The Week in Ransomware – November 3rd 2023
Over the past couple of months, ransomware attacks have been escalating as new operations launch, old ones return, and existing operations continue to target the…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Dutch hacker jailed for extortion, selling stolen data on RaidForums
A former Dutch cybersecurity professional was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of hacking and blackmailing more than a dozen companies…
American Airlines pilot union hit by ransomware attack
Allied Pilots Association (APA), a labor union representing 15,000 American Airlines pilots, disclosed a ransomware attack that hit its systems on Monday. The APA union…
Google Play adds security audit badges for Android VPN apps
Google Play, Android’s official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an ‘independent security reviews’ badge if they conducted an independent security audit of…
134 customers exposed in October support system hack
Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, five of them later being targeted…
New Microsoft Exchange zero-days allow RCE, data theft attacks
Microsoft Exchange is impacted by four zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit remotely to execute arbitrary code or disclose sensitive information on affected installations. The…
Microsoft Exchange impacted by zero-days allowing RCE, data theft
Microsoft Exchange is impacted by four zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit remotely to execute arbitrary code or disclose sensitive information on affected installations. The…
134 customers exposed in support system hack
Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, five of them later being targeted…
Atlassian warns of exploit for Confluence data wiping bug, get patching
Atlassian warned admins that a public exploit is now available for a critical Confluence security flaw that can be used in data destruction attacks targeting…
Your end-users are reusing passwords – that’s a big problem
Password reuse is a difficult vulnerability for IT teams to get full visibility over. The danger is often hidden until it turns up in the…
Ace Hardware says 1,202 devices were hit during cyberattack
Ace Hardware confirmed that a cyberattack is preventing local stores and customers from placing orders as the company works to restore 196 servers. Ace Hardware…
BlackCat ransomware claims breach of healthcare giant Henry Schein
The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang claims it breached the network of healthcare giant Henry Schein and stole dozens of terabytes of data, including payroll data…