware used back in 2017. The campaign back then caused a global financial damage.
SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research team warn…
Some ransomware groups said that they avoid health organizations during the Coronavirus pandemic. The operators replied BleepingComputer’s questions about their intentions to attack health and medical organizations.
CLOP stays away
The operators behind CLOP…
New espionage attempts target WHO (The World Health Organization) in order to steal information about the possible cures, tests or vaccines for COVID-19.
As the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic continues, the number of attacks doubled, according to officials. Most recently…
