Hacker Leaks 800,000 Scraped Chess.com User Records
The scraped Chess.com data was leaked on Breach Forums on November 8th, 2023 by a threat actor operating under the alias ‘DrOne.’ A threat actor…
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The Pros and Cons of the UK’s New Digital Regulation Principles
By Liz Smith, Digital Marketing Consultant for Elsewhen – Digital technologies have transformed how we live, work, and play. The UK government’s announced approach in…
Hive Ransomware Resurfaces as Hunters International, Bitdefender Claim
Bitdefender researchers and the cybersecurity community speculate that Hunters International might be a revival or successor to the Hive Ransomware, especially in the absence of…
ChatGPT Down? OpenAI Blames Outages on DDoS Attacks
Is your ChatGPT down? Are you experiencing issues with ChatGPT, such as connectivity problems or encountering a ‘Network error on long responses’? – ChatGPT has…
Chinese APT Posing as Cloud Services to Spy on Cambodian Government
Cybersecurity researchers are confident that the targeted organizations are “still compromised” by “two prominent Chinese APT” groups. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 cybersecurity researchers have…
Microsoft Azure Exploited to Create Undetectable Cryptominer
SafeBreach Labs’ researchers have successfully exploited MS Azure Automation Service to develop the first Free and Undetectable Cryptocurrency miner. Cryptomining can cause harm if someone…
Lazarus-Linked BlueNoroff APT Targets macOS with ObjCShellz Malware
Jamf Threat Labs’ security experts have discovered a new malware variant attributed to the BlueNoroff APT group. According to the company’s blog post published on 7 November…
BlueNoroff Deploying New RustBucket Malware Variant to Target macOS- Jamf Threat Labs.
Jamf Threat Labs’ security experts have discovered a new malware variant attributed to the BlueNoroff APT group. According to the company’s blog post published on 7 November…
Hacker Leaks 35 Million Scraped LinkedIn User Records
The scraped LinkedIn database was leaked in two parts: one part contained 5 million user records, while the second part contained 35 million records. A…
US Man Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Dark Web Distribution of CSAM
In April 2023, Austen Peppers from Lawton, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to advertising and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web. Austen Peppers,…
IBM X-Force Discovers Gootloader Malware Variant- GootBot
The original Gootloader malware was used by numerous threat groups, including ransomware affiliates and in additional payloads like SystemBC and IcedID. IBM X-Force has discovered…
Okta Breach Linked to Employee’s Google Account, Affects 134 Customers
Okta’s investigation determined the breach to be associated with a Google account belonging to one of the company’s employees. In a recent update following the…