The Port of Seattle released a statement Friday confirming that it was targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack occurred on August 24, with the Port (which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) saying it had “experienced certain system outages…
Ford’s Latest Patent: A Step Toward High-Tech Advertising or Privacy Invasion?
Among those filed recently is one from Ford for a system that gathers driver data to personalise in-car advertisements, which raises lots of concerns over privacy. This technological advancement can collect types of information from a car’s GPS location…
TrickMo Android Trojan Abuses Accessibility Services for On-Device Financial Scam
Cybersecurity experts discovered a new form of the TrickMo banking trojan, which now includes advanced evasion strategies and the ability to create fraudulent login screens and steal banking credentials. This sophisticated malware employs malicious ZIP files and JSONPacker to…
Combating Telecom Fraud: Trai and DoT’s Joint Effort Against Spam Calls
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the Department of Telecom (DoT) have jointly disconnected over 1 crore mobile connections. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to curb spam calls, reduce cybercrime, and improve the overall telecom experience…
Port of Seattle confirmed that Rhysida ransomware gang was behind the August attack
Port of Seattle confirmed on Friday that the Rhysida ransomware group was behind the cyberattack that hit the agency in August. In August, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, websites and…
Global Cybercrime Syndicate Falls in Singapore’s Largest-Ever Police Raid
In an announcement, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) announced the arrest of five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean for allegedly engaging in illicit cyber activities within the country and that they had been arrested. As a result of a…
Florida Healthcare Data Leak Exposes Thousands of Doctors and Hospitals
A data breach at Florida-based recruitment firm MNA Healthcare has left sensitive information of over 14,000 healthcare workers and 10,000 hospitals exposed. Discovered on June 20, 2024, by the Cybernews research team, the breach was caused by a misconfiguration…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER – ROUND 11
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights …
Week in review: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE could soon be exploited, Microsoft fixes 4 0-days
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE flaw may soon be leveraged by ransomware gangs (CVE-2024-40711) CVE-2024-40711, a critical vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), could…
Games Box – 1,439,354 breached accounts
In September 2020, now defunct website Games Box suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The impacted data included 1.4M email addresses alongside usernames, genders, ages and passwords stored as either…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 489 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. U.S. CISA adds…
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at eCrime 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The event runs from September 24 through 26, 2024, and my keynote is at 8:45 AM ET…