Charter Oak Federal Credit Union officials reported that an unidentifiable group of cybercriminals instigated a computer system shutdown, rendering members unable to access their accounts on the financial institution’s website since Friday afternoon. Brian Orenstein, the President and CEO of the Waterford-based credit union, revealed on Monday that Charter Oak is uncertain about the timeline …
Anyone who tried to access the Cash website since Saturday morning likely encountered problems. The reason for this is that Cash. fell victim to a hacker attack. In recent months, other media outlets like “Rheinische Post” and “Handelsblatt” have also been victims of similar or related attacks. Hackers targeted the servers of the Cash. Media …
Cash Website Recovers After Cyberattack, Security Enhancements Underway Read More »
Recently, scammers made alterations to the contact information displayed in Google search results for several major airlines, leading some unsuspecting customers to dial a number where the person on the other end attempted to defraud them. Shmuli Evers, a software designer based in Brooklyn, New York, first noticed this issue on a Sunday when his …
Scammers Alter Phone Numbers in Google Search Results, Targeting Airline Customers Read More »
Mobile employees provide attackers with new attack surfaces. They increasingly initiate attacks to establish command-and-control communications. This is demonstrated by a recent cyber espionage campaign. Bitdefender Labs is observing a new attack, RDStealer, for the first time, which abuses remote connections via the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The hackers’ goal is to compromise access credentials …
RDStealer: Unmasking a New Cyber Espionage Threat Exploiting Remote Desktop Protocols Read More »
Mullvad, a VPN provider focused on security and privacy, has identified a potential data leakage issue on Android devices while they are connected to VPN services. This issue cannot be mitigated. According to Mullvad’s findings, Android conducts connectivity checks outside the VPN tunnel when devices connect to wireless networks. What exacerbates this situation is that …
Android VPN Data Leak Concerns: Mullvad Exposes Privacy Risks and Google’s Response Read More »
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified a critical remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent. This flaw could potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable instances of OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent. Given the widespread usage of OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent, the Qualys Research Unit strongly advises security teams to prioritize the …
Remote code execution in the agent guided by the OpenSSH SSH agent Read More »