Anonymous Leaks 128 GB of Data from Russian ISP Convex
Caxxii, an affiliate of Anonymous hacktivists, has released 128 GB of documents revealing the Russian government’s illegal surveillance tactics to spy on its citizens. The…
Month: February 2023
Nevada Ransomware has released upgraded locker
Resecurity has identified a new version of Nevada Ransomware which recently emerged on the Dark Web right before the start of 2023. The actors behind…
Iranian Nation-State Group Sanctioned by U.S. Behind Charlie Hebdo Hack
Feb 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananHacktivist / Cyber Attack An Iranian nation-state group sanctioned by the U.S. government has been attributed to the hack of the French…
The Security Interviews: How to overcome data protection compliance challenges
Although necessary, the recent legislative requirements for data protection have become an additional burden for organisations. This is further complicated when sharing data internationally, as…
AMA says health data needs better protection – Strategy
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on governments to legislate stronger protection for health data, particularly from the tech sector and insurers. The AMA…
Thousands of unpatched VMware ESXi servers hit by ransomware via old bug (CVE-2021-21974)
Late last week, unknown attackers launched a widespread ransomware attack hitting VMware ESXi hypervisors via CVE-2021-21974, an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows them to run…
GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executable to Target E-Commerce Industry
Feb 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Endpoint Security E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader…
Ransomware operator turns their fire on two-year-old VMware bug
A two-year-old heap overflow vulnerability in VMware ESXi hypervisors seems to have come to the attention of a ransomware operator that is targeting unpatched systems…
Have You Patched This Microsoft Vulnerability Yet?
When Rackspace Hosted Exchange service faced a ransomware attack in December, the root cause was traced to a zero-day exploit related to a Microsoft Exchange…
Atlassian patches Jira authentication vulnerability – Security
Atlassian has moved to plug a critical authentication bug in its Jira service management server and Jira data centre software. According to the company’s advisory,…
$400,000 Fine for Stalkerware App Developer- IT Security Guru
A fine of over $400,000 has been handed to the developer of several stalkerware apps, alongside an order to modify the software. A consortium of…
Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia
“From [an] engineering point of view, it’s very interesting to work with: It’s very difficult,” he says. After the release of FindFace, NTechLab began selling…