Macmillan Shuts Down Systems After Likely Ransomware Attack Publishing giant Macmillan was forced to shut down their network and offices while recovering from a security incident that appears to be a ransomware attack. The attack reportedly occurred over the weekend, on Saturday, June 25th, with the company shutting down all Read more…
Microsoft Exchange Servers Worldwide Backdoored with New Malware Attackers used a newly discovered malware to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers belonging to government and military organizations from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The malware, dubbed SessionManager by security researchers at Kaspersky, who first spotted it in early 2022, is Read more…
Ukraine Targeted by Almost 800 Cyberattacks since the War Started Ukrainian government and private sector organizations have been the target of 796 cyberattacks since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. According to Ukraine’s cybersecurity defense and security agency SSSCIP (short for State Service of Read more…
Russian Hacktivists Take Down Norway Govt Sites in DDoS Attacks Norway’s National Security Authority (NSM) published a statement yesterday warning that some of the country’s most important websites and online services are being rendered inaccessible due to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The statement further explains that a criminal Read more…
XFiles Info-stealing Malware Adds Support for Follina Delivery The XFiles info-stealer malware has added a delivery module that exploits CVE-2022-30190, aka Follina, for dropping the payload on target computers. The flaw, discovered as a zero-day at the end of May and fixed with Microsoft’s Windows update on June 14, enables the execution of Read more…
Google Blocked Dozens of Domains Used by Hack-for-hire Groups Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has blocked dozens of malicious domains and websites used by hack-for-hire groups in attacks targeting high-risk targets worldwide. Unlike commercial surveillance vendors whose tools are deployed in attacks by clients, hack-for-hire operators are directly involved in Read more…
AstraLocker 2.0 Infects Users Directly from Word Attachments A lesser-known ransomware strain called AstraLocker has recently released its second major version, and according to threat analysts, its operators engage in rapid attacks that drop its payload directly from email attachments. This approach is quite unusual as all the intermediate steps Read more…
OpenSea Discloses Data Breach, Warns Users of Phishing Attacks OpenSea, the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, disclosed a data breach on Wednesday and warned users of phishing attacks that could target them in the coming days. The online NFT marketplace says it has more than 600,000 users and a transaction volume that surpassed Read more…
Walmart Denies Being Hit by Yanluowang Ransomware Attack American retailer Walmart has denied being hit with a ransomware attack by the Yanluowang gang after the hackers claimed to encrypt thousands of computers. In a statement to BleepingComputer, Walmart has said that their “Information Security team is monitoring our systems 24/7,” Read more…
Avaya Sysadmin Indicted for Illegally Generating, Selling VoIP Licenses Three defendants who allegedly sold over $88 million worth of software licenses belonging to Avaya Holdings Corporation have been charged in Oklahoma, U.S., facing 14 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. The defendants are accused of stealing software licenses from Read more…
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