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Facebook, hit by Chinese ad fraud

The social media giant sued a Chinese company which infiltrated Facebook for ad fraud. Mark Zuckerberg’s company claims that the company used malware to compromise hundreds of thousands of accounts. Then, it used them to run “deceptive ads” promoting counterfeit…
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Vulnerabilities in NASA's VPN

Immersive Labs discovered multiple vulnerabilities in NASA’s VPN (virtual private network). Also, Shell uses the same VPN. Alex Seymour, an Immersive Labs researcher, discovered the vulnerabilities on October 7. These could allow attackers who had access to a computer…
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Europol shut down over 30.000 websites

Europol shut down more than 30.000 websites, for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Also, the authorities arrested three suspects in the global operation. According to them, the domains used to offer all kinds of counterfeit goods, from pirated products, to fake…
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Russian hackers focus on foreign banks

Two groups of dangerous Russian hackers focus on foreign banks now. They stopped attacking Russian banks, as the damage caused on credit institutions fell by 14 times. Group-IB experts mentioned that: “Until 2018, Russian-speaking groups often attacked banks in Russia…