Hackers Target Epic Games, Claim Data Theft
A hacking collective known as Mogilevich has announced the breach of the servers of Epic Games, famed for developing popular games such as Fortnite, Unreal Tournament, and Gears of War, as well as for...
Category: Information Security
$3.4 Million Ransom: Hackers Attack Children’s Hospital
Extortionists demanded a ransom of $3.4 million following a cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Chicago, which resulted in the shutdown of specialized equipment designed to assist patients. The attack on Lurie Children’s Hospital...
Phishing-as-a-Service Threatens Canada’s Banks
LabHost has emerged as a pivotal tool for cybercriminals in their assaults on North American banks, particularly targeting financial institutions in Canada. This Phishing-as-a-Service (PHaaS) provides malefactors with an array of tools for orchestrating...
Hugging Face Vulnerability Exposes AI Models to Attack
Cybersecurity firm HiddenLayer has uncovered a vulnerability in the Safetensors conversion service by Hugging Face, which permits an attacker to intercept AI models uploaded by users, thereby compromising the supply chain. According to HiddenLayer’s...
Black Basta & Bl00dy Exploit ScreenConnect Flaw
Cybercriminal groups Black Basta and Bl00dy have joined the mass attacks on vulnerable ScreenConnect servers, targeting all users who have not yet updated their systems. A fix for the critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-1709)...
Open-Source Malware: The Xeno RAT Threat Exposed
A new advanced Remote Access Tool (RAT) named Xeno RAT has been published on GitHub. This Trojan, crafted in the C# programming language and compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems, offers...
“SubdoMailing”: Major Brands Hacked in Phishing Attack
In the expansive phishing operation dubbed “SubdoMailing,” uncovered by experts from Guardio Labs, over 8,000 subdomains of renowned brands and institutions were compromised by malefactors, including entities such as eBay, VMware, McAfee, The Economist,...
Hackers Exploit Legacy Software to Spread Malicious Sites
Cybercriminals are exploiting an obsolete content management system (CMS) editor, discontinued 14 years ago, to manipulate search results and direct users to malicious or fraudulent websites. The primary strategy of these malefactors involves the...
Threat Actor Evades Detection with IDAT Loader, Deploys Remcos
According to a report by Morphisec, Ukrainian organizations based in Finland have been targeted by a malicious campaign distributing the Remcos Remote Access Trojan (RAT). The attack has been attributed to the group UAC-0184....
Cybercrime Gets Smarter: AI-Powered Attacks on the Rise
Over the past year, cybercriminals have increasingly harnessed generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), notably ChatGPT and Gemini, to refine their attacks, positioning GenAI as a principal threat in the realm of cybersecurity. Experts emphasize that...
Chinese-Backed Hackers Target Taiwan in Espionage Campaign
The Chinese hacking group Earth Lusca has once again garnered attention through a recent report by Trend Micro specialists, who have unveiled the latest tactics employed by these malefactors, as well as their interests...
NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: What’s New
The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued an updated edition of its seminal cybersecurity document, the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), now reaching version 2.0. This constitutes the first significant update...
