Security

Critical vulnerability discovered in Spotify Backstage platform

A vulnerability has been discovered in Spotify's open-source Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)-incubated project Backstage, that could allow threat actors to execute remote code...

Google to pay US$391 million for misleading Android users on location tracking

States found Google violated their consumer prote

Fangxiao targets reputable companies with phishing scams

A malicious group known as "Fangxiao," which means "imitate" in Chinese, has created a vast network of more than 42,000 web domains that imitate...

Malicious SEO campaign compromises 15,000 WordPress sites

Hackers have launched a new malicious black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign that compromised over 15,000 WordPress websites to redirect visitors to fake...

Cyber Security Today, Nov. 14, 2022 – Lessons from cyber attacks against Ukraine, and beware of attempted extortion emails

This episode reports on mistakes that led to hacks in Ukraine, a wave of threatening emails, work-from-home websites shu

Sobeys reportedly hit by Black Basta ransomware

Sobeys, Canada's second-largest supermarket chain with more than 1,500 locations, has revealed that its grocery stores and pharmacies have been struggling with IT problems in the past week.

Extortion scammers threaten to ruin websites’ reputation with extortion emails

A group of extortion scammers called Team Montesano is targeting website owners and administrators around the world. They claim to have hacked their servers...

LockBit ransomware gang operator arrested by Canadian authorities

LockBit, a well-known ransomware operator that has previously claimed credit for attacks on technology giant Foxconn, British healthcare provider Advanced and IT giant Accenture,...

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