The Week In Ransomware January 26th 2024 Govts Strike Back
Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to...
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Kansas Public Transportation Authority Hit By Ransomware
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) announced it was targeted by a ransomware attack on Tuesday, January 23. KCATA...
Critical Vulnerability in Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager and Contact Center Solutions Products
Cisco has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-20253) in its Unified Communications Manager (CM) and Contact Center...
Critical Vulnerability in Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager and Contact Center Solutions Products
Cisco has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-20253) in its Unified Communications Manager (CM) and Contact Center...
AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks
Mexican financial institutions are under the radar of a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers a modified version of an open-source...
Pwn2own Automotive 13m For 49 Zero Days Tesla Hacked Twice
The first edition of Pwn2Own Automotive has ended with competitors earning $1,323,750 for hacking Tesla twice and demoing 49 zero-day...
Ukraine Hack Wiped 2 Petabytes Of Data From Russian Research Center
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology,...
Role Of Wazuh In Building A Robust Cybersecurity Architecture
Cybersecurity architecture refers to the design and framework governing an organization's approach to securing information systems. It outlines the components,...
Microsoft Reveals How Hackers Breached Its Exchange Online Accounts
Microsoft confirmed that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking group, which hacked into its executives’ email accounts in November 2023,...
HPE Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed its Emails
An infamous Russian state hacking unit compromised the cloud-based email environment of HPE and exfiltrated data from a “small percentage”...
Pwn2Own Contest Unearths Dozens of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Some of the world’s top ethical hackers are competing in Tokyo this week, having already found close to 40 zero-day...
Government Security Vulnerabilities Surge By 151%, Report Finds
The government sector has witnessed the most significant growth in crowdsourced security in 2023, marking a 151% increase in vulnerability...
North Korea Hacks Crypto: More Targets, Lower Gains
North Korea-backed threat actors hacked more crypto platforms than ever in 2023 but stole less of the digital currency in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”,...
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 January 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
