AT&T disclosed a new data breach that exposed phone call and text message records for approximately 110 million people. AT&T suffered a massive data breach, attackers stole the call logs for approximately 110 million customers, which are almost all of the company’s mobile customers. The stolen data was stolen on a database hosted by the […]
Resecurity has identified a new campaign by the Smishing Triad that is targeting India to steal personal and payment data at scale Resecurity (USA) identified a new campaign targeting India Post (Department of Posts, India) by the Smishing Triad, which reportedly started amplifying around July 8, 2024, based on multiple victim reports and the detection […]
The ransomware attack that hit Dallas County in October 2023 has impacted more than 200,000 individuals exposing their personal information. In October 2023 the Play ransomware group hit Dallas County, Texas, and added the city to its Tor leak site claiming the theft of sensitive documents from multiple departments. Dallas refused to pay the ransom […]
A threat actor known as CrystalRay targeted 1,500 victims since February using tools like SSH-Snake and various open-source utilities. The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) first spotted the threat actor CrystalRay on February 2024 and observed it using the SSH-Snake open-source software penetration testing tool. The experts collected new evidence that revealed that the threat actor expanded its operations. […]
Multiple threat actors exploit a recently disclosed security PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 to deliver multiple malware families. The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) warns that multiple threat actors are exploiting the PHP vulnerability CVE-2024-4577 to deliver multiple malware families, including Gh0st RAT, RedTail cryptominers, and XMRig. “Threat actors continued the speedy-time-from-disclosure-to-exploitation trend and were quick […]
The Lockbit ransomware attack on Evolve Bank has compromised the personal information of over 7.6 million individuals. At the end of June, the LockBit gang announced that it had breached the systems of the Federal Reserve of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.” Despite the announcement, data leaked data […]
The recent data breach suffered by the American luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus has exposed more than 31 million customer email addresses. In May 2024, the American luxury retailer and department store chain Neiman Marcus disclosed a data breach following the security breach of the cloud-based data warehousing company Snowflake. The luxury retailer disclosed […]
Avast developed and released a decryptor for the DoNex ransomware family that allows victims to recover their files for free. Avast researchers identified a cryptographic flaw in the DoNex ransomware and its predecessors that allowed them to develop a decryptor. The experts revealed the weakness during the Recon 2024 conference. Avast also released a decryptor […]
Threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. The Cybernews researchers reported that threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. The compilation (“rockyou2024.txt”) contains 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords was posted on July 4th by a user with the […]
Researchers warn that the malware GootLoader is still active and threat actors are still using it in their campaigns. Threat actors continue to use GootLoader malware in their campaigns, Cybereason researchers warn. The malware has evolved, resulting in several versions, with GootLoader 3 currently in use. Despite updates to the payload, the infection strategies and overall […]