The TrickBot trojan is adding man-in-the-browser (MitB) capabilities for stealing online banking credentials that resemble Zeus, the early banking trojan, researchers said — potentially signaling a coming onslaught of fraud attacks. TrickBot is a sophisticated ( and common ) modular threat known for….
One of the world’s biggest ride-hailing services has had its app removed from the web by the Chinese authorities over privacy concerns. Regulator the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered the country’s app store providers to remove Didi Chuxing from their platforms over the weekend. “After checks and verification, the Didi Chuxing app was found to be…
Hundreds of businesses around the world, including one of Sweden’s largest grocery chains, grappled on Saturday with potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities after a software provider that provides services to more than 40,000 organizations, Kaseya, said it had been the victim of a “sophisticated cyberattack.” Security researchers said the attack may have been carried out by REvil,…
BEIJING/HONG KONG -Ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc said a regulatory order that its app be removed from app stores in China could hurt revenue, while other newly U.S.-listed Chinese firms also found themselves the subject of cybersecurity investigations. Sunday’s takedown order from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) comes just two days after the regulator…
According to cybersecurity specialists, unknown cybercriminals hacked the servers of Mongolian Certificate Authority (CA) MonPass and abused the company’s website in order to distribute malware. The organization analysis that started in April 2021 shows that a public web server hosted by MonPass was breached potentially eight separate times. Avast researchers discovered eight different webshells and…
What just happened? We’re often told to be careful when it comes to sideloading apps from outside of the Play Store, but the marketplace has seen its fair share of malicious applications. Joining the list are nine apps that Google has just removed for stealing users’ Facebook login details. The worrying part is that they…
The White House said it was reaching out to victims of a wide-ranging ransomware outbreak that is centred on IT company Kaseya and has had an impact on hundreds of businesses worldwide. Kaseya has said that fewer than 60 of its customers had been “directly affected” by the attack. But the full impact of the…
Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $11 million from the meat-processor JBS after a…
China’s cyberspace watchdog said on Monday it is investigating online recruiter Zhipin, and truck-hailing apps Huochebang and Yunmanman, ramping up a crackdown on the mainland’s tech companies amid tightened regulations on data security. The announcement comes a day after the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered a suspension of app downloads for Chinese ride-hailing giant…
BEIJING: Didi Global’s shares fell more than 10 per cent in New York on Friday (Jul 2) after China’s cyberspace agency said it had launched an investigation into the ride-hailing giant to protect national security and the public interest. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on its website that Didi was not allowed to register…
