Category: CyberNews

Germany orders an arrest of GRU hacker over attack on NATO | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Germany orders an arrest of GRU hacker over attack on NATO | Cybernews

Nikolaj Kozachek, affiliated with Russia’s state intelligence, is accused of penetrating the systems of a NATO think tank in Germany….

Harmony, a $100m heist victim, offers a six-digit bounty for the return of funds | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Harmony, a $100m heist victim, offers a six-digit bounty for the return of funds | Cybernews

Threat actors stole $100 million worth of cryptocurrency via Harmony’s Horizon bridge, a tool for swapping crypto between different ……

Hackers attack Israeli hotel reservation sites | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Hackers attack Israeli hotel reservation sites | Cybernews

Iranian-linked threat group Sharp Boys allegedly hacked at least five Israeli hotel reservation sites. “This connection is not private. This…

Cybercriminals opt for deepfakes to apply for remote jobs | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Cybercriminals opt for deepfakes to apply for remote jobs | Cybernews

Deepfakes and stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) can be used for more than hoaxes, phishing, and identity theft. Now, these…

What’s the biggest cyber threat to your company: hackers, employees, or ransomware? | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

What’s the biggest cyber threat to your company: hackers, employees, or ransomware? | Cybernews

Given the tremendous growth in cyberattacks during the COVID pandemic, it may be tempting to assume that external threats must…

Semiconductor company is investigating a potential data breach | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Semiconductor company is investigating a potential data breach | Cybernews

RansomHouse gang claims to have stolen over 450GB from AMD semiconductor company. “On June 27, we became aware that a…

Dutch university recovered ransomware payment with a $300k profit | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Dutch university recovered ransomware payment with a $300k profit | Cybernews

Even though the authorities recovered only a fraction of the payment made in Bitcoin three years ago, the victim made…

Is voice recognition another biometric surveillance tool? | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Is voice recognition another biometric surveillance tool? | Cybernews

Considering the alarm bells around biometric surveillance tech, should we be concerned about the popularity of voice technology? In 2002,…

North Korea backing healthcare ransom attacks in US
05
Feb
2025

North Korea backing healthcare ransom attacks in US

Cybercriminal groups linked to the rogue state have been using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare and public health organizations in…

Microsoft records a phishing campaign targeting over 10k organizations | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Microsoft records a phishing campaign targeting over 10k organizations | Cybernews

Threat actors behind a large-scale phishing campaign stole passwords, hijacked a user’s sign-in session, and were able to circumvent the…

Power of deepfakes: three times the world fell for dangerous fakes | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Power of deepfakes: three times the world fell for dangerous fakes | Cybernews

Deepfakes are more than silly games and pranks. At least on five accounts, they almost had the power to change…

Phishers gang up on Amazon Prime Day customers | Cybernews
05
Feb
2025

Phishers gang up on Amazon Prime Day customers | Cybernews

Amazon Prime Day 2022, an annual deal event on July 12-13 exclusively for Prime members, is a goldmine for phishers….