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 the US and Australian governments.…
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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 year alone, dozens of reports…
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 $200 million deal. Cellebrite provides…
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 doxing scheme have been sentenced…
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 fake CAPTCHA pages to silently…
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 a data breach impacting nearly…
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 Justice announced. Operating since March…
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 two weeks ago, the non-profit…
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 of the island’s ruling party,…
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 Federal Commissioner for Data Protection…
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 being bootstrapped for 14 years.…
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 campaign, Google warns. The threat…