Category: SecurityWeek

Play ransomware
05
Jun
2025

FBI Aware of 900 Organizations Hit by Play Ransomware

The Play ransomware gang has made roughly 900 victims over the past three years, according to an updated advisory from…

Backdoored Open Source Malware Repositories Target Novice Cybercriminals
05
Jun
2025

Backdoored Open Source Malware Repositories Target Novice Cybercriminals

Cybercriminals too face malware infection when using open source repositories without properly checking them, new research from Sophos shows. This…

2025 cybersecurity M&A
05
Jun
2025

Controversial Firms Cellebrite and Corellium Announce $200 Million Acquisition Deal

Israel-based forensic investigation solutions provider Cellebrite announced on Thursday an agreement to acquire US-based virtualization software firm Corellium in a…

Hacker sentenced to prison
05
Jun
2025

Men Who Hacked Law Enforcement Database for Doxing Sentenced to Prison

The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that two men accused of breaching a law enforcement portal as part of a…

ClickFix Attack Exploits Fake Cloudflare Turnstile to Deliver Malware
05
Jun
2025

ClickFix Attack Exploits Fake Cloudflare Turnstile to Deliver Malware

ClickFix is not a malware, but a very successful social engineering technique. It primarily relies on MFA verification fatigue and…

Lee Enterprises ransomware data breach
05
Jun
2025

Lee Enterprises Says 40,000 Hit by Ransomware-Caused Data Breach

American media company Lee Enterprises revealed this week that the disruptive cyberattack it dealt with earlier this year resulted in…

BidenCash takedown
05
Jun
2025

Carding Marketplace BidenCash Shut Down by Authorities 

Approximately 145 dark web and clear web domains associated with the BidenCash marketplace have been seized, the US Department of…

Ransomware Gang Leaks Alleged Kettering Health Data
05
Jun
2025

Ransomware Gang Leaks Alleged Kettering Health Data

The Interlock ransomware gang has published 941 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Ohio healthcare network Kettering Health. Roughly…

China
05
Jun
2025

China Issues Warrants for Alleged Taiwanese Hackers and Bans a Business for Pro-Independence Links

China issued warrants Thursday for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf…

Vodafone Germany Fined $51 Million Over Privacy, Security Failures
05
Jun
2025

Vodafone Germany Fined $51 Million Over Privacy, Security Failures

Wireless carrier Vodafone received a €45 million (~$51 million) fine in Germany over failures to adequately protect user data, the…

ThreatSpike Raises $14 Million in Series A Funding
04
Jun
2025

ThreatSpike Raises $14 Million in Series A Funding

End-to-end cybersecurity provider ThreatSpike has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round led by Expedition Growth Capital, after…

Salesforce phishing
04
Jun
2025

Google Warns of Vishing, Extortion Campaign Targeting Salesforce Customers

A threat actor specializing in voice phishing (vishing) attacks is targeting Salesforce customers in a large-scale data theft and extortion…