Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a 26-year-old hacker, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Local media reported this, citing a court decision related to the breach of the private psychotherapeutic center Vastaamo in Helsinki. The court...
A former NSA employee has been sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison for attempting espionage on behalf of a foreign state. FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that this sentence should serve...
Malefactors have adopted a new strategy to disseminate the malicious software Latrodectus through phishing campaigns, cleverly disguising it as notifications from Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare. This method significantly complicates the task for email security...
The Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all its retail stores following the discovery of a cybersecurity incident. The event, which affected the company’s systems, occurred on April 28. In response, the company...
In one of the United States’ largest medical organizations, Kaiser Permanente, a cyber incident resulted in the compromise of personal data for approximately 13.4 million users. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente provides healthcare services...
In February, a high-profile cyberattack on Change Healthcare caused significant disruptions in the operations of US medical facilities. Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group (the parent company of Change Healthcare), revealed that the attack...
The hacker group, dubbed Muddling Meerkat by security researchers, has been utilizing sophisticated Domain Name System (DNS) methodologies to conduct espionage activities across global networks since October 2019. According to Infoblox, a firm specializing...
The Lazarus Group, a notorious hacking collective traditionally associated with North Korea, utilized enticing job offers to deliver a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) known as Kaolin RAT during attacks targeting individuals in Asia...
Researchers have uncovered a hacking campaign known as DEV#POPPER, targeting software developers. The perpetrators disguise themselves as employers and distribute fictitious job offers to IT specialists. Their true intent is to implant a dangerous...
Cybercriminals have begun to exploit a critical vulnerability in the WP Automatic plugin for WordPress, enabling them to create accounts with administrative privileges and install backdoors for long-term access. Installed on over 30,000 sites,...
In recent weeks, there has been an intensification of cyberattacks on Indian government bodies, initiated by groups linked to Pakistan. The analytical team at Seqrite Labs has identified several campaigns in which remote access...
Network security measures such as firewalls are designed to safeguard corporate networks from breaches. However, it turns out that cybercriminals are increasingly turning these systems against their owners, using them as springboards to infiltrate...
