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EU member states are reportedly mulling a joint response to cyber-attacks allegedly carried out by China-linked hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (APT 10), Bloomberg has reported. Insiders told Bloomberg that a team of British experts last month provided...

Despite having been ‘in the wild’ for some weeks now, infections caused by STOP ransomware have continued to rise. Perhaps somewhat ironically, those most affected (at the moment) appear to be software pirates. Security analysts have discovered the STOP executable is...

A targeted phishing campaign is underway that states your email has been blacklisted and then asks you to confirm it by entering your credentials. For some reason, this campaign is using phishing links that can contain almost 1,000 characters, which is enough to make...

Amazon and Google have been accused of making a grab for data generated by smart home Internet of Things devices - even from devices that have not been produced by the two internet giants. The companies already collect details of every action controlled via their own...

Online dating profiles and social media accounts add to the rich data sources that allow criminals to tailor attacks. US-CERT and Cupid don't often keep company, but this Valentine's Day is being marked by new threats to those seeking romance and new warnings from the...

Senators in the US have urged the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to investigate VPN apps amid claims that data is not as private as users might believe. In a letter to Christopher Krebs, the director of the DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

Unknown intruders have breached servers of US-based email provider VFEmail.net and destroyed all the data of its US customers in what the company has described as a "catastrophic destruction". According to VFEmail, hackers did not demand a ransom, nor attempt to steal...

We’ve all had those moments: You’re about to video call your parents and your laundry is all over the place, or you’re about to have a meeting with a potential investor and your business plan is on a whiteboard behind you, or you’re being interviewed on live...

- Some 1500 to 2000 systems belonging to the MSP’s client were affected in the attack. - The MSP itself is facing a ransom demand or $2.6 million. A US-based mid-sized Managed Service Provider (MSP) with about 80 clients and unknown endpoints got hacked. The hackers...

- Attackers are using a new technique that uses Google Translate to hide the real domain of their phishing sites. - This phishing technique works more effectively in mobile devices when compared to desktops. Researchers uncovered that attackers are using a new...