Declan Harrington, a Massachusetts man charged two years ago for his alleged involvement in a series of SIM swapping attacks, pleaded guilty to stealing cryptocurrency from multiple victims and hijacking the Instagram account of others. …
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Destructive attacks that targeted Iran’s transport ministry and national train system were coordinated by a threat actor dubbed Indra, who previously deployed wiper malware on the networks of multiple Syrian organizations. Last month, Iran’s railways and …
Hackers behind Iranian wiper attacks linked to Syrian breaches Read More »
Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, is sending notification letters to individuals affected by the data breach resulting from the DarkSide ransomware attack that hit its network in May. The company …
Colonial Pipeline reports data breach after May ransomware attack Read More »
Microsoft has revived the Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) app that was deprecated last year due to an important severity information disclosure bug the company decided not to fix. RDCMan is a Windows RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) …
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Threat actors are now actively scanning for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell remote code execution vulnerabilities after technical details were released at the Black Hat conference. Before we get to the active scanning of these vulnerabilities, it is …
Microsoft Exchange servers scanned for ProxyShell vulnerability, Patch Now Read More »
Taiwanese motherboard maker has been hit by the RansomEXX ransomware gang, who threaten to publish 112GB of stolen data unless a ransom is paid Gigabyte is best known for its motherboards but also manufactures other …
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The BlackMatter gang has joined the ranks of ransomware operations to develop a Linux encryptor that targets VMware’s ESXi virtual machine platform. The enterprise is increasingly moving to virtual machines for their servers for better …
Linux version of BlackMatter ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers Read More »
Security researchers found a new class of DNS vulnerabilities impacting major DNS-as-a-Service (DNSaaS) providers that could allow attackers to access sensitive information from corporate networks. DNSaaS providers (also known as managed DNS providers) provide DNS …
New DNS vulnerability allows ‘nation-state level spying’ on companies Read More »
The Lazio region in Italy has suffered a RansomEXX ransomware attack that has disabled the region’s IT systems, including the COVID-19 vaccination registration portal. Early Sunday morning, the Lazio region suffered a ransomware attack that encrypted …
RansomEXX ransomware hits Italy’s Lazio region, affects COVID-19 site Read More »
Google Chrome will no longer show whether a site you are visiting is secure and only show when you visit an insecure website. For years, Google has been making a concerted effort to push websites …
Google Chrome to no longer show secure website indicators Read More »
The US Department of Justice says that the Microsoft Office 365 email accounts of employees at 27 US Attorneys’ offices were breached by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) during the SolarWinds global hacking spree. The APT is believed …
DOJ: SolarWinds hackers breached emails from 27 US Attorneys’ offices Read More »
Amazon has quietly been hit with a record-breaking €746 million fine for alleged GDPR violations regarding how it performs targeted behavioral advertising. The fine was issued by Luxembourg’s Commission nationale pour la protection des données (CNPD), an …
Amazon gets $888 million GDPR fine for behavioral advertising Read More »