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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, threat actors, probably funded by Kremlin, hacked the email account of Stewart McDonald via a spear-phishing act. NCSC is busy finding evidence on foreign indulgence, while Parliament’s cybersecurity team has confirmed that a foreign state launched the attack.

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Iran’s Mahan Air claims it has failed a cyber attack, hackers say the opposite

Security Affairs

Iranian airline Mahan Air was hit by a cyberattack on Sunday morning, the “Hooshyarane Vatan” hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian private airline Mahan Air has foiled a cyber attack over the weekend, Iranian state media reported. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Iran’s Mahan Air).

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Air India Hack Exposes Credit Card and Passport Info of 4.5 Million Passengers

The Hacker News

million of its customers over a period stretching nearly 10 years after its Passenger Service System (PSS) provider SITA fell victim to a cyber attack earlier this year. 26, 2011 and Feb. India's flag carrier airline, Air India, has disclosed a data breach affecting 4.5 The breach involves personal data registered between Aug.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why penetration testing has become a ‘must-have’ security practice

The Last Watchdog

Related: Supply-chain hacks prove worrisome. Yes, and that is what Sony exactly lost when they were hacked and the personal info of every one of its customers leaked in 2011. Every second, even while you are reading this article, a hacker is trying to hack a site. These can be applications, IoT, Networks, API etc.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors.

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Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Security Affairs

Chinese hackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus in the recently disclosed hack of Mitsubishi Electric. According to ZDNet, the hackers involved in the attack against the Mitsubishi Electric have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Trend Micro OfficeScan to infect company servers.

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Air India suffered a data breach, 4.5 million customers impacted

Security Affairs

million of its customers, two months after its Passenger Service System provider SITA was hacked. 26, 2011 and February. Air India had previously acknowledged its Passenger Service System provider SITA was the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack in March 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Air India).