QNAP takes down server behind widespread brute-force attacks
QNAP took down a malicious server used in widespread brute-force attacks targeting Internet-exposed NAS (network-attached storage) devices with weak passwords....
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Spain arrests 34 cybercriminals who stole data of 4 million people
The Spanish National Police have dismantled a cybercriminal organization that carried out a variety of computer scams to steal and...
City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months
The City of Philadelphia is investigating a data breach after attackers "may have gained access" to City email accounts containing...
Citrix warns admins to patch NetScaler CVE-2023-4966 bug immediately
Citrix warned admins today to secure all NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances immediately against ongoing attacks exploiting the CVE-2023-4966 vulnerability....
1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach
1Password, a popular password management platform used by over 100,000 businesses, suffered a security incident after hackers gained access to...
University of Michigan employee, student data stolen in cyberattack
The University of Michigan says in a statement today that they suffered a data breach after hackers broke into its...
Palestine crypto donation scams emerge amid Israel-Hamas war
As thousands of civilians die amid the deadly Israel-Hamas war, scammers are capitalizing on the horrific events to collect donations...
US energy firm shares how Akira ransomware hacked its systems
In a rare display of transparency, US energy services firm BHI Energy details how the Akira ransomware operation breached their...
New TetrisPhantom hackers steal data from secure USB drives on govt systems
A new sophisticated threat tracked as ‘TetrisPhantom’ has been using compromised secure USB drives to target government systems in the...
Number of hacked Cisco IOS XE devices plummets from 50K to hundreds
The number of Cisco IOS XE devices hacked with a malicious backdoor implant has mysteriously plummeted from over 50,000 impacted...
American Family Insurance confirms cyberattack is behind IT outages
Insurance giant American Family Insurance has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack and shut down portions of its IT systems after...
International Criminal Court systems breached for cyber espionage
The International Criminal Court provided additional information about the cyberattack five weeks ago, saying that it was a targeted operation...
The Week in Ransomware – October 20th 2023 – Fighting Back
This was a bad week for ransomware, with the Trigona ransomware suffering a data breach and law enforcement disrupting the...
Fake Corsair job offers on LinkedIn push DarkGate malware
A threat actor is using fake LinkedIn posts and direct messages about a Facebook Ads specialist position at hardware maker Corsair...
Ragnar Locker ransomware developer arrested in France
Law enforcement agencies arrested a malware developer linked with the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang and seized the group's dark web...
Critical RCE flaws found in SolarWinds access audit solution
Security researchers found three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) product that remote attackers could...
Okta says its support system was breached using stolen credentials
Update October 20, 16:15 EDT: Added BeyondTrust incident details. Update October 20, 18:59 EDT: Added Cloudflare incident details. Okta says attackers accessed...
Cisco discloses new IOS XE zero-day exploited to deploy malware implant
Cisco disclosed a new high-severity zero-day (CVE-2023-20273) today, actively exploited to deploy malicious implants on IOS XE devices compromised using...
Kwik Trip finally confirms cyberattack was behind ongoing outage
Two weeks into an ongoing IT outage, Kwik Trip finally confirmed that it's investigating a cyberattack impacting the convenience store...
QR Codes Used in 22% of Phishing Attacks
The Hoxhunt Challenge has unveiled alarming trends in employee susceptibility to phishing attacks, emphasizing the critical role of engagement in...
DarkGate Malware Campaigns Linked to Vietnam-Based Cybercriminals
Vietnam-based cybercriminals are believed to be behind to attacks using DarkGate malware, which have targeted organizations in the UK, US...
India targets Microsoft, Amazon tech support scammers in nationwide crackdown
India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams...
Casio discloses data breach impacting customers in 149 countries
Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio disclosed a data breach impacting customers from 149 countries after hackers gained to the servers of...
Iranian hackers lurked in Middle Eastern govt network for 8 months
The Iranian hacking group tracked as OilRig (APT34) breached at least twelve computers belonging to a Middle Eastern government network...
