The Week in Ransomware – June 9th 2023
The week was dominated by fallout over the MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks, with the Clop ransomware gang confirming that they were behind them. On Monday,…
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Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks
A group of Ukrainian hackers known as the Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed an attack that took down Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC on Thursday evening. Among other…
University of Manchester says hackers ‘likely’ stole data in cyberattack
The University of Manchester warns staff and students that they suffered a cyberattack where threat actors likely stole data from the University’s network. The University…
New MOVEit Transfer critical flaws found after security audit, patch now
Progress Software warned customers today of newly found critical SQL injection vulnerabilities in its MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) solution that can let attackers…
Microsoft now lets you speak to its AI-powered Bing Chat
Microsoft announced today that users would also be able to communicate with Bing Chat, the AI-powered chat-based version of its Bing search engine, via voice…
Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox crypto exchange, running BTC-e
Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner have been charged with the 2011 hacking of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the laundering of…
Microsoft’s Azure portal down following new claims of DDoS attacks
The Microsoft Azure Portal is down as a threat actor known as Anonymous Suda claims to be targeting the site with a DDoS attack. Attempting…
BlackCat ransomware fails to extort Australian commercial law giant
Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth confirmed to local media outlets that its network was hacked after the ALPHV ransomware gang began leaking data they claim…
Vivaldi is spoofing Edge Browser to bypass Bing Chat restrictions
The Vivaldi Browser is now spoofing Microsoft Edge on Android devices starting today to bypass browser restrictions Microsoft placed in Bing Chat. Since Microsoft released…
PoC released for Windows Win32k bug exploited in attacks
Researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for an actively exploited Windows local privilege escalation vulnerability fixed as part of the May 2023 Patch Tuesday.…
Asylum Ambuscade hackers mix cybercrime with espionage
A hacking group tracked as ‘Asylum Ambuscade’ was observed in recent attacks targeting small to medium-sized companies worldwide, combining cyber espionage with cybercrime. The particular…
Microsoft OneDrive down worldwide following claims of DDoS attacks
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage that is preventing OneDrive customers from accessing the cloud file hosting service worldwide, just as a threat actor known…