Data Privacy Week: US Data Breaches Surge, 2023 Sees 78% Increase in Compromises
The number of reported data compromises in the US in 2023 increased by 78% compared to 2022, reaching 3205, according...
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Southern Water Confirms Data Breach Following Black Basta Claims
UK water supplier Southern Water has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after the Black Basta ransomware group appeared...
Data Privacy Week: Companies are Banning Generative AI Due to Privacy Risks
More than a quarter (27%) of organizations have banned the use of generative AI among their workforce over privacy and...
China-Aligned APT Group Blackwood Unleashes NSPX30 Implant
ESET researchers have recently unveiled a highly sophisticated implant known as NSPX30, which has been linked to a newly identified...
New Leaks Expose Web of Iranian Intelligence and Cyber Companies
New evidence shows that Iran’s intelligence and military services are associated with cyber activities targeting Western countries through their network...
Ukraine Arrests Hacker for Assisting Russian Missile Strikes
Ukrainian security services have arrested a hacker for allegedly targeting government websites and providing intelligence to Russia to carry out...
Pikabot Distributed Via Malicious Ads
During this past year, we have seen an increase in the use of malicious ads (malvertising) and specifically those via...
Associated Press Espn Cbs Among Top Sites Serving Fake Virus Alerts
ScamClub is a threat actor who’s been involved in malvertising activities since 2018. Chances are you probably ran into one...
Ransomware Review December 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Malvertisers Zoom In On Cryptocurrencies And Initial Access
During the past month, we have observed an increase in the number of malicious ads on Google searches for “Zoom”,...
Ransomware Review January 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
2024 State Of Ransomware In Education 92 Spike In K 12 Attacks
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
New Metastealer Malvertising Campaigns
MetaStealer is a popular piece of malware that came out in 2022, levering previous code base from RedLine. Stealers have...
Atomic Stealer Rings In The New Year With Updated Version
Last year, we documented malware distribution campaigns both via malvertising and compromised sites delivering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) onto Mac users....
Malicious Ads For Restricted Messaging Applications Target Chinese Users
An ongoing campaign of malicious ads has been targeting Chinese-speaking users with lures for popular messaging applications such as Telegram...
Perfecting the Defense-in-Depth Strategy with Automation
Medieval castles stood as impregnable fortresses for centuries, thanks to their meticulous design. Fast forward to the digital age, and...
Malicious Ads on Google Target Chinese Users with Fake Messaging Apps
Chinese-speaking users have been targeted by malicious Google ads for restricted messaging apps like Telegram as part of an ongoing...
Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Hackers Remotely Take Over Unified Comms Systems
Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products that could...
Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs
Microsoft on Thursday said the Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November...
Russian TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for Cybercrime Spree
40-year-old Russian national Vladimir Dunaev has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for his role in...
Hackers Target WordPress Database Plugin Active On 1 Million Sites
Malicious activity targeting a critical severity flaw in the ‘Better Search Replace’ WordPress plugin has been detected, with researchers observing...
Cisco Warns Of Critical Rce Flaw In Communications Software
Cisco is warning that several of its Unified Communications Manager (CM) and Contact Center Solutions products are vulnerable to a...
Iphone Apps Abuse Ios Push Notifications To Collect User Data
Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the...
Blackwood Hackers Hijack Wps Office Update To Install Malware
A previously unknown advanced threat actor tracked as 'Blackwood' is using sophisticated malware called NSPX30 in cyberespionage attacks against companies...
