FrostyGoop malware attack cut off heat in Ukraine during winter
Russian-linked malware was used in a January 2024 cyberattack to cut off the heating of over 600 apartment buildings in Lviv, Ukraine, for two days…
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Verizon to pay $16 million in TracFone data breach settlement
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents at its…
Fake CrowdStrike repair manual pushes new infostealer malware
CrowdStrike is warning that a fake recovery manual to repair Windows devices is installing a new information-stealing malware called Daolpu. Since Friday, when the buggy…
Google rolls back decision to kill third-party cookies in Chrome
Google has scrapped its plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome and will instead introduce a new browser experience that allows users to limit how…
Greece’s Land Registry agency breached in wave of 400 cyberattacks
The Land Registry agency in Greece has announced that it suffered a limited-scope data breach following a wave of 400 cyberattacks targeting its IT infrastructure…
End-user cybersecurity errors that can cost you millions
In today’s fast-paced organizations, end-users will sometimes try to take a shortcut. We’ve all been there — rushing to meet a deadline, juggling multiple tasks,…
US sanctions Russian hacktivists who breached water facilities
The US government has imposed sanctions on two Russian cybercriminals for cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. According to a US Treasury press release, the two sanctioned persons…
New Play ransomware Linux version targets VMware ESXi VMs
Play ransomware is the latest ransomware gang to start deploying a dedicated Linux locker for encrypting VMware ESXi virtual machines. Cybersecurity company Trend Micro, whose…
Los Angeles Superior Court shuts down after ransomware attack
The largest trial court in the United States, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, closed all 36 courthouse locations on Monday to restore systems…
Police infiltrates, takes down DigitalStress DDoS-for-hire service
DDoS-for-hire service DigitalStress was taken down on July 2 in a joint law enforcement operation led by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA). The…
Telegram zero-day allowed sending malicious Android APKs as videos
A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed ‘EvilVideo’ allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files. A threat actor named ‘Ancryno’…
Spain arrests three for using DDoSia hacktivist platform
The Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals for using DDoSia, a distributed denial of service platform operated by pro-Russian hacktivists, to conduct DDoS attacks against…