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Conventional Phishing attacks involved tricking potential victims to enter their respective usernames and passwords on fake websites which resembled the genuine websites. Once the login credentials were captured, they were used to steal business as well as personal data. A new trend that has emerged is to trick users into downloading malware that once downloaded […]
A new way to take over Instagram accounts has emerged lately. Hackers used VPN (Virtual Private Network) to communicate with Meta’s AI Bot to avert activation of Instagram’s security systems. Thus, the hacker appeared to be in the same geographical zone as the user of the targeted Instagram account. Hackers took over certain Instagram accounts […]
The VO1D botnet has rapidly evolved into one of the most devastating cybersecurity threats, infecting over 159 million Android devices globally. This staggering figure makes it one of the largest botnet-driven malware outbreaks recorded in history. First identified in early 2025, the botnet has swiftly spread across 226 countries, exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in IoT devices, […]