Nair previously worked at TechCircle, IDG, Times Group and other publications, where he reported on developments in enterprise technology, digital transformation and other issues.
Researchers have identified a new wave of phishing attacks exploiting a vulnerability in the comments feature of Google Docs to deliver malicious phishing websites. It hit more than 500 inboxes across 30 tenants, with hackers using more than 100 different Gmail accounts, Avanan researchers say.
A California man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to commit a $50 million wire and securities fraud that involved the creation of fake websites to solicit funds from investors, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
A new supply chain attack is leveraging a cloud video platform to distribute skimmer - aka formjacking - campaigns to attack hundreds of real estate websites, according to researchers at Palo Alto's research arm, Unit 42.
A Zloader malware campaign has been exploiting Microsoft’s digital signature verification to steal cookies, passwords and sensitive information, according to Check Point Research. The threat actor, likely MalSmoke, used legitimate remote management software to gain initial access.
Remember Y2K? Widespread disruption was feared since systems that rendered dates as two digits needed to be updated to work with four. Well, Microsoft Exchange just issued a workaround to fix a fatal error that disrupted email delivery due to a date check failure with the change of the New Year.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense reportedly seized $836,168 worth of cryptocurrency from a currency exchange firm with ties to the Hamas terrorist group. The use of cryptocurrency by cybercriminals may be advantageous to law enforcement agencies, according to some experts.
The U.S. e-commerce website, PulseTV, recently disclosed a data security breach involving over 200,000 customer credit card details. It is believed that only customers who purchased products on the website with a credit card between Nov. 1, 2019 and Aug. 31, 2021 may have been affected.
A vulnerability in Polygon, a framework used to build Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks, has been fixed. The bug, discovered by white hat hackers at bug bounty platform Immunefi, would have put 9,276,584,332 MATIC, worth nearly $23 billion, at risk.
LastPass says none of its users accounts have been compromised, although multiple users of the password manager reported receiving email warnings that are normally sent to users who log in from different devices and locations, causing them to think their master passwords had been compromised.
Internet-based photo-sharing and publishing company Shutterfly says a ransomware attack has disrupted some its operations. The company is currently assessing the full scope of damage, but says no financial account information or Social Security numbers have been leaked.
Security researchers have discovered two severe vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress SEO plug-ins used by more than 3 million website owners. If left unpatched, the vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to take advantage of a privilege-escalation bug and an SQL-injection problem.
French IT services firm Inetum Group has confirmed that it was the subject of a ransomware attack last week that disrupted certain operations. The group has ruled out, however, that the incident has any links to the Log4j vulnerability.
Microsoft is urging customers to apply patches issued in November for two Active Directory domain controller bugs following publication of a proof-of-concept tool that leverages these bugs, which when chained can allow easy Windows domain takeover.
Personal information and records of 13 million people held by some of Britain's police forces reportedly has been stolen by Russian hackers. The Daily Mail Online reports that the cybercriminal gang Clop has released some of the data on the dark web after successfully breaching a Scotland-based managed service...
Apache has released Log4j version 2.17 to fix yet another high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability - tracked as CVE-2021-45105 with a CVSS score of 7.5 - that affects all versions from 2.0-beta9 to 2.16.0.
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