Tag: #securityalert
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 […]
A critical WordPress Plugin Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability has been discovered in the Security & Malware Scan by CleanTalk WordPress plugin, putting over 30,000 websites at risk. In 2024, over 4,400 vulnerabilities were reported in the WordPress ecosystem, with plugins accounting for approximately 97% of these security issues. The “Security & Malware Scan by CleanTalk” […]