Iranian hackers lurked in Middle Eastern govt network for 8 months
The Iranian hacking group tracked as MuddyWater (aka APT34 or OilRig) breached at least twelve computers belonging to a Middle Eastern government network and maintained…
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Ragnar Locker ransomware’s dark web extortion sites seized by police
The Ragnar Locker ransomware operation’s Tor negotiation and data leak sites were seized Thursday morning as part of an international law enforcement operation. BleepingComputer has…
WhatsApp gets support for multiple accounts on the same phone
Meta announced today that it introduced support for multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same device, allowing users to switch between them without needing to log…
Casio discloses data breach impacting customers in 149 countries
Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio disclosed a data breach impacting customers from 149 countries after hackers gained to the servers of its ClassPad education platform. Casio…
Ukrainian activists hack Trigona ransomware gang, wipe servers
A group of cyber activists under the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance banner has hacked the servers of the Trigona ransomware gang and wiped them clean after…
North Korean hackers exploit critical TeamCity flaw to breach networks
Microsoft says that the North Korean Lazarus and Andariel hacking groups are exploiting the CVE-2023-42793 flaw in TeamCity servers to deploy backdoor malware, likely to…
Ex-Navy IT head gets 5 years for selling people’s data on darkweb
Marquis Hooper, a former U.S. Navy IT manager, has received a sentence of five years and five months in prison for illegally obtaining US citizens’…
Hacker leaks millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles
A hacker has leaked an additional 4.1 million stolen 23andMe genetic data profiles for people in Great Britain and Germany on a hacking forum. Earlier…
Google links WinRAR exploitation to Russian, Chinese state hackers
Google says that several state-backed hacking groups have joined ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR, a compression software used by over 500 million users, aiming to…
MATA malware framework exploits EDR in attacks on defense firms
An updated version of the MATA backdoor framework was spotted in attacks between August 2022 and May 2023, targeting oil and gas firms and the…
Google Play Protect adds real-time scanning to fight Android malware
Google has announced new, real-time scanning features for Google Play Protect that make it harder for malicious apps employing polymorphism to evade detection. This represents…
Single Sign On and the Cybercrime Ecosystem
It’s not just your perception, cybercrime is increasing dramatically. At Flare we’ve identified a 112% increase in data extortion ransomware attacks in 2023 compared to…