Queens Public Library Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Services
The doors are open, but most of what happens inside a modern library has stopped. The Queens Public Library ransomware attack has knocked out computers,…
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Alpine Linux Servers Exposed By OpenSSH Server Login Bypass
Administrators running sshd on Alpine Linux servers are being told to update openssh and restart sshd right away, since upgrading the package alone leaves the…
University Supercomputer Hacking Charges Hit Two Canadians
For more than three years, computers at several American universities were allegedly doing work their owners never asked for. According to a federal indictment, two…
Refrigeration Cyberattacks Reach French Blood Storage Sites
Until this week, the wave of refrigeration cyberattacks sweeping Europe looked like a supermarket problem. That changed when France’s national blood service confirmed that temperature…
UTA Cyberattack Disrupts University Of Texas Forms
The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating a cybersecurity incident that may have involved unauthorized activity in some of its information technology systems. The…
Polymarket Hack Traced To Vendor Script, $3.9M Refunded
Polymarket users who had the site open during a short window on October 29 watched their positions get sold and their funds leave their wallets…
Supermarket Cyberattack Hits Freezers In Five EU Countries
Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Estonia were throwing out spoiled food on Monday after their fridges and freezers stopped doing their job. In…
Binance Hack: FBI Links $6B Theft To North Korea
The Binance hack involving more than $6 billion in virtual assets has been attributed to North Korea by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),…
Binance Data Breach Hits $6.3B In Assets, Nearly $3B Frozen
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Thursday that a “security incident” on its platform affected roughly $6.3 billion worth of assets. It is…
Ukrainian Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced To 70 Months
A Ukrainian ransomware affiliate has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for participating in cyberattacks against hospitals, businesses, law firms and government entities across…
INJ3CTOR3 JOMANGY Now Steals FreePBX SIP Trunk Creds
The INJ3CTOR3 toll-fraud operation has given its FreePBX implant a dangerous new capability. Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) documented the JOMANGY PHP webshell in…
ASD Cyber Threat Report: AI Speeds Up Attacks On Australia
Australians filed a cybercrime report about every six minutes over the past year, and artificial intelligence is making the attacks behind those reports faster and…