In December 2023, media organizations and prominent North Korean affairs experts became the targets of a new malicious campaign orchestrated by the hacker group ScarCruft. Researchers at SentinelOne reported that the group is experimenting...
Before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) official announcement of the approval of a Bitcoin ETF, hackers hijacked the SEC’s official X/Twitter account and disseminated information regarding the ETF’s approval. Subsequently, the price...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the United States has urgently issued a directive, urging Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to mitigate the effects of two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in...
The cybercriminal group TA866, renowned for its phishing endeavors, has resumed its malevolent operations after a nine-month hiatus, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. Recently, the hackers have launched a widespread campaign targeting users in...
A cybercriminal group linked to China, known as UNC3886, has clandestinely exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability in the VMware vCenter Server management system since late 2021. This revelation was disclosed in a recent report...
Kansas State University, a prominent public research institution offering 65 master’s and 45 doctoral programs, has encountered a significant cyber incident. The university, home to approximately 20,000 students and 1,400 academic staff, reported disruptions...
A new campaign targeting vulnerable Docker services is deploying the XMRig miner and the 9hits application, enabling a dual monetization strategy on compromised hosts. This marks the first documented instance of the 9Hits application...
This week, Swiss websites encountered a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. According to the Swiss National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC), these assaults temporarily disrupted access to several websites managed by the Federal...
In a recent report by Huntress, it was revealed that cybercriminals are once again employing TeamViewer, a legitimate remote access tool, for initial penetration into corporate devices and attempts to deploy ransomware. The first...
Conor Fitzpatrick, a 21-year-old New York resident known online as “Pompompurin,” previously the administrator of the BreachForums, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Fitzpatrick was arrested by the FBI in March 2023...
The Beijing-based company Qianxin Xlabs has issued a warning that since 2015, the hacker group Bigpanzi has been infecting Android TVs and eCos set-top boxes with malware across the globe. It is believed that...
Nearly three months after a substantial cyberattack on the British Library, its representatives have announced the commencement of restoration efforts for the main online catalog, encompassing 36 million records of books, maps, journals, and...
According to a report by SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team, hackers from the Volt Typhoon group, linked to the Chinese government, have gained persistent access to Cisco RV320/325 routers, discontinued since 2019. The malefactors exploited two...
A 29-year-old Ukrainian hacker was arrested last weekend for compromising a large number of accounts to create virtual machines and mine $2 million worth of cryptocurrency. According to the European Union’s law enforcement agency...
A hacker group called Cyber Toufan, allegedly backed by the Palestinian state, claims to have hacked over 100 Israeli organizations through data deletion and theft operations. This is part of a comprehensive attack campaign...
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new type of attack that exploits weaknesses in the configuration of Apache’s Hadoop and Flink software, deploying cryptocurrency miners on target systems. “This attack is particularly intriguing due to...
