Ax Sharma

Ax Sharma is an Indian-origin British security researcher, journalist and TV subject matter expert with a focus on malware analysis and cybercrime investigations. His areas of interest include open source software security, threat intel analysis, and reverse engineering. Frequently featured by leading media outlets like the BBC, Channel 5, Fortune, WIRED, The Register, among others, Ax is an active community member of the OWASP Foundation and the British Association of Journalists (BAJ).

Theme park giant Parques Reunidos hit by a ransomware cyber attack

One of the world's largest theme park operators, Parques Reunidos has disclosed a cybersecurity incident. Bian Lian ransomware group has…

2 years ago

Phishing kit screenshots your email domain on the fly to appear real

Phishing kit used by multiple hacked sites generates a log in page on the fly that closely resembles the victim's…

2 years ago

Royal Mail online tracking returns — with a frustrating captcha that works half the time

Mysterious week-long outage impacting the Royal Mail tracking website is subsiding, but with caveats. Meanwhile, mitigations employed by the mail…

2 years ago

New convincing phishing campaign targets Booking.com and Blockchain.com customers

New series of convincing phishing emails use Fleek.co's infrastructure to collect credentials.

2 years ago

A spreadsheet hosted on Intel.com is flagged as malware—but is it?

A 'Product Compliance' Excel spreadsheet hosted on Intel.com is being mistaken for malware

3 years ago

NS trains halted for hours after IT system ‘failure’

Major Dutch passenger railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) suspended trains for hours over IT issues.

3 years ago

Movie studios sue TorGuard after $10 million legal battle with LiquidVPN

Dozens of film studios are suing TorGuard VPN for allegedly encouraging online piracy.

3 years ago

Mozilla drops Firefox add-on installed by 455,000 for blocking updates

Mozilla Firefox add-ons 'Bypass' and 'Bypass XM' were abusing the proxy API to circumvent paywalls.

3 years ago

NHS Moorfields Hospital in Dubai confirms cyber attack, after ransomware data leak threats

The ransomware group claims to have 60 GB of proprietary and patient data from the Dubai-based Moorfields Eye Hospitals.

3 years ago

21,000 U.S. driver licenses up for sale on hacker forum after data breach

Over 21,000 U.S. driver licenses are being sold on a hacker forum, along with thousands of credit reports.

3 years ago

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