In the days between April 27 and May 4, the spotlight was on: a Royal ransomware attack on Dallas, Telecom giant T-Mobile's second breach in 2023, a ransomware attack disrupting water services in half a dozen southern Italian towns, a German IT services provider and the Atomic macOS Stealer.
Ukrainian cyber defenders say they spotted a malicious script used to activate the delete option on a Windows file archiving utility likely planted by the Russian intelligence agency unit Sandworm. CERT-UA says attackers likely used a compromised VPN credential to gain access.
RTM Locker ransomware-as-a-service operators have now turned their attention to Linux, network-attached storage devices and ESXi hosts. The highly structured group appears to be using a new ransomware strain that shows traces of Babuk ransomware's leaked source code.
An affiliate of the Russian-speaking Clop ransomware-as-a-service gang and the LockBit cybercrime group are each exploiting vulnerabilities in popular print management software. PaperCut began urging customers to update their software earlier this month after customer reports of suspicious activity.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. In the days between April 21 and April 27, the spotlight was on the arrest of a Ukrainian trafficker in stolen data, a U.S. Navy shipbuilder and incidents in Canada, India and Kenya.
Hackers are attempting to infect a consumer-grade Wi-Fi router model with Mirai botnet malware following the discovery of zero-days in the device in a December hacking competition. TP-Link released a patch in mid-March. Telemetry shows infections in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.
In the days between April 14 and April 20, the spotlight was on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a ransomware attack on American payments firm NCR, German automotive and arms producer Rheinmetall, state agencies in the Philippines, Indian rental platform RentoMojo, and Point32Health.
An Iranian state hacking group shifted from espionage to direct targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure - a likely indicator of newfound aggression by the national security apparatus, says Microsoft. One sign of Iran's new intensity is quicker uptake of exploits of newly disclosed vulnerabilities.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. In the days between April 6 and April 13, the spotlight was on European Hyundai dealerships, Yum! Brands, former RaidForums users, a German shipbuilder, a Taiwanese PC vendor and Tasmania.
Microsoft has issued fixes for 114 vulnerabilities, including patching a zero-day flaw being actively exploited by a ransomware group and updating guidance to block a vulnerability from 2013 that was recently exploited for the software supply chain attack on 3CX users, attributed to North Korea.
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, we check in on a breach at a law firm that does work for Uber, Dutch software maker Nebu, the latest in Oakland, California, and more. Oh, are Western Digital cloud services still down? Yes.
The FBI and other national police are touting an operation that dismantled Genesis Market, a marketplace used by ransomware hackers and bank thieves to gain ongoing access to victims' computers. Genesis Market since 2018 offered access to more than 1.5 million compromised computers around the world.
An employee of a Ukrainian utility company installed an unlicensed version of Microsoft Office from a torrent website resulting in two remote access Trojans infecting the company's systems. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine attributes the malware to a group it tracks as UAC-0145.
Hard disk drive maker Western Digital disclosed a hacking incident the company says likely resulted in data theft. Online services offered by the California company - including personal and enterprise cloud storage and email and push notifications - are down as of publication.
India is leading the digital payments revolution on the world stage with its widely accepted unified payments interface. N. Rajendran, the chief digital officer of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India, who has worked on UPI since its inception, discusses its successful implementation.
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