Tag Archives: Malware

Infected victims have only 24 hours to pay an amount of 520,000 IRR ($15) or else, all their data will be removed. After being contacted or infected, the victim has only 24 hours to pay the equivalent of $15. The experts have assumed Tyrant ransomware specifically targets Iran, as the …

Apple’s decision to remove China VPN has sparked controversy regarding free speech, especially from senators Ted Cruz and Patrick Leahy. Apple’s latest decision to remove Virtual Private Networks from their China application store has been labeled as “enabling the Chinese government surveillance and censorship of the internet,” and “not enabling …

Domino’s, one of the world’s most well-known pizza companies, suffers from a hacked system in Australia. Customers have been receiving spam emails that are trying to phish, disguised as the legitimate communication from Domino’s. On Tuesday, October 17, Domino’s Australia woke up to a flood of complaints from customers. They …

The Chinese government has restricted the popular messaging service all around the country in anticipation of the communist party congress. The Chinese government has blocked the popular messaging service, WhatsApp, as the country’s Communist Party Congress commenced last week Wednesday. Other popular messaging services, most notably WeChat have also been …

A newly discovered flaw in the WPA2 protocol leaves all users’ data vulnerable to theft. According to a recent discovery, a specific flaw in the popular WPA2 protocol makes every single device connected to Wi-Fi vulnerable to data theft. A researcher from the Belgian University, KU Leuven, Mathy Vanhoef, recently …

Experts are increasingly warning that users of the popular instant messaging service, WhatsApp, may be getting exposed to hackers when using the service. It has emerged that WhatsApp, which uses a Signal-based form of encryption to encrypt the messages that people send and receive when using the platform, has largely …

Hackers are using fake emails that appear to have originated from the Australian Post to trick unsuspecting shoppers into clicking on malicious links in a new wave of cyber attacks; it has been reported. By Tuesday, reports started emerging that thousands of people were receiving emails that purported to have …

Hackers are increasingly using Ransomware and DDoS attacks to extort money from businesses and individuals, a recently published report says. In the report by Radware, a cyber security firm, it is pointed out that the motivation to profiteer has now fully replaced the need to make a political statement or …

ESEA, the popular online entertainment platform has lost the personal information of 1.5 million of its users to hackers, it has been reported. In a series of Tweets, the company announced back in December 2016 that it had discovered a massive breach of its security features and that it was …

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new form of malware that targets Wi-Fi routers via Android-based devices. According to a detailed report, the researchers point out that the new malware, Switcher Trojan, works by first infecting Android-based devices that people may be using on a public Wi-Fi network. ‘This …