NASCAR Confirms Medusa Ransomware Breach After $4m Demand
In April 2025, Hackread.com exclusively reported that the Medusa ransomware group had claimed responsibility for breaching the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)…
Month: July 2025
Steam games abused to deliver malware once again
A cybercriminal known as EncryptHub (aka Larva-208) has reportedly abused the online game platform Steam to distribute information stealers. EncryptHub managed to sneak malicious files…
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance discloses June data breach
Hackers breached the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company in June and stole customer data, the company said in a filing with the California Attorney General’s office. …
Staying Ahead Of The Curve With A Temporary Email Address
The world is changing so quickly. Just when you thought you had heard it all, something as genius as a temporary email address came out…
New Gunra Ransomware Targets Windows Systems, Encrypts Files, and Erases Shadow Copies
AhnLab’s Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) has been instrumental in monitoring ransomware activities across dark web forums and marketplaces. Through its Live View > Dark Web…
Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files
Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors…
Treasury sanctions North Koreans involved in IT-worker schemes
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of the Treasury on…
How AI Is Redefining Threat Detection In The Cloud Era
Every second, AWS processes 1.2 billion API calls. Each one triggers a security check. That’s not just impressive it’s the backbone of what might be…
Beware of Fake Error Pages Deploying Platform-Specific Malware on Linux and Windows Systems
Wiz Research has uncovered an active cryptomining campaign, dubbed Soco404, that exploits misconfigurations in PostgreSQL databases and other cloud services to deploy platform-specific malware on…
U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm
Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Insider Threat The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company…
US offers $15 million reward for info on North Korean nationals involved in global criminal network
The State Department announced Thursday it will pay up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest of seven North Korean nationals accused of…
Critical VMware Tools VGAuth Vulnerabilities Enable Full System Access for Attackers
Two critical vulnerabilities in the VMware Guest Authentication Service (VGAuth) component of VMware Tools allow local attackers to escalate privileges from any user account to…