Hacker Behind Optus Breach Releases 10,200 Customer Records in Extortion Scheme
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday disclosed it's working to gather "crucial evidence" and that it's collaborating with overseas law enforcement authorities following the hack of...
North Korea’s Lazarus Hackers Targeting macOS Users Interested in Crypto Jobs
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The infamous Lazarus Group has continued its pattern of leveraging unsolicited job opportunities to deploy malware targeting Apple's macOS operating system.
In the latest variant of the campaign...
Ukraine Says Russia Planning Massive Cyberattacks on its Critical Infrastructures
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Ukrainian government on Monday warned of "massive cyberattacks" by Russia targeting critical infrastructure facilities located in the country and that of its allies.
The attacks are said...
Researchers Identify 3 Hacktivist Groups Supporting Russian Interests
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
At least three alleged hacktivist groups working in support of Russian interests are likely doing so in collaboration with state-sponsored cyber threat actors, according to Mandiant.
The Google-owned...
London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking.
"On the evening of Thursday 22 September...
Hackers Exploited Zero-Day RCE Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall — Patch Released
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Security software company Sophos has released a patch update for its firewall product after it was discovered that attackers were exploiting a new critical zero-day vulnerability to...
Rockstar Games Confirms Hacker Stole Early Grand Theft Auto VI Footage
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
American video game publisher Rockstar Games on Monday revealed it was a victim of a "network intrusion" that allowed an unauthorized party to illegally download early footage...
Uber Claims No Sensitive Data Exposed in Latest Breach… But There’s More to This
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Uber, in an update, said there is "no evidence" that users' private information was compromised in a breach of its internal computer systems that was discovered late...
Over 280,000 WordPress Sites Attacked Using WPGateway Plugin Zero-Day Vulnerability
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A zero-day flaw in the latest version of a WordPress premium plugin known as WPGateway is being actively exploited in the wild, potentially allowing malicious actors to...
Hacktivist Group GhostSec Compromises 55 Berghof PLCs Across Israel
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A hacktivist collective called GhostSec has claimed credit for compromising as many as 55 Berghof programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used by Israeli organizations as part of a...
