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Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023

Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack

The international non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children International was recently hit with a cyberattack. The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. The company disclosed the security incident after the ransomware gang BianLian listed the organization on its Tor leak site. The BianLian extortion group claims […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2023

UK and US sanctioned 11 members of the Russia-based TrickBot gang

The U.K. and U.S. governments sanctioned 11 more individuals who were alleged members of the Russia-based TrickBot cybercrime gang. The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned eleven more individuals who are members of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group. The sanctions were provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2023

New HijackLoader malware is rapidly growing in popularity in the cybercrime community

Zscaler ThreatLabz detailed a new malware loader, named HijackLoader, which has grown in popularity over the past few months HijackLoader is a loader that is gaining popularity among the cybercriminal community. The malware is not sophisticated, however, unlike other loaders, it has a modular structure that allows supporting code injection and execution. The HijackLoader is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2023

Rhysida Ransomware gang claims to have hacked three more US hospitals

Rhysida Ransomware group added three more US hospitals to the list of victims on its Tor leak site after the PROSPECT MEDICAL attack. Recently the Rhysida ransomware group made the headlines because it announced the hack of Prospect Medical Holdings and the theft of sensitive information from the organization. In early August, a cyberattack disrupted […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2023

Akamai prevented the largest DDoS attack on a US financial company

Akamai announced it has mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a U.S. financial company. Cybersecurity firm Akamai successfully identified and prevented a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting an unnamed, leading American financial institution. The attack took place last week and the malicious traffic peaked at 633.7 gigabits per second. The attack lasted for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2023

Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital

The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang added Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital to the list of victims on its Tor leak site The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack on Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital. The cybercrime group claims to have stolen 1 TB of data from the hospital and threatens to leak it. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2023

A malvertising campaign is delivering a new version of the macOS Atomic Stealer

Researchers spotted a new malvertising campaign targeting Mac users with a new version of the macOS stealer Atomic Stealer. Malwarebytes researchers have observed a new malvertising campaign distributing an updated version of the popular Atomic Stealer (AMOS) for Mac. The Atomic Stealer first appeared in the threat landscape in April 2023. In April Cyble Research […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2023

Hackers stole $41M worth of crypto assets from crypto gambling firm Stake

Crypto gambling site Stake suffered a security breach, and threat actors withdrew $41M of funds stolen including Tether and Ether. Researchers reported abnormally large withdrawals made from the crypto gambling site Stake to an account with no previous activity, a circumstance that suggests that threat actors have hacked the platform and stolen crypto assets, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023

“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft

Resecurity has identified a large-scale smishing campaign, tracked as Smishing Triad, targeting the US Citizens. Earlier episodes have revealed victims from the U.K., Poland, Sweden, Italy, Indonesia, Japan and other countries – the group was impersonating the Royal Mail, New Zealand Postal Service (NZPOST), Correos (Spain), Postnord, Poste Italiane and the Italian Revenue Service (Agenzia […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023

Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023. Bitkom estimated that cybercriminal activities, such as fraud, cyber espionage, the theft of intellectual property, sabotage, and […]

Cyber Crime

Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack

UK and US sanctioned 11 members of the Russia-based TrickBot gang

New HijackLoader malware is rapidly growing in popularity in the cybercrime community

Rhysida Ransomware gang claims to have hacked three more US hospitals

Akamai prevented the largest DDoS attack on a US financial company

Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital

A malvertising campaign is delivering a new version of the macOS Atomic Stealer

Hackers stole $41M worth of crypto assets from crypto gambling firm Stake

“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft

Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

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