Vulnerability Note

Cybercriminals will stop at nothing to exploit every chance to prey on internet users. Even the disastrous spread of SARS-COV-II (the virus), which causes COVID-19 (the disease), is becoming an opportunity for them to likewise spread malware or launch cyber attacks. Reason Cybersecurity recently released a  threat analysis report  detailing a new attack that takes advantage of internet users' increased craving for information about the novel coronavirus that is wreaking havoc worldwide. The malware attack specifically aims to target those who are looking for cartographic presentations of the spread of COVID-19 on the Internet, and trickes them to download and run a malicious application that, on its front-end, shows a map loaded from a legit online source but in the background compromises the computer. New Threat With An Old Malware Component The latest threat, designed to steal information from unwitting victims, was first  spotted  by MalwareHunterTeam last week and has now

Top Attacks and Breaches Global fear of the Corona virus epidemic continues to be exploited for malicious cyber operations. Check Point Research  reports  of thousands of newly registered coronavirus related domains, which are 50% more likely malicious than other domains. CPR also informed of a Trickbot campaign using a fake health warning document to target Italian users. Colorado based space and defense parts manufacturer, Visser Precision, has fallen victim to a DoppelPaymer  ransomware  Information stolen from Visser and its customers, including Tesla, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and Boeing, has been published online in  another  attempt to extort ransom payment. An unidentified demographic and financial information database, hosted on Google cloud, has been left  unsecured  for more than a month. Containing over 200 million records, the exposed information included name, address, email address, credit rating, income, net worth property info and more. UK based telecom provid