US dismantles 911 S5 botnet used for cyberattacks, arrests admin
The U.S. Justice Department and international partners dismantled the 911 S5 proxy botnet and arrested 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang, its administrator. As early as…
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Okta warns of credential stuffing attacks targeting its CORS feature
Okta warns that a Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) feature is being targeted in credential stuffing attacks, stating that numerous customers have been targeted since April. Okta…
Check Point releases emergency fix for VPN zero-day exploited in attacks
Check Point has released hotfixes for a VPN zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks to gain remote access to firewalls and attempt to breach corporate networks.…
First American December data breach impacts 44,000 people
First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, revealed Tuesday that a December cyberattack led to a breach impacting 44,000…
Over 90 malicious Android apps with 5.5M installs found on Google Play
Over 90 malicious Android apps were found installed over 5.5 million times through Google Play to deliver malware and adware, with the Anatsa banking trojan seeing…
US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a massive botnet controlling a residential…
Russian indicted for selling access to US corporate networks
A 31-year-old Russian national named Evgeniy Doroshenko has been indicted for wire and computer fraud in the United States for allegedly acting as an “initial…
US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a massive botnet controlling a residential…
US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a massive botnet controlling a residential…
Microsoft links North Korean hackers to new FakePenny ransomware
Image: Midjourney Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group it tracks as Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of…
Christie’s confirms breach after RansomHub threatens to leak data
Christie’s confirmed that it suffered a security incident earlier this month after the RansomHub extortion gang claimed responsibility and threatened to leak stolen data. Christie’s is…
Exploit released for maximum severity Fortinet RCE bug, patch now
Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a maximum-severity vulnerability in Fortinet’s security information and event management (SIEM) solution, which was patched in…