CVE-2021-35392
CVE-2021-35392
A security vulnerability in popular messaging app WhatsApp’s image filter function discovered by Check Point Research could have exploited more than two billion users worldwide if left unpatched. It is estimated more than 55 billion messages are being sent daily over WhatsApp, with 4.5 billion photos and one billion videos shared per day. Check Point Research recommends…
Digital threat researchers at Citizen Lab have uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. In total, nine Bahraini activists (including members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Waad, Al Wefaq) had their iPhones hacked in a campaign partially orchestrated by a Pegasus operator linked with high confidence…
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Research Report Describes Marketplace’s Evolving Tactics Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 26, 2021 Source: Flashpoint and Chainalysis The Hydra darknet marketplace, which initially focused on narcotics sales, now also offers stolen credit cards, SIM cards, VPN access and cryptocurrency laundering services, with annual…
Crooks stole driver’s license numbers from Geico auto insurer | IT Security News 20. April 2021 Car insurance provider Geico has suffered a data breach, attackers have stolen the driver’s licenses for policyholders for several weeks. Geico, the second-largest auto insurer in the U.S., has suffered a data breach, threat actors exploited a now-fixed bug in…
New malware active for more than a year is compromising Windows containers to compromise Kubernetes clusters with the end goal of backdooring them and paving the way for attackers to abuse them in other malicious activities. Kubernetes, initially developed by Google and currently maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is an open-source system that…
Russia said Washington’s actions contradicted a stated US desire to normalise relations with Moscow. The sanctions are hostile steps that heighten the countries’ confrontation, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. Loading At the same time, an official with the US Department of Justice said the government was examining “dozens” of Russian companies for potential supply…