Nigerian Man Sentenced to 8 Years in US Prison for $8 Million BEC Scheme
A Nigerian national who had been living in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to more than eight years in a US prison for…
Month: July 2023
Millions of Keyboard Walk Patterns Found in Compromised Passwords
Today, the Specops Software research team revealed the results of their latest findings on the use of keyboard walk patterns in compromised passwords. The top…
Pakistani Entities Targeted in Sophisticated Attack Deploying ShadowPad Malware
Jul 18, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Attack An unidentified threat actor compromised an application used by multiple entities in Pakistan to deliver ShadowPad, a successor to…
Black Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malware
A threat actor infected their own computer with an information stealer, which has allowed Israeli threat intelligence company Hudson Rock to uncover their real identity.…
Google Cloud Build bug lets hackers launch supply chain attacks
A critical design flaw in the Google Cloud Build service discovered by cloud security firm Orca Security can let attackers escalate privileges, providing them with…
The FA draws on Google Cloud to support Women’s World Cup training push for The Lionesses
The Football Association (FA) has enlisted the help of its long-standing IT partner Google Cloud to create digital tools that will collect the player performance…
FIN8 deploys ALPHV ransomware using Sardonic malware variant
A financially motivated cybercrime gang has been observed deploying BlackCat ransomware payloads on networks backdoored using a revamped Sardonic malware version. Tracked as FIN8 (aka…
IT Security Analyst Jailed for Impersonating as a Hacker in Own Company
A 28 years old Former IT security analyst of an Oxford-based company has been sentenced to three years for deceiving the company to extort money.…
Chuck E. Cheese Data Breach: Hacker Claims Software Access
A user on a hacker forum claimed to have access to the internal software of the US’s prominent children’s family entertainment chain Chuck E. Cheese.…
WordPress Sites Hacked via Critical Vulnerability in WooCommerce Payments Plugin
Threat actors have started hacking WordPress websites by exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payments plugin. A fully integrated payment solution developed by Automattic,…
CISA Released Free Cloud Security Tools to Secure Cloud Data
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a list of free tools for organizations to secure themselves in cloud environments. The post from…
KYB by ComplyAdvantage automates customer onboarding and monitoring
One of the biggest challenges faced by regulated and non-regulated companies is assessing whether or not another business is safe to work with. Existing approaches…