Content Management system (CMS) provider WordPress has updated over one million sites in order to patch a critical vulnerability that affects a popular plugin known as Ninja Forms. Wordfence threat …
China-linked APT Flew Under Radar for Decade
Researchers from SentinelLabs have disclosed a small but lethal China-linked APT that has gone undetected by security researchers for almost a decade. The researchers state that evidence suggests that …
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DragonForce Gang Unleash Hacks Against Govt. of India
Hactivist group DragonForce Malaysia has unleashed a slew of cyberattacks against India due to comments made by the Prophet Mohammed by a political spokesperson. According to Radware, DragonForce …
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2,000 arrests in crackdown on social engineering and business email scams
Interpol has announced a major crackdown on social engineering campaigns that led to the arrest of 2,000 individuals. Interpol stated that the raid occurred over the span of two months at 1,700 …
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US Researchers Spot New Hertzbleed Flaw Affecting AMD and Intel CPUs
Researchers at the University of Texas have discovered, in collaboration with the University of Washington and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a new vulnerability that reportedly affects …
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The Medical Cybersecurity Bill and the Health and Location Data Protection Act
Background The issue of cybersecurity in the healthcare sector and, specifically, medical device vulnerabilities have always been included in our OODA Loop Daily Pulse. Archived coverage and early …
This new Android malware bypasses multi-factor authentication to steal your passwords
Researchers at F5 Labs have identified a new form of Android malware that steals passwords, bank details, and crypto wallets from users. The malware bypasses multi-factor authentication to compromise …
State-sponsored Chinese threat actors compromise telecom and network service providers
A new joint advisory released by the National Security Agency, the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI addressed an issue that pertains to threat actors …
Brazil’s data protection authority to gain independence from presidential office
According to a provisional measure published today, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) will gain autonomy from the presidency after being elevated to special authority status. The …
Researchers Block Two Million Extortion Emails Daily
Security researchers at Proofpoint have warned users to be aware of extortion scams after announcing that they block millions of these emails every day. Proofpoint released a new blog post claiming …
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