Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking New Mirai (..)

DDOS 88

DDOS Cybercrime Spyware Malware 88

Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Cybercrime Ransomware Passwords 87

Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

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Data breaches 77

Data breaches DDOS Backups Ransomware 77

Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Let’s focus attention on three key areas that have seen significant changes: state-sponsored activity, cybercrime, and hacktivism. The social engineering campaigns would have aimed to secure initial network access and extract sensitive information. The war continues, and so do its effects on cybersecurity.

Cyber threats 96

Cyber threats Cybercrime Cyber Attacks DDOS 96

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

NSA, FBI, and CISA Release Cybersecurity Information Sheet on Deepfake Threats 38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers Clorox Blames Damaging Cyberattack for Product Shortage MGM losing up to $8.4M Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

Cyber Attacks 82

Cyber Attacks Firewall Data breaches Telecommunications 82

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2023

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DDOS 88

DDOS Hacking Spyware Surveillance 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

PlugX malware delivered by exploiting flaws in Chinese programs Prometei botnet evolves and infected +10,000 systems since November 2022 CISA adds VMware’s Cloud Foundation bug to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Law enforcement seized the website selling the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian man Latest version of Xenomorph Android malware (..)

Data breaches 82

Data breaches Banking Government Ransomware 82

SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker (the University of Bremen; European Academy for Freedom of Information and Data Protection (EAID)), Arthur Laudrain (The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies), Stefan Soesanto (The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich) for their scientific and profound contribution. Also, we’d like to thank Prof.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Cybercrime IoT 121

BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. SC Magazine noted Verizon’s finding that DDoS attacks are getting worse. When is a cybersecurity incident a GDPR data breach?

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Data breaches Scams DDOS 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Analysis of forecasts for 2021. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular.

Cryptocurrency 104

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 104

Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

million customers Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely 1.9

Data breaches 99

Data breaches Mobile Ransomware DNS 99

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. ” reads the notice of data breach published by the Oregon Anesthesiology Group. “Oregon Anesthesiology Group, P.C.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Data breaches DDOS Healthcare 88

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Ukraine Police dismantled a transnational fraud group that made €200 million per year Lockbit gang leaked data stolen from global high-tech giant Thales.

DDOS 84

DDOS Cybercrime Ransomware Phishing 84

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Are the DDoS and the fire linked?

Data breaches 99

Data breaches DDOS Small Business Ransomware 99

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Using such capabilities, the threat actors are targeting major technology companies such as Apple, Facebook (Meta), Snapchat, and Discord are to name a few, to collect sensitive information about targets of interest. DDOS Secrets – another notable group of threat actors, has released 285,635 leaked emails from Nauru Police.

Hacking 121

Hacking Accountability DDOS Risk 121

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches DDOS VPN Hacking 87

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

gov adds more Chinese Telecom firms to the Covered List Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3 gov adds more Chinese Telecom firms to the Covered List Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

Cryptocurrency 83

Cryptocurrency Data breaches DNS DDOS 83

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In the age of data, with organizations creating trillions of gigabytes of new information each year, it’s easy to think of cybersecurity as a mere synonym for “data protection.” In fact, the World Economic Forum (WEF) projects that by 2021: Global cybercrime costs could total approximately $6 trillion in the US.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Cybercrime DDOS Malware 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Many experts believe that the popular Telegram app is an efficient alternative to dark web marketplaces, its channels are used by hacking communities and cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data, accesses to compromised infrastructure, and hacking tools. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). Some channels have 10,000s of followers.”

Cybercrime 125

Cybercrime Hacking Mobile DDOS 125

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

QNAP force-installs update against the recent wave of DeadBolt ransomware infections US FCC bans China Unicom Americas telecom over national security risks NCSC warns UK entities of potential destructive cyberattacks from Russia Finnish diplomats’ devices infected with Pegasus spyware Zerodium offers $400,000 for Microsoft Outlook RCE zero-day exploits (..)

Spyware 81

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Cybercrime 81

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Cobalt cybercrime gang abused Google App Engine in recent attacks. Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services. Airbus data breach exposes some employeesdata. 20% discount. Kindle Edition.

DDOS 64

DDOS Data breaches Advertising Cybercrime 64

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 331 appeared first on Security Affairs.

DDOS 54

DDOS Banking Cybercrime Hacking 54

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The group claims to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, backups, PII documents, and more. The gang also published a sample as proof of the stolen data. The Rhysida ransomware group threatened Prospect Medical Holdings to leak the stolen data if the company did not pay a 50 Bitcoins ransom (worth $1.3

Ransomware 121

Ransomware Healthcare Data breaches Cyber Attacks 121

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A data breach, ransomware attack or other digital attack that knocks your website offline can cost your business anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars in remediation, lawsuits from customers and fines by regulators. The site is down, and the criminals want money to unencrypt the data. How many customers could you lose?

Data breaches 98

Data breaches DDOS Ransomware Marketing 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

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DDOS 114

DDOS Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Ransomware 114

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

The document updates the information provided in the Dark Web Index 2022 report. The information for a cloned Mastercard (pin included) is passed from $25 (2021) to $20. Other products available in the cybercrime underground are email databases, most of them are dumps that threat actors aggregate from past dumps.

Identity Theft 93

Identity Theft Accountability DDOS Cybercrime 93

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2022

years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M Samba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities Former Twitter employee sentenced to 3.5

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Hacking DDOS VPN 92

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Ubisoft suffered a cyber security incident that caused a temporary disruption Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation Open (..)

Data breaches 84

Data breaches Firmware Hacking Ransomware 84

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following.

Social Engineering 112

Social Engineering Artificial Intelligence Engineering Ransomware 112

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Samsung S22 hacked Sophos fixed a critical flaw in its Sophos Firewall version 19.5

Firewall 91

Firewall Banking DDOS Hacking 91

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Information privacy, data sovereignty, and financial safety are front of mind for organizations worldwide – and if they’re not, they should be. As cloud adoption grows exponentially, businesses scramble to amend security strategies to keep their data and end users safe. SMS Spoofing.

Authentication 95

Authentication Passwords Risk Education 95

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT. US-based childrens clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach. THSuite data leak exposes cannabis users information. For the second time in a few days, Greek Government websites hit by DDoS attacks.

Data breaches 80

Data breaches Advertising Antivirus DDOS 80

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. The report also sheds light on the growing professionalism of cybercrime groups, with many organising through affiliate programmes. MORE Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CSO during its data breach, shares his perspective.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Data breaches CSO Cyber Attacks 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2023

By John Weiler Microsoft patches the “ aCropalypse ” vulnerability, ChatGPT leaks users’ billing information and the Latitude Financial breach expands to 14 million records. 's National Crime Agency (NCA) announced that it has been running several fake websites purporting to sell Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) services.

Malware 52

Malware Phishing DDOS Scams 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email server GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app Intel and AMD address high severity vulnerabilities in products and drivers New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed (..)

Spyware 53

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Retail 53

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In March, a mental health startup disclosed that it inadvertently had been exposing personally identifiable information about more than 3 million people to third-party entities. There are two main reasons for that: political pressure and DDoS attacks.

VPN 90

VPN Scams Education Internet 90

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Raccoon Malware, a success case in the cybercrime ecosystem. Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. Decathlon Spain data leak exposed Spanish employees’ data & more. Samsung leaked data of a few UK Customers. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks.

Banking 88

Banking Malware Advertising Ransomware 88