Cybersecurity news headlines November 15-30, 2018
To continue the November edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we report on the news that made the biggest cybersecurity headlines in November 15-30. This edition is all about data breaches and leaks, with Instagram exposing users’ passwords in plain text, Amazon leaking information, and Atrium Health suffering a data breach. It also seems the Uber…
On November 15, 2018, an event dedicated solely to military technologies took place in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Known as Baltic Miltech Summit 2018, the event was the first and only such event to take place in the Baltic states. The summit gathered high level public officials, company representatives from defence industries, startup founders, technology companies, and many other…
Cybersecurity news headlines November 1-15, 2018
Continuing from our October edition, here is the news that made the biggest headlines in the first half of November. It’s been a relatively quiet two weeks so this edition will be shorter than our previous ones. We report on 4 stories: data breaches in Radisson Hotel Group and HSBC bank, a Bitcoin scam using…
We covered mild and moderately severe Android malware in part 1. Part 2 will focus on severe malware for Android, and how to avoid infections in general.
Severe Android Malware
Android Ransomware
Although not as common as Windows ransomware, file-encrypting or blocking malware for Android is a still a thing. Just like ransomware for computers, Android ransomware can spread via spam emails, malicious…
Cybersecurity news headlines 15-31 October, 2018
To continue our October addition of cybersecurity news headlines, we have the headlines from 15-31 October, 2018. In this addition, we report on US voters’ personal information being for sale, a Tumblr security bug that could have leaked users’ personal information, a huge data breach involving airline Cathay Pacific, and Facebook finally being fined for…
Android Malware
Every smartphone user is essentially carrying around a small computer in their pockets. And because many people keep valuable information on their phones, they’re becoming a target. Malware used to focus on computers in the past, but nowadays, you’re equally likely to have malware on your smartphone. Starting from adware that constantly shows you ads, to ransomware that takes…
Cybersecurity news headlines 1-15 October
Continuing our series of cybersecurity news headline articles, we have the headlines from the last two weeks. The cybersecurity news headline articles report on data breaches, malware attacks and all other major cybersecurity incidents. In this addition, we report on Facebook’s use of 2FA phone numbers for advertisements, an arrest of 7 Russian GRU officers, and…
Sextortion scams are on the rise
Since July 2018, we have noticed a significant increase in sextortion emails trying to shame users into paying thousands of dollars. These spam emails, classified as a type of sextortion, claim that the user has been filmed watching pornography after his/her computer was infected with malware. There are a couple of different versions of the…