Brazilian Hacker Charged for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin After Breaching 300,000 Accounts
Dec 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware
A Brazilian citizen has been charged in the United States for allegedly threatening to release data stolen by hacking into a company's network in...
LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Charged for Billions in Global Ransomware Damages
A dual Russian and Israeli national has been charged in the United States for allegedly being the developer of the now-defunct LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation since its inception in...
CISA and FBI Raise Alerts on Exploited Flaws and Expanding HiatusRAT Campaign
Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / IoT Security
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing...
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips
Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threats / Weekly Recap
This past week has been packed with unsettling developments in the world of cybersecurity. From silent but serious attacks on popular business...
FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox ("rydoxru" and "rydoxcc") for selling stolen personal information, access devices, and other...
U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls
Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Breach
The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020.
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Microsoft Fixes 72 Flaws, Including Patch for Actively Exploited CLFS Vulnerability
Microsoft closed out its Patch Tuesday updates for 2024 with fixes for a total of 72 security flaws spanning its software portfolio, including one that it said has been...
ZLoader Malware Returns With DNS Tunneling to Stealthily Mask C2 Comms
Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the ZLoader malware that employs a Domain Name System (DNS) tunnel for command-and-control (C2) communications, indicating...
Cleo File Transfer Vulnerability Under Exploitation – Patch Pending, Mitigation Urged
Users of Cleo-managed file transfer software are being urged to ensure that their instances are not exposed to the internet following reports of mass exploitation of a vulnerability affecting...
⚡ THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips (Dec 2 – 8)
Dec 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threats / Weekly Recap
This week's cyber world is like a big spy movie. Hackers are breaking into other hackers' setups, sneaky malware is hiding in...
