Category: Kamban

The North Korean hacker group Kimsuki has been using trojanized software packages to deliver a new Linux malware called Gomir in cyberespionage campaigns against targets in South Korea. Kimsuky is a state-sponsored threat actor linked to North Korea’s military intelligence, the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). In early February 2024, researchers at the SW2 threat intelligence company…

Today, Google announced new security features coming to Android 15 and Google Play Protect that will help block scams, fraud, and malware apps on users’ devices. Announced at Google I/O 2024, the new features are designed not only to help end users but also to warn developers when their apps have been tampered with. “Today, we’re announcing more new fraud and scam protection…

​Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4947 exists in the wild,” the search giant said in a security advisory published on Wednesday. The high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-4947) is caused by a type confusion…

​Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4947 exists in the wild,” the search giant said in a security advisory published on Wednesday. The company fixed the zero-day flaw with the release of 125.0.6422.60/.61…

​Google is introducing multiple anti-theft and data protection features later this year, some available only for Android 15+ devices, while others will roll out to billions of devices running Android 10 and later. To protect your personal and sensitive data if your device is stolen or lost, a new AI-powered automated screen lock named Theft…

Nissan North America (Nissan) suffered a data breach last year when a threat actor targeted the company’s external VPN and shut down systems to receive a ransom. The car maker discovered the breach in early November 2023 and discovered recently that the incident exposed personal data belonging to more than 53,000 current and former employees.…

​The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted two brothers for allegedly manipulating the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds in a “first-of-its-kind” scheme. Anton Peraire-Bueno and James Pepaire-Bueno were arrested in Boston and New York on Tuesday on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud…

Apple’s antifraud technology has blocked more than $7 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in four years, the company states in its latest annual fraud prevention analysis. From 2020 through 2023, the company also detected more than 14 million stolen cards and blocked them from transacting on its platform along with 3.3 million accounts. Statistics for last…