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Unprotected Access to Windows’ Centre: Signed Kernel Drivers
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents ESET researchers investigated the misuse of vulnerable kernel drivers in depth saying “Software” drivers are among the different types of kernel drivers that provide…
Stolen TikTok Videos have Infiltrated YouTube Shorts
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Scammers are taking full advantage of the debut of Google’s new TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, which has proven to be an excellent platform for…
Georgia goes after crypto miners
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents On January 10, Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava told reporters that the Government of Georgia and the energy distribution company Energo-pro Georgia are engaged in…
New Mexico Jail went on Lockdown due to Cyberattack
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, went on lockdown five days after the new year. In the wake of a…
Ukraine Government Websites Targeted in a Suspected Russian Cyber Attack
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Threat actors targeted multiple Ukrainian government websites on Friday, temporarily disabling sites and leaving messages warning readers to “be afraid and expect the worse.”…
Defense Contractor Hensoldt Confirms Lorenz Ransomware Attack
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Hensoldt, a multinational defence contractor, disclosed that Lorenz ransomware has infected part of its UK subsidiary’s systems. A spokesman for Hensholdt acknowledged the security…
Because of a Flaw in Microsoft Defender, Threat Actors can Evade Detection
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Threat actors were able to use a vulnerability in Microsoft Defender antivirus on Windows to learn about unscanned places and plant malware there. According…
NFT Minting Platform Lympo Got Compromised for $18.7M
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Lympo, a sports NFT minting platform and an Animoca Brands firm, was hacked and lost 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million, the platform…
The GootLoader Hackers are After Law Firms and Accounting Firms
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents GootLoader is a piece of initial access malware that allows its operators to install a variety of other malware families, including ransomware, on affected…
Cyberattack Compels Albuquerque Public Schools to Close 144 Schools
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Following a cyberattack that attacked the district’s attendance, communications, and transportation systems, all 144 Albuquerque Public Schools are closed for the remainder of this…
19-Year-Old Claims to Have Hacked Into More Than 25 Teslas
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A 19-year-old hacker claims to have remotely opened the doors and windows of over 25 Tesla vehicles in 13 countries, as well as turned=…
U.S. Cyber Command Officially Links MuddyWater Gang to Iranian Intelligence
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The US military’s Cyber Command on Wednesday officially tied the Iranian-backed MuddyWatter hacking group to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). According to…
A major hacker service has been eliminated in Ukraine
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Cyber specialists of the Security Service of Ukraine, together with the cyber police and American and British partners, conducted a large-scale special operation to eliminate…
Lazarus, Cobalt, and FIN7 Cyber Groups Allegedly Opened Fire on the Financial Industry
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A study titled “Follow the Money” by Outpost24’s Blueliv that addressed the financial sector, aims to identify and follow groups that are big perpetrators…
Hacker Hacked Multiple High-profile FIFA 22 Accounts by Phishing EA Support Agents
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Electronic Arts (EA) has cited “human error” within its customer experience team for a recent wave of high-profile FIFA Ultimate Team account takeovers, with…
Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT Distribution Campaigns Make Use of Public Cloud Infrastructure
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Threat actors are actively leveraging Amazon and Microsoft public cloud services into their malicious campaigns in order to deliver commodity remote access trojans (RATs)…
Multiple Critical Bugs Identified in SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Rapid7 researcher has presented additional details regarding the SonicWall bug in its Secure Mobile Access 100 network security devices that permit unauthenticated remote code…
Group-IB revealed 50 fraud schemes with fake investments
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Analysts of Group-IB Company which specializes in cyber-security revealed more than 50 schemes of fake investment projects and more than 8 thousand domains connected with…
The Medical Review Institute of America Alerts Patients of a Privacy Breach
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents On November 9, 2021, MRIoA discovered that it had been the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack that affected over 134,000 people, according to a…
IP Spoofing Flaw Leaves Django REST Applications Vulnerable to DDoS Attacks
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Attackers used an IP spoofing flaw in Django REST to bypass the framework’s throttling function, which is designed to protect apps from mass requests. …
Data Breach at Ciox Health Exposed Information on Over 12,000 Patients
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Thousands of people’s protected health information (PHI) may have been compromised in a hacking attack at a Georgia-based healthcare information management organization. Clinical or…
AvosLocker Ransomware New Variant Targets Linux Systems and ESXi Servers
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents AvosLocker ransomware gang has added AvosLinux in its arsenal for encrypting Linux systems, specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. However, there are no details…
China Accuses Walmart For Nineteen Cybersecurity Network Breaches
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents American retail giant ‘Walmart’ is alleged for causing nineteen cybersecurity incidents in the country by China, according to state-sponsored media. As per the reports,…
Attackers Could Gain Access to User Data due to a ‘Powerdir’ Flaw in macOS
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents On January 11th, Microsoft disclosed a vulnerability in Apple’s macOS that might let an attacker to get unauthorised access to protected user data by…
Malware Abcbot Related to the Xanthe Cryptomining Bug Developer’s
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Abcbot, the newly discovered botnet has a longer history than what was originally believed. The Xanthe-based cryptojacking campaign found by Cisco’s Talos security research…
City of Grass Valley, California, Suffers Data Breach
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents After discovering about the breach, Grass Valley stated that they took quick steps to safeguard their networks, alerted law enforcement, and launched an investigation…
German Ministry of Justice announced millions in fines for Telegram in case of non-compliance with laws
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents German Justice Minister Marco Bushman announced “million-dollar” fines for Telegram messenger for violating German law and reminded that the company must designate a contact person…
EHR Vendor QRS Faces Lawsuit After Cyberattack Exposed Nearly 320,000 Patients’ Information
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents QRS, a healthcare technology firm, that offers EHR services, is now facing a class-action lawsuit over a data breach that reportedly exposed the health…
Services Australia Dismisses Security Concerns with COVID-19 Digital Certificates
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents During Australia’s federal Budget Estimates last year, senators questioned Services Australia on a variety of initiatives under its purview, ranging from the COVID-19 digital…
Misinformation is a Hazard to Cyber Security
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Most cybersecurity leaders recognize the usefulness of data, but data is merely information. What if the information you’ve been given is actually false? Or…
The Log4j Incident Demonstrated Again That Publicly Disclosing 0-day Vulnerabilities Only Aids Intruders
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents On December 9, 2021, a (now-deleted) tweet pointing to a 0-day proof of concept (PoC) exploit for the Log4Shell vulnerability on GitHub set the…
Russians will face even more serious cyber threats in 2022
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents In particular, users should be wary of targeted ransomware attacks. Moreover, the damage will increase, not limited to the demand for ransom for encrypted data.…
US Arrested Multi-year Phishing Scam Suspect
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents An Italian man who was involved in a multi-year phishing scam aimed towards fraudulently stealing hundreds of unpublished book manuscripts from popular authors such…
Fertility Centers of Illinois Hit by Cyberattack Impacting Nearly 80,000 Patients
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A Chicago-based Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) has suffered a data breach, impacting 79,943 current and former patients. According to a breach notification by FCI,…
A Data Breach To An AWS Portal Glitch By Ravkoo, A US-based Online Pharmacy
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Ravkoo, an online prescription filling service, suffered a data breach, exposing health and other sensitive information. The company’s prescription interface is hosted by Amazon…
According to Chainalysis, Around $2.2 Billion was Stolen from DeFi Protocols in 2021
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, has issued a new report on cryptocurrency crime patterns, revealing that $14 billion in cryptocurrency was sent to unlawful…
How To Assess Supply Chain Security For Your Business
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents No matter which sector your business works in, you have to depend on third parties that provide goods and services to support your business. It…
Night Sky: New Ransomware Targeting Corporate Networks
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The new year has brought with it new ransomware named ‘Night Sky,’ which targets corporate networks and steals data in double-extortion attacks. The Night…
Flubot Malware Targeting Users by Masquerading as Adobe Flash Player
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The Android malware FluBot has resurfaced again with new features. The banking Trojan is now tricking victims by posing as an Adobe Flash Player…
New Mac Malware Samples Highlight The Growing Risk
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Despite Apple’s best attempts, Mac malware exists to keep in mind that Mac malware and viruses are quite rare in the wild. Apple has…
SonicWall’s Email Security and Firewall Products Were Hit by the Y2K22 Bug
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents SonicWall acknowledged on January 7th that the Y2K22 bug had affected some of its Email Security and firewall solutions, causing message log updates and…
FlexBooker Breached, Over 3.7 Million Impacted
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A cybercriminal group that identifies itself as Uawrongteam has compromised accounts of more than three million users of the U.S.based FlexBooker – a popular…
Experts predict the disappearance of passwords before the end of the decade
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents According to cybersecurity experts, password identification in online services is a thing of the past. In the future, they will be completely replaced by biometric…
Avira Antivirus Introduces Crypto Mining To Its 500M Customers
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents You might be surprised to know that Norton 360 antivirus came up with a program that allows customers like you to make money mining…
Swiss Army Bans WhatsApp at Work
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A spokesman for the Swiss army announced Thursday that the use of WhatsApp while on duty has been prohibited, in favour of a Swiss…
Google Docs Comment Flaw Exploited by Hackers
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A flaw has been deducted in the comment feature of Google Docs which is allowing cybercriminals to compromise users with phishing emails. A unit…
$50 Million Lost to Fraudsters Impersonating as Broker-Dealers
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A California man admitted his involvement in a large-scale and long-running Internet-based fraud scam that allowed him and other fraudsters to drain about $50…
Crypto Firm Arbix Identified as a Rug Pull After Scamming $10 Million From Investors
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Arbix Finance, Binance Smart Chain-based yield farming protocol, appears to have scammed users out of millions after its developers made off with their deposited…
The CNIL Penalized SLIMPAY €180,000 for Data Violation.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents SLIMPAY is a licensed payment institution that provides customers with recurring payment options. Based in Paris, this subscription payment services firm was fined €180,000…
SSRF Attacks can be Used to Compromise Java RMI Services
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents According to a detailed analysis of the problem by security researcher Tobias Neitzel, Java RMI services can be targeted using server-side request forgery (SSRF)…
You Might Be A Victim Of Google Voice Scam, Here’s How To Protect Your Account
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents According to the FBI, Americans sharing their contact numbers online are attacked by Google Voice authentication scams. FBI explains that scammers are targeting users…
Is Your Business At Risk From APT Threats?
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents In 2022, organizations are re-analyzing their cybersecurity measures to mitigate risks and protect against potential cyber-attacks. After budgeting, risk assessment, compliance, and more, agencies…
Russian IT business will increase spending on data protection in the new year
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The digitalization of society and the forced remote work forced the business to face new difficulties. Hackers began to attack twice as often and faster,…
NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar Twitter Handle hacked
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The Powerful Greek Army group has compromised the Twitter handle of NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar. A spokesperson from the organization said that they reached…
Purple Fox Backdoor Identified in Malicious Telegram Installers
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A novel technique to target computer systems has been discovered. According to a report published by joint efforts between Minerva Labs cybersecurity team, and…
Morgan Stanley to Pay $60M to Resolve Data Security Lawsuit
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $60 million in a preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed against the company on Friday, according to Reuters,…
Cyber Attacks Are A Threat To The Energy Sector
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents According to a senior industry source, concern over cyber-attacks on power plants and electricity grids is “off the scale” in the UK energy sector.…
Web Skimmer Code was Injected Into 100 Real Estate Websites
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents An unknown cloud video platform was used to inject web skimmer code into over 100 real estate websites owned by the same parent company.…
More Than 1.3 Million People Affected by Broward Health Data Breach
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents South Florida-based Broward Health public health system has revealed a large-scale data breach incident impacting more than 1.3 million patients and staff members. The…
Researcher Detects 70 Web Cache Poisoning Vulnerabilities, Gets $40k in bug bounty rewards
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Despite the fact that it is a well-known and well-documented vulnerability, ‘web cache poisoning’ continues to be a concern on the internet. Security researcher…
Saltzer Health Says Patient Data Exposed in Cyberattack
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Saltzer Health, an Intermountain Healthcare company has recently witnessed a cyberattack. The company has started alarming its employees and patients about the breach and…
University of California Researchers Develop a Technique to Discover Inconsistencies in Smart Contracts
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, presented a “scalable technique” to check smart contracts and minimize state-inconsistency bugs, finding forty-seven zero-day vulnerabilities on…
Attack on UK’s Defence Academy Compelled a Rebuild of the IT System
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents According to a former senior officer, a probable nation-state attack on the UK’s primary defense training facility last year compelled the academy to replace…
Omicron Test Scam : A Free Test Is Available
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Cybercriminals send emails containing malicious links and data, according to police sources. When individuals click on such a link or download a file, their…
Signal Foundation owner says Telegram is not as secure as it claims
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents Marlinspike stated that the security of the Telegram service is low since the personal data of users is on servers without any protection. According to…
Researcher Release Report on Internet of Things and Malware Security
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents With the fast usage of IoT devices, also becoming a lucrative target for threat actors, the reason being these devices are equipped with higher processing…
Apple iOS Susceptible to HomeKit ‘Doorlock’ Vulnerability
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A cybersecurity researcher has uncovered a novel persistent denial of service flaw called ‘doorLock’ in Apple HomeKit, impacting iOS devices. The security researcher Trevor…
British Classified Ad Site Gumtree Exposed Users’ Private and GPS Location in Data Breach
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents A UK-based classified site and used goods marketplace, Gumtree, leaked personally identifiable information (PII) of its users’ in the source code of its webpages. …
Russian hacker arrested in US who may have information about Russian interference in American elections
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents According to Bloomberg sources in the Russian and American security and intelligence agencies, Klyushin is a Kremlin insider and even a year and a half…
Lapsus$ Ransomware Gang Hacked Portugal’s Largest Media Conglomerate
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents The Lapsus$ ransomware group has compromised and is actively extorting Impresa, Portugal’s largest media conglomerate and owner of SIC and Expresso, the country’s leading…
PulseTV Discloses Potential Breach Affecting 200,000 People
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents PulseTV, a popular online store in the United States, has revealed a credit card data breach that has affected over 200,000 customers. VISA notified…
SEGA’s Europe Security : AWS S3 Bucket Exposed Provides Steam API Access
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents During a cloud-security assessment, SEGA Europe discovered that critical data was being kept in an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket, and it’s…