Healthcare Data Breaches Impact 88 Million Americans
Threat actors have compromised sensitive health data on tens of millions of US patients so far this year, according to...
Ransomware attacks
North Korean Hackers Target macOS Crypto Engineers With Kandykorn
North Korean hackers suspected to be associated with the Lazarus Group have been observed targeting blockchain engineers involved in cryptocurrency...
Security Agency Rolls Out Protective DNS for Schools
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced the launch of a new offering designed to prevent school users...
Generative AI Can Save Phishers Two Days of Work
Generative AI tools can save phishing actors 16 hours of work designing a scam email, but still can’t match a...
Ransomware Targets Unpatched WS_FTP Servers
Unpatched WS_FTP servers exposed to the internet have become prime targets for ransomware attacks, with threat actors exploiting a critical...
Qakbot Gang Still Active Despite FBI Takedown
Despite the takedown of the Qakbot threat gang’s infrastructure by the FBI in late August, some of the group’s affiliates...
Data Theft Overtakes Ransomware as Top Concern for IT Decision Makers
Data theft is a primary concern for IT decision makers, ahead of ransomware attacks, according to a survey conducted by...
FBI Warns of Dual Ransomware Attacks and Data Destruction Trends
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a Private Industry Notification highlighting two concerning trends in the world...
Nearly 100,000 Industrial Control Systems Exposed to the Internet
Thousands of organizations around the world are using industrial control systems (ICS) exposed to the public internet, new analysis from...
Booking.com Customers Targeted in Major Phishing Campaign
Booking.com users have become the focus of a new, large-scale phishing campaign. Discovered by Perception Point and discussed in an...
Ransomed.vc Group Hits NTT Docomo After Sony Breach Claims
In a recent development following the recent data leak from Sony, the notorious ransomware syndicate Ransomed.vc has targeted Japan’s largest...
Over 700 Dark Web Ads Offer DDoS Attacks Via IoT in 2023
The year 2023 has seen a surge of over 700 advertisements on the dark web offering Distributed Denial of Service...
UK-US Confirm Agreement for Personal Data Transfers
The UK government has announced its decision to establish a data bridge with the US, enabling the free flow of...
Pentagon Urges Collaboration in Cyber Defense
In a discussion at the FedTalks event in Washington last Thursday, Leslie A. Beavers, principal deputy chief information officer at...
Cuba Ransomware Group Unleashes Undetectable Malware
Security researchers at Kaspersky have unveiled research into the activities of the notorious ransomware group known as Cuba. According to...
Airlines Battle Surge in Loyalty Program Fraud
Cyber fraudsters have been observed increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in air miles and customer service systems across the EU, the UK...
LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Variants Surge Post Builder Leak
The leak of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder has triggered a surge in personalized variants, impacting various organizations. Writing in an...
Sensitive Data of 10 Million at Risk After French Employment Agency Breach
The French national employment agency, Pôle emploi, has been hit by a cyber-attack potentially exposing critical information of up to...
WinRAR Vulnerability Affects Traders Worldwide
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-38831) in the popular WinRAR compression tool, which cyber-criminals have exploited to target...
Doubling of Identity Theft Victims With Suicidal Thoughts
Some 16% of American identity theft victims have had suicidal thoughts following their experiences, up from just 8% in 2020,...
New Chrome Feature Alerts Users About Malicious Extensions
Google has announced an update set to be introduced in Chrome 117. This new feature aims to proactively inform users...
Weekly Cyber Security Tip: Protecting Yourself Against Ransomware Attacks
Welcome to our weekly cybersecurity tips. With a sharp rise in technology usage comes a correlative increase in cyber threats....
Interpol-Led Africa Cyber Surge II Nets 14 Cybercrime Suspects
A collaborative effort led by Interpol, known as Africa Cyber Surge II, has yielded significant results in combating cybercrime across...
Phishing Spree Targets Zimbra Collaboration Account Holders
Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have exposed an ongoing mass-spreading phishing campaign that explicitly targets Zimbra Collaboration email server users. The...
