Security News

Google notifies users about dark web exposure
2023-05-11 11:28

Google has announced new tools, features and updates to improve users' online safety, help them evaluate content found online, and alert them if their Gmail identity appears on the dark web.Another helpful "Tool" for users is the newly introduced option of using passkeys - digital keys linked to a user account and a website or app - to authenticate to one's Google account.

Google brings dark web monitoring to all U.S. Gmail users
2023-05-10 22:24

Google announced today that all Gmail users in the United States will soon be able to use the dark web report security feature to discover if their email address has been found on the dark web. Once enabled, it will allow Gmail users to scan the dark web for their email addresses and take action to protect their data based on guidance provided by Google.

MSI Data Breach: Private Code Signing Keys Leaked on the Dark Web
2023-05-08 15:23

The threat actors behind the ransomware attack on Taiwanese PC maker MSI last month have leaked the company's private code signing keys on their dark website. "Confirmed, Intel OEM private key leaked, causing an impact on the entire ecosystem," Alex Matrosov, founder and CEO of firmware security firm Binarly, said in a tweet over the weekend.

Hackers Targeting Italian Corporate Banking Clients with New Web-Inject Toolkit DrIBAN
2023-05-05 11:49

Italian corporate banking clients are the target of an ongoing financial fraud campaign that has been leveraging a new web-inject toolkit called drIBAN since at least 2019. "The main goal of drIBAN fraud operations is to infect Windows workstations inside corporate environments trying to alter legitimate banking transfers performed by the victims by changing the beneficiary and transferring money to an illegitimate bank account," Cleafy researchers Federico Valentini and Alessandro Strino said.

Ubuntu Pro now available on Amazon Web Services
2023-05-04 18:36

Canonical announced on Tuesday that Ubuntu Pro is available in a subscription-included model on Amazon Web Services. With Ubuntu Pro on AWS, users can launch Ubuntu Pro on-demand instances and purchase Ubuntu Pro compute savings plans directly from the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud console.

How To Create Seamless Digital Experiences For Web And Mobile
2023-05-04 14:04

The most important thing to create a seamless digital experience for the web and mobile is to adopt new technologies and trends. The best solution to deal with such issues and create a seamless digital experience for web and mobile is to rent out these devices from online digital experience testing platforms such as LambdaTest.

Why the Things You Don't Know about the Dark Web May Be Your Biggest Cybersecurity Threat
2023-05-04 11:15

According to news reports, the FBI had successfully purchased a portion of the data - which included social security numbers and other sensitive information - on the dark web. As malicious software like "Info Stealer" gains more traction among cybercriminals, the dark web is still full of stories, tactics, and tips for using traditional cybercrime tools like ransomware, Trojan, Spyware, adware, and more.

Police dismantles Try2Check credit card verifier used by dark web markets
2023-05-03 16:11

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today the indictment of Russian citizen Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, suspected of running a stolen credit card checking operation that generated tens of millions in revenue. Kulkov is believed to have created the Try2Check underground service in 2005, a platform that soon became highly popular among cybercriminals in the illegal credit card trade and helped the suspect make at least $18 million in bitcoin.

Operation SpecTor: $53.4 Million Seized, 288 Vendors Arrested in Dark Web Drug Bust
2023-05-03 10:58

An international law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 288 vendors who are believed to be involved in drug trafficking on the dark web, adding to a long list of criminal enterprises that have been shuttered in recent years. "This represents the most funds seized and the highest number of arrests in any coordinated international action," U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said.

Malicious content lurks all over the web
2023-05-03 03:30

On average, five out of every 1,000 enterprise users attempted to download malware in Q1 2023, and new malware families and variants represented 72% of those malware downloads. As the top two malware types, Trojans accounted for 60% of malware downloads in Q1 and phishing downloads accounted for 13%. Evaluation of primary communication channels for attackers.