Ransomware gang creates tool to automate VPN brute-force attacks
The Black Basta ransomware operation created an automated brute-forcing framework dubbed ‘BRUTED’ to breach edge networking devices like firewalls and VPNs. The framework has enabled…
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Alleged Israeli LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Extradited to U.S. for Cybercrime Charges
Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is alleged to be a developer of the LockBit ransomware group…
SuperBlack ransomware strain used in attacks targeting Fortinet vulnerabilities
Dive Brief: A newly discovered ransomware strain, tracked as SuperBlack, has been used in a series of attacks targeting critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet since late…
Hackers Exploiting Exposed Jupyter Notebooks to Deploy Cryptominers
Cado Security Labs has identified a sophisticated cryptomining campaign exploiting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks, targeting both Windows and Linux systems. The attack utilizes multiple stages of…
Research on iOS apps shows widespread exposure of secrets
Researchers found that most of the apps available on Apple’s App Store leak at least one hard-coded secret. The researchers looked at 156,000 iOS apps…
Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill
Small water and wastewater utilities would get a boost to their cybersecurity defenses under a bipartisan Senate bill that a pair of lawmakers re-introduced Thursday.…
Black Basta Ransomware Attack Edge Network Devices With Automated Brute Force Attacks
A Russian-speaking actor using the Telegram handle @ExploitWhispers leaked internal chat logs of Black Basta Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) members on February 11, 2025. These communications, spanning…
AWS SNS Exploited for Data Exfiltration and Phishing Attacks
Amazon Web Services’ Simple Notification Service (AWS SNS) is a versatile cloud-based pub/sub service that facilitates communication between applications and users. While its scalability and…
Cyber Attack News: Top Headlines Trending on Google
Malware Impersonating Booking.com Targets Hospitality Sector Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers have been tracking a cybercriminal group targeting the hospitality industry. Known as Storm-1865, this group…
Quantifying cyber risk strategies to resonate with CFOs and boards
In this Help Net Security interview, Mir Kashifuddin, Data Risk & Privacy Leader at PwC, discusses how CISOs can translate cyber risk into business value…
GSMA Confirms End-to-End Encryption for RCS, Enabling Secure Cross-Platform Messaging
Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Encryption The GSM Association (GSMA) has formally announced support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for securing messages sent via the…
LockBit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev was extradited from Israel to the U.S.
LockBit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev was extradited from Israel to the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2025 The US Justice Department announced that the LockBit…