Attackers Exploit Public .env Files to Breach Cloud Accounts in Extortion Campaign
Aug 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Application Security
A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) that contain credentials associated...
Attackers Exploit Public .env Files to Breach Cloud and Social Media Accounts
Aug 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Application Security
A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) that contain credentials associated...
Google: Iranian hackers targeting affiliates of both US presidential campaigns
Hackers allegedly connected to the government of Iran have ramped up phishing attacks against high-profile individuals in the U.S. and Israel, including several people affiliated with U.S. presidential...
Crypto firm says hacker locked all employees out of Google products for four days
A prominent cryptocurrency company told the SEC that a hacker broke into its systems and locked all of the company’s employees out before taking several actions that are...
RansomHub Group Deploys New EDR-Killing Tool in Latest Cyber Attacks
Aug 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cybercrime
A cybercrime group with links to the RansomHub ransomware has been observed using a new tool designed to terminate endpoint detection and response (EDR)...
Doppelgänger operation rushes to secure itself amid ongoing detections, German agency says
The Russian propaganda network known as Doppelgänger is struggling to maintain its operations amid a crackdown on its infrastructure, according to a recent report. Following the recent...
‘It was Iran,’ Trump says of presidential campaign hack
In his first public comments since his campaign revealed it had been hacked, former President Donald Trump blamed Iran for the compromise and praised the FBI’s ongoing probe...
Ransomware gangs rake in more than $450 million in first half of 2024
More than $459 million was extorted from victims of ransomware attacks in the first half of 2024, highlighting a growing crisis that has affected all organizations from major...
Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to...
Black Basta-Linked Attackers Target Users with SystemBC Malware
Aug 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security
An ongoing social engineering campaign with alleged links to the Black Basta ransomware group has been linked to "multiple intrusion attempts" with the...
