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Biggest-ever leak of digital pirates

10 million users of a Z-Library clone exposed

25. July, 2024 - 13:01

The Cybernews research team discovered an unprotected database containing the data of almost 10 million users. The database belongs to an attacker called Z-lib, which operates a malicious clone of Z-Library.

Password free

Why passwords should be a thing of the past

15. July, 2024 - 05:23

Passwords are an inseparable part of everyday computing – at least that’s how it used to be.

Study

When the backup becomes a problem during a ransomware attack

24. June, 2024 - 05:05

Cyber criminals also target backups with their encryption attacks. Why? Because this creates even more blackmail pressure and doubles the ransom sums.

Continuous further development

Kinsing malware still on the rise

06. June, 2024 - 05:13

Aqua Security’s Team Nautilus presents a study detailing the infrastructure, tactics, techniques and modus operandi of the dangerous Kinsing malware. Kinsing first appeared in 2019 and targets cloud-native infrastructures, such as misconfigured APIs.

Akamai study

DDoS attacks increase the most in EMEA

05. June, 2024 - 05:12

Akamai Technologies, provider of web, cloud and security solutions, has presented its new “State of the Internet” report. This shows that the number of DDoS attacks is increasing most rapidly in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa).