Following the murder of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, anti-Kremlin militants seized a database comprising hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners and hacked into a government-run online marketplace, according to a report. Navalny was the most prominent Russian opposition…
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NVD’s New Phase, Industry Consortium to Oversee NIST’s Vulnerability Database
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made a significant announcement regarding the management of the world’s most widely used software vulnerability repository, the US National Vulnerability Database (NVD). Since its inception in 2005, NIST has…
Cyber Slavery: Thousands of Indians Trapped in a Web of Deceit
The Promise and the Trap Many Indians are trapped in Cambodia under false promises of data entry jobs. Instead, they are forced to commit cybercrimes. More than 5000 Indians are held forcefully in Cambodia and pressured into committing cyber frauds…
USSD Call Forwarding Deactivation: India’s Move to Safeguard Against Cyber Fraud
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recently taken a step to tackle the surge in online fraud cases across the country. To counter various incidents of fraud resulting from illegal call forwarding, the authorities have required all telecom operators…
Public WiFi Convenience Leads to Cyber Threats, Read to Know Everything
Cybersecurity experts are issuing a stern warning to Scots regarding the potential dangers lurking within public WiFi networks. While the convenience of accessing the internet on the go, such as during train commutes, may seem appealing, experts emphasize the…
Foiled Attempt to Hack Supply Chain Sparks Concerns in Washington DC
An attempted sabotage of a widely used software tool has sparked concerns in Washington, D.C. about the vulnerability of the open-source supply chain and the potential involvement of foreign nation-states in covert operations. A software engineer named Andres Freund,…
AT&T Data Breach Reveals 73 Million Users’ Info on Hacker Forum
A telecommunications company, AT&T Inc., has confirmed that data that has recently been found to be on the dark web relating to 73 million of its past and present customers may have come from 2019 or earlier. Originally, the…
Navigating Data Protection: What Car Shoppers Need to Know as Vehicles Turn Tech
Contemporary automobiles are brimming with cutting-edge technological features catering to the preferences of potential car buyers, ranging from proprietary operating systems to navigation aids and remote unlocking capabilities. However, these technological strides raise concerns about driver privacy, according to…
Linux Servers Targeted by DinodasRAT Malware
Recently, cybersecurity experts have noticed a concerning threat to Linux servers worldwide. Known as DinodasRAT (also referred to as XDealer), this malicious software has been identified targeting systems running Red Hat and Ubuntu operating systems. The campaign, suspected to have…
Google Strengthens Gmail Security, Blocks Spoofed Emails to Combat Phishing
Google has begun automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who do not satisfy tighter spam criteria and authenticating their messages in line with new requirements to strengthen defences against spam and phishing attacks. As announced in October, users…