D’après notre correspondante à Sousse, Ines Hammami, un enfant de 11 ans, originaire de la délégation de Bouficha est décédé à l’hôpital universitaire de Sahloul. L’enfant a sombré dans un coma après une tentative de suicide à sa maison avant de succomber à une crise cardiaque. Des sources informées ont […]
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Russian, Indian banks lose millions to hackers
The Russian central bank’s Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team (FinCERT) disclosed on Friday that hackers compromised a computer at a Russian bank and used the SWIFT system to transfer 339.5 million roubles (around $6 million) to accounts they controlled. No details about the heist have been shared, so […]
Over 30 Lawsuits Filed Against Intel for CPU Flaws
More than 30 lawsuits have been filed by Intel customers and shareholders against the chip giant following the disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectre attack methods. Three class action lawsuits were filed against Intel within a week of the Meltdown and Spectre flaws being disclosed, but the number had reached 32 by […]
DELL EMC PATCHES CRITICAL FLAWS IN VMAX ENTERPRISE STORAGE SYSTEMS
Dell EMC fixed two critical flaws in its management interfaces for its VMAX enterprise storage systems. One of the vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to use a hard-coded password to a default account to gain unauthorized access to systems. The company issued updates that address the two vulnerabilities, CVE-2018-1215 and CVE-2018-1216, on […]
Austria seeks Interpol’s help to bust Bitcoin scammers who stole $115M
Another day another Bitcoin scam in which unsuspected users have been targeted by cybercriminals and the numbers of victims keeps growing with every passing day. In the latest scam, the government of Austria is seeking the help of Interpol to track down scammers who stole more than $155 million worth of Bitcoin from hundreds […]
Hacker erase 1 terabyte of data from spyware developers server
Another day, another data breach – This time it is Retina-X Studios, a well know spyware developing firm. There are different types of hackers, some hack for profit while some hack for good and then there are hacktivists who do it for the cause. Recently a hacktivist has dropped a bombshell […]
119,000 Scanned IDs of FedEx-owned company Bongo International’s customers exposed online
Researchers discovered an Amazon S3 bucket contains personal information and scans of IDs of some 119,000 US and international citizens. It has happened again, researchers discovered another unsecured Amazon S3 bucket holding a huge trove of data that was exposed online. The Amazon S3 bucket contains personal information and […]
COINHOARDER criminal gang made an estimated $50 million with a Bitcoin phishing campaign
Researchers with Cisco Talos have monitored a bitcoin phishing campaign conducted by a criminal gang tracked as Coinhoarder that made an estimated $50 million by exploiting Google AdWords. Researchers with Cisco Talos have monitored a bitcoin phishing campaign for several months with the help of the Ukraine Cyberpolice. The gang, tracked as Coinhoarder, has […]
Google Discloses Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass
Google has gone public with details about a Microsoft Edge vulnerability that attackers could abuse and bypass one of the browser’s security features —Arbitrary Code Guard (ACG). ACG is a relatively new feature added to Edge’s security model. Microsoft added support for ACG in Edge in April 2017, with the […]
Crims pull another SWIFT-ie, Indian bank stung for nearly US$2m
City Union Bank now reckons it has ‘adequate enhanced security’ A year after the SWIFT international bank transfer system enhanced its security, another breach has emerged: an Indian bank has confirmed that criminals gained access to its systems and made transfers totalling US$1.8 million. The Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank issued […]