Baphomet, the current administrator of BreachForums, announced that the popular hacking forum has been officially taken down. U.S. law enforcement arrested last week a US man that goes online with the moniker “Pompompurin,” the US citizen is accused to be the owner of the popular hacking forum BreachForums. The news of the arrest was first reported by Bloomberg, […]
US health services company Independent Living Systems (ILS) discloses a data breach that impacted more than 4 million individuals. US health services company Independent Living Systems (ILS) disclosed a data breach that exposed personal and medical information for more than 4 million individuals. Independent Living Systems, offers a comprehensive range of turnkey payer services including clinical […]
Threat actors are targeting organizations located in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. Researchers believe that threat actors use spear […]
New ShellBot DDoS bot malware, aka PerlBot, is targeting poorly managed Linux SSH servers, ASEC researchers warn. AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) discovered a new variant of the ShellBot malware that was employed in a campaign that targets poorly managed Linux SSH servers. The ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC […]
Experts warn that 55 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in attacks carried out by ransomware and cyberespionage groups in 2022. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant reported that ransomware and cyberespionage groups exploited 55 zero-day flaws in attacks in the wild. Most of the zero-day vulnerabilities were in software from Microsoft, Google, and Apple. The figures show a decrease […]
Cryptocurrency ATM maker General Bytes suffered a security breach over the weekend, the hackers stole $1.5M worth of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency ATM manufacturers General Bytes suffered a security incident that resulted in the theft of $1.5M worth of cryptocurrency. GENERAL BYTES is the world’s largest Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency ATM manufacturer. The company revealed that the threat […]
The Acropalypse flaw in the Markup tool of Google Pixel allowed the partial recovery of edited or redacted screenshots and images. Security researchers Simon Aarons and David Buchanan have discovered a vulnerability, named ‘Acropalypse,’ in the Markup tool of Google Pixel. The Markup tool is a built-in Markup utility, released with Android 9 Pie that […]
Threat actors are abusing the legitimate Adobe Acrobat Sign service to distribute the RedLine information stealer. Avast researchers reported that threat actors are abusing the legitimate Adobe Acrobat Sign service to distribute the RedLine information stealer. Adobe Acrobat Sign allows registered users to sign documents online and send a document signature request to anyone. This […]
The infamous Emotet malware is back after a short hiatus, threat actors are spreading it via Microsoft OneNote email attachments. The Emotet malware returns after a three-month hiatus and threat actors are distributing it via Microsoft OneNote email attachments to avoid detection. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked […]
Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager suffered a ransomware attack, the company was hit by the Play ransomware gang. The Play ransomware group hit the Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager. Royal Dirkzwager is specialized in optimizing shipping processes and managing maritime and logistic information flows. The ransomware group added the company to its Tor […]