Techno Moon

Cy bersecurity threats are not about viruses or hacking anymore; they are now about manipulating individuals. Social engineering is a strategy that depends on deceiving people into disclosing sensitive information and is one of the most dangerous threats in the modern digital world. Although firewalls and encryption can prevent certain types of attacks, human vulnerability is still one of the simplest ways for cybercriminals to obtain personal information. Phishing, a social engineering tactic, is perhaps one of the most prevalent techniques used to take advantage of this weakness, and it’s changing at a rate never seen before. With increasingly sophisticated attacks, learning about them and how to protect yourself is important to individuals and companies alike. With advancements in technology, cybercriminals are also enhancing their methods. Phishing attacks using AI technology have become even more elaborate. Cybercriminals are now using deepfakes to replicate voices, facial featu...

If you run a WordPress website, it’s not the time to think that all is well simply because everything appears okay on the surface. Recent research has highlighted that more than 50,000 WordPress sites are vulnerable to hijack and has already breached—many of them without their owners ever realizing it. The problem lies not with WordPress itself, which hosts more than 40% of all websites in the world, but with its vast plugin ecosystem. Hackers are specifically looking for outdated or abandoned plugins and employing a less commonly used feature called the “mu-plugins” directory to add malicious code that runs quietly in the background. Mu-plugins autoload every time WordPress runs and go unnoticed by administrators in regular maintenance on the site, so it makes them an optimal hiding ground for resilient malicious code. With inside access, attackers can divert visitors to phishing websites, add spam content, or tamper with SEO rankings. Their aim is usually profit—via affiliate scam...