Cybersecurity

Cisco Warns of Global Surge in Brute-Force Attacks Targeting VPN and SSH Services

Apr 17, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Network Security Cisco is warning about a global surge in brute-force attacks targeting various devices, including Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, web application authentication interfaces, and SSH services, since at least March 18, 2024. “These attacks all appear to be originating from TOR exit nodes and a range of other […]

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Indian Government Rescues 250 Citizens Forced into Cybercrime in Cambodia

Apr 01, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Financial Fraud The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into running cyber scams. The Indian nationals “were lured with employment opportunities to that country but were forced to undertake illegal cyber work,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) […]

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New Linux Bug Could Lead to User Password Leaks and Clipboard Hijacking

Mar 29, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Linux Details have emerged about a vulnerability impacting the “wall” command of the util-linux package that could be potentially exploited by a bad actor to leak a user’s password or alter the clipboard on certain Linux distributions. The bug, tracked as CVE-2024-28085, has been codenamed WallEscape by security researcher Skyler Ferrante. […]

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Researchers Detail Kubernetes Vulnerability That Enables Windows Node Takeover

Mar 14, 2024NewsroomContainer Security / Vulnerability Details have been made public about a now-patched high-severity flaw in Kubernetes that could allow a malicious attacker to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges under specific circumstances. “The vulnerability allows remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges on all Windows endpoints within a Kubernetes cluster,” Akamai security researcher […]

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Over 2,300,000 records of Family Entertainment Business Were Exposed in Data breach

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained over 2.3 million documents belonging to Kids Empire, an US operator of recreational centers. The publicly exposed database contained 2,363,222 documents in.PDF and.PNG formats with a total size of 92.3 GB. These included reservations, injury waivers, and receipts with […]