QNAP VioStor NVR vulnerability actively exploited by malware botnet
A Mirai-based botnet named ‘InfectedSlurs’ is exploiting a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in QNAP VioStor NVR (Network Video Recorder) devices to hijack and make…
Category: Bleeping Computer
The Week in Ransomware – December 15th 2023
Today’s column brings you two weeks of information on the latest ransomware attacks and research after we skipped last week’s article. The big news over…
Ex-Amazon engineer pleads guilty to hacking crypto exchanges
Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022. The…
Delta Dental of California data breach exposed info of 7 million people
Delta Dental of California and its affiliates are warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a…
CISA urges tech manufacturers to stop using default passwords
Today, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged technology manufacturers to stop providing software and devices with default passwords. Once discovered, threat actors…
3CX warns customers to disable SQL database integrations
VoIP communications company 3CX warned customers today to disable SQL Database integrations because of risks posed by what it describes as a potential vulnerability. Although…
Ransomware gang behind threats to Fred Hutch cancer patients
The Hunters International ransomware gang claimed to be behind a cyberattack on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) that resulted in patients receiving personalized…
Box cloud storage down amid ‘critical’ outage
Cloud storage provider Box is down in a ‘critical’ outage, preventing customers from accessing their files. The outage started at approximately 9 AM ET, with…
Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer…
Kraft Heinz investigates hack claims, says systems ‘operating normally’
Kraft Heinz has confirmed that their systems are operating normally and that there is no evidence they were breached after an extortion group listed them…
New NKAbuse malware abuses NKN blockchain for stealthy comms
A new Go-based multi-platform malware identified as ‘NKAbuse’ is the first malware abusing NKN (New Kind of Network) technology for data exchange, making it a…
Ten new Android banking trojans targeted 985 bank apps in 2023
This year has seen the emergence of ten new Android banking malware families, which collectively target 985 bank and fintech/trading apps from financial institutes across…