Detected a virus that is extremely dangerous for Android phones: there are practically no ways to protect yourself

The DoNot APT group, known for their attacks on Pakistani government officials and Kashmiri non-profit organizations, has started using Google’s own infrastructure to deliver their malicious payloads. Researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered a new Android malware named DoNot Firestarter, which is being controlled using Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google FCM) infrastructure. According to the researchers, victims are tricked into…

Cybersecurity news headlines for October 1-31, 2020

Cybersecurity news headlines for October 1-31, 2020
October’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines reports on three stories, Trump’s campaign website hacked to display a cryptocurrency scam, a cyber attack on Barnes & Noble, and state-sponsored Russian hackers charged by the US for some of the biggest cyber attacks in history.…

DUNCAN ENGINEERING LIMITED ORDER malspam

DUNCAN ENGINEERING LIMITED ORDER malspam refers to a malicious spam campaign that uses the name of Duncan Engineering Limited in order to spread a remote access trojan Agent Tesla. Duncan Engineering Ltd. is a legitimate company that, according to its official site, specializes in industrial pneumatics and off-highway tyre valves and accessories. Like many other legitimate companies, its name is…

Cybersecurity news headlines for September 1-30, 2020

September’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines reports on Google’s ban of stalkerware apps on the Play Store, ransomware possibly contributing to a woman’s death after hospital in Germany is infected, and a federal judge blocking TikTok’s ban in the US.…

Cybersecurity news headlines for August 1-31, 2020

Cybersecurity news headlines for August 1-31 2020
US President Trump has signed an executive order banning viral app TikTok; Microsoft, Walmart and Oracle are trying to buy TikTok’s US operations; and TikTok has sued the US government in response to the ban. Former Uber CSO is being charged for covering up Uber’s 2016 data breach incident. And a hacking group attempted…

Cybersecurity news headlines for July 1-31, 2020

In July’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we primarily report on one of the biggest cybersecurity incidents of the year – the Twitter hack. We also discuss CouchSurfing suffering a data breach that exposed information of 17 million users, and countries considering following India’s example of banning viral video sharing app TikTok.…

CCleaner detected as potentially unwanted by Microsoft Defender

Microsoft’s Windows Defender (aka Microsoft Defender) is currently flagging CCleaner’s free version as a potentially unwanted application (PUA).

Popular system optimization tool CCleaner, developed by Piriform and initially released 16 years ago, is now owned by anti-virus vendor Avast. It is the go-to tool for users looking to delete unwanted files, programs and junk, and fix registry problems But it appears…

Emotet is back and is now dropping QakBot banking trojan

After more than five months of inactivity, the Emotet botnet is back in action and is now distributing the QakBot (QBot) banking trojan. Emotet is known as one of the most notorious and most active cyber crime operations. Emotet first emerged in 2014 as a banking trojan that targeted banking credentials but has since evolved into a botnet that allows…

COM surrogate – How to fix it

What is COM surrogate
COM surrogate or dllhost.exe are processes part of the Windows operating system. If you open your Task Manager, you will likely see multiple COM surrogate processes running. This is completely normal. COM actually stands for Component Object Model, and COM object are plugged into other applications in order to extend them. It’s often used to create thumbnail…

Cybersecurity news headlines for June 1-30, 2020

In June’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we report on the BlueLeaks data dump, which leaked 269 GB of US police department data; Honda’s cyber attack; and India banning TikTok among other 59 Chinese apps.
Without further ado, here’s what made the biggest headlines in June, 2020.…