BlackCat Rises: Infamous Ransomware Gang Defies Law Enforcement
Despite law enforcement efforts to take down the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang, the cybercriminals are not going down without a...
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Iranian Fuel Supplies Crippled By Cyber-Attack
Iran has blamed the US and Israel for a cyber-attack which it said caused widespread disruption to petrol stations on...
Impact of Log4Shell Bug Was Overblown, Say Researchers
Security researchers have claimed that a vulnerability described as the biggest and most critical ever discovered was far less dangerous...
Over 14 Million Mortgage Customers Hit By Mr Cooper Breach
One of the largest mortgage providers in the US has revealed that an October breach has impacted 14.7 million customers.Mr...
Law Enforcement Confirms BlackCat Take Down, Decryption Key Offered to Victims
The takedown of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group’s leak site has been confirmed as a result of global law enforcement action.The...
Smishing Triad Targets UAE Residents in Identity Theft Campaign
Security researchers have observed a new fraudulent campaign orchestrated by the Smishing Triad gang and impersonating the United Arab Emirates...
More Than 26,000 Vulnerabilities Discovered in 2023
A total of 26,447 vulnerabilities were disclosed in 2023, surpassing the previous year by over 1500 CVEs.The figures come from...
Foreign Actors Targeted 2022 US Elections, Intelligence Community Reveals
The US intelligence community has confirmed it detected evidence of foreign interference during the 2022 US federal elections.Russia, China and...
Technology Manufacturers Urged to Eliminate Passwords
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a two-point plan urging technology manufacturers to get rid of...
MongoDB Investigates Customer Account Data Breach
Database provider MongoDB has alerted customers to a data breach in which some account and contact information was compromised.An email...
ALPHV Second Most Prominent Ransomware Strain Before Reported Downtime
ALPHV was the second-most leveraged ransomware strain in North America and Europe between January 2022 and October 2023, just before...
Insurer’s UK Honeypots Attacked 17 Million Times Per Day
Legacy vulnerabilities and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) endpoints are being singled out by attackers, according to new data based on...
MOVEit Vulnerability Hits Delta Dental: 7 Million Records Exposed
Delta Dental of California and affiliates disclosed a data breach following a global security incident linked to the vulnerability in MOVEit...
Qakbot’s Low-Volume Resurgence Targets Hospitality
Cybersecurity researchers spotted new Qakbot activity targeting the hospitality industry last week.According to a Saturday post on X (formerly Twitter)...
Incident Response and Management: A Comprehensive Tip for the Week
Cyber-attacks are an ever-looming threat in our increasingly digital world. These incidents can be disastrous, leading to the theft, alteration...
Over 45,000 Employees Hit By Nuclear Research Lab Breach
Tens of thousands of current and former employees of a leading US cybersecurity and nuclear research laboratory were impacted by...
Four Charged in Connection With $80m Pig Butchering Scheme
Four US residents have been charged with a series of money laundering offenses connected to a major “pig butchering” fraud...
UK Plans Tough New Security Rules For Datacenters
The UK government has proposed new rules designed to regulate the datacenter sector, in a bid to improve baseline cybersecurity and...
Microsoft Targets Prolific Outlook Fraudster Storm-1152
Microsoft has gone after a prolific Vietnam-based threat group it describes as “the number one seller and creator” of fake...
Approval Phishing Scams Drain $1bn of Cryptocurrency from Victims
Approval phishing scams have been used to steal at least $1bn in cryptocurrency since May 2021, according to a new...
GambleForce Group Targets Websites With SQL Injection
Security researchers have warned of a new threat group targeting gambling, government, retail and travel websites to steal sensitive information...
Cozy Bear Hackers Target JetBrains TeamCity Servers in Global Campaign
Cozy Bear, a threat group linked with the Russian foreign intelligence service (SVR), has been conducting a global hacking campaign...
Vulnerabilities Now Top Initial Access Route For Ransomware
Threat actors are switching tactics to compromise their victims with ransomware, with more attacks now exploiting vulnerabilities rather than using phishing...
UK Ministry of Defence Fined For Afghan Data Breach
The UK’s data protection regulator has fined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £350,000 ($439,000) after a serious email error which...
