Atul Narula (Page 16)

He is a cyber security and malware researcher. He studied Computer Science and started working as a cyber security analyst in 2006. He is actively working as an cyber security investigator. He also worked for different security companies. His everyday job includes researching about new cyber security incidents. Also he has deep level of knowledge in enterprise security implementation.

How this guy found a security vulnerability on an airline’s website to locate his lost luggage

On: April 1, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: airlines, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, database, Hacking, incidents, India, IndiGo, Information Security, Security breach, security flaws

Dealing with airlines can be a headache, although there are certainly those who are willing to take extreme measures to get what they want. Such is the case of NandanRead More →

This dangerous malware is responsible for the attack against Viasat satellite communication systems

On: March 31, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: AcidRain, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), malware, Russia, security flaws, SentinelLabs, Ukraine, Viasat, wiper Malware

This week security researchers at SentinelLabs reported detecting a sample of wiper malware impacting routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices. After analyzing the traces left in this campaign,Read More →

Severe remote code execution vulnerability in Vim text editor: PoC published

On: March 31, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, security flaws, Unix, use-after-free, Vim, vulnerability

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of a critical vulnerability in Vim, the improved version of the Vi text editor, present in all UNIX systems and developed by Bram Moolenaar inRead More →

What exactly is the FBI’s Operation Eagle Sweep? Combating financially devastating cybercrime

On: March 31, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: business email compromise (BEC), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, electronic fraud, email security, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Hacking, Information Security, Operation Eagle Sweep, security flaws, United States

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has deployed multiple operations against business email compromise (BEC) schemes, employed by threat actors primarily to divert legitimate bank transfers made between companies. TheRead More →

How Meta and Apple were hacked via social engineering pretexting technique

On: March 31, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Apple, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, facebook, hackers, Hacking, Information Security, law enforcement, Meta, pretexting, Security breach, security flaws, social engineering, social media, technology

A hacking group managed to obtain confidential information from some users after contacting the Apple and Meta support areas posing as police officers, accessing records such as full names, phoneRead More →

Be careful while using Jupyter Notebooks; dangerous ransomware attack

On: March 30, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, honeypot, Information Security, Jupyter Notebook, malware, ransomware, remote code execution (RCE), security flaws, Team Nautilus, technology

Team Nautilus cybersecurity specialists reported the detection of a new Python-based ransomware attack targeting Jupyter Notebook, a popular web tool/application used by data professionals. According to the report, threat actorsRead More →

The Lapsus$ hacking group was not completely taken down and has attacked again

On: March 30, 2022

In: Data Breach

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, data breach, data security, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Lapsus$, Okta, Security breach, Sitel, technology, Telegram

It has been confirmed that the cyberattack targeting the US-based firm Sitel has resulted in a data breach affecting Okta, an identity and access management company that subcontracted Sitel forRead More →

Never open a text message sent from your own number. Never seen before scam

On: March 29, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, electronic fraud, Hacking, Information Security, iOS, iPhone, phishing, security flaws, smishing, SMS messages, SMS phishing, Verizon

Hundreds of Verizon customers report receiving text messages that appear to have been sent from their own phone numbers regarding a payment from their line. Apparently, the messages notified theRead More →

Europol shuts down fraudulent call centers with more than 100 multilingual employees

On: March 29, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: call centers, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, electronic fraud, Eurojust, Europol, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Latvia, Lithuania, scam, security flaws

Law enforcement agencies in Latvia and Lithuania, in collaboration with Europol and Eurojust, arrested more than 100 people allegedly involved in the operation of a fraudulent call center network withRead More →