Microsoft and cybersecurity firm Volexity have traced a new version of AppleJeus malware to the hackers behind the Ronin exploit and numerous other online heists. Microsoft reports that a threat actor has been identified targeting cryptocurrency investment startups. A party Microsoft has dubbed DEV-0139 posed as a cryptocurrency investment company
The Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Callisto (aka AG-53, COLDRIVER, SEABORGIUM) has been observed targeting multiple entities that provide war support for Ukraine, including private companies in the US and Europe. Active since at least 2017, the advanced persistent threat (APT) actor is also tracked as Blue Callisto, Coldriver, Seaborgium,
Hackers backed by the Iranian government have targeted two Human Rights Watch staff members and at least 18 other high-profile activists, journalists, researchers, academics, diplomats, and politicians working on Middle East issues in an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing campaign, Human Rights Watch said today. An investigation by Human
Microsoft has warned in its report to Russia boost cyberattack on Ukraine and its allies throughout the winter. In recent months, cyberthreat actors affiliated with Russian military intelligence have launched destructive wiper attacks against energy, water and other critical infrastructure organizations’ networks in Ukraine as missile strikes knocked out power
A previously undocumented data wiper named CryWiper is masquerading as ransomware, but in reality, destroys data beyond recovery in attacks against Russian mayor's offices and courts. CryWiper was first discovered by Kaspersky this fall, where they say the malware was used in an attack against a Russian organization.
Pro-Russian hacker group KillNet has launched DDoS attack today against several Latvian websites, among them primarily the website of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The website of Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mfa.gov.lv) is currently unavailable. Trigger of DDoS attacks was statement of Latvian Foreign Minister, Edgar
Ukraine has come under a fresh onslaught of ransomware attacks that mirror previous intrusions attributed to the Russia-based Sandworm nation-state group. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, which dubbed the new ransomware strain RansomBoggs, said the attacks against several Ukrainian entities were first detected on November 21, 2022. "While the malware
Over 1,600 publicly available Docker Hub images hide malicious behavior, including cryptocurrency miners, embedded secrets that can be used as backdoors, DNS hijackers, and website redirectors. Docker Hub is a cloud-based container library allowing people to freely search and download Docker images or upload their creations to the public
Közel 500 millió WhatsApp-felhasználó – köztük 377 ezer magyar – telefonszámát árulja valaki egy hackerfórumon, amely már nem az első nagy léptékű adatszivárgás a közösségi médiaoldalak történetében. Tavaly tavasszal a Facebook, pár nappal később pedig a LinkedIn több százmillió felhasználójának adatait lopták el, majd árulták dark netes fórumokon a hackerek. A hirdetésben,
Flaws from a web server discontinued since 2005 have been used to attack organizations from the energy sector. State-backed Chinese hacking groups have used the Boa web server to target several Indian electrical grid operators (for example Tata Power Company Limited, India), compromising an Indian national emergency response system and
Paolo Passeri, cybersecurity expert has been collecting the incidents due to cloud misconfigurations and leading to the exposure of data since 2020. The statistics of this collection related to year of 2022 were published on his website, Hackmageddon. Unfortunately despite increasing risks and awareness the number of incidents this year
The European Parliament website was hit by a cyberattack shortly after lawmakers approved a resolution calling Moscow a "state sponsor of terrorism". DDoS attacks are part of the announced campaign on October 2 by Anonymous Russia (the hacker group operating under the management of KillNet). “KILLNET officially recognises
Based on our survey of over 900 ICS security leaders in the United States, Germany, and Japan, we dig deeper into each industry's challenges and present Trend Micro's recommendations. Trend Micro conducted a study on the state of industrial cybersecurity in the oil and gas, manufacturing,
Pro-Ukraine hacker group, Team OneFist reported on a strategic cyber strike against St. Petersburg's power grid SCADA system, and it's fault detection AI/ML model in Operation Neutrino.
Pro-Ukraine hacker group, Team OneFist claims they annihilated 4 russian billing/payment 1C systems (1C is a russian software developer company) in Operation Pasłęk. The largest car dealer in russia, ROLF is paralyzed as the backups are gone too. ROLF ISP (ROLF) and an auto-parts service company were also terminated,
Belarusian hacktivists, "Cyberpartisans" claim to have hacked the systems of the Main Radio Frequency Center (GRChTs), which carries out the control and regulatory functions of Roskomnadzor. The fact of the attack was confirmed by the GRChTs.
