ESET researchers discovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, tracked as BackdoorDiplomacy, that is targeting diplomats across Africa and the Middle East. ESET researchers spotted a new state-sponsored group, dubbed BackdoorDiplomacy, that was behind a series of cyberattacks against Ministries of Foreign Affairs aimed at numerous African countries, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The group […]
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that the number of phishing websites peaked at record levels in the first quarter of 2021. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published its new Phishing Activity Trends Report related to the first quarter of 2021. The document revealed that phishing maintained record levels in the first quarter of 2021, the […]
The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down its operations and released the decryption keys to allow victims to recover their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Avaddon ransomware gang, the cybercrime group has shut down its operations and provided the decryption keys to BleepingComputer website. The group has also shut down […]
Qatari government-funded international Arabic news channel Al Jazeera announced to have blocked a series of disruptive cyberattacks aimed at its news publishing platform. Qatari government-funded international Arabic news channel Al Jazeera announced to have blocked this week a series of cyberattacks that attempted to disrupt and take over some components of its news publishing platform. […]
The US Department of Justice seized the servers and domains of the popular cybercrime marketplace SlilPP. The US Department of Justice announced to have seized the infrastructure of SlilPP, a popular marketplace used by cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen login credentials. The seizure is the result of a multinational operation involving law enforcement agencies in the […]
Threat hunting and adversarial cyber intelligence company Group-IB published a comprehensive analysis of fraud cases on a global scale. Group-IB,  a global threat hunting and adversarial cyber intelligence company specializing in the investigation and prevention of high-tech cybercrime, has published a comprehensive analysis of fraud cases on a global scale. Group-IB,  a global threat hunting and adversarial […]
Hackers breached the network of the gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) and have stolen roughly 780 GB of data, including game source code and tools. Hackers have compromised the network of the gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) and claim to have stolen approximately 780 GB of data. The stolen data include the source code of the games, […]
Russia-linked cyberspies breached the internal network of Dutch police in 2017 while the authorities were investigating the crash of the MH-17. Russia-linked threat actors breached the internal network of Dutch police in 2017 during the investigation into the MH-17 crash. The intrusion was uncovered by AIVD, the Dutch intelligence service, but was not disclosed by […]
The Spanish Ministry of Labor and Social Economy (MITES) was hit by a cyberattack and is working to restore impacted services. Spain’s Ministry of Labor and Social Economy (MITES) was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday and is working to restore impacted services. MITES is a ministerial department with an annual budget of almost âŹ39 million, charged […]
Experts found four security flaws in the Microsoft Office suite that cloud allow attackers to weaponize Word and Excel docs. Experts from Check Point discovered four security vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Office suite that an attacker could exploit to craft weaponized Word and Excel documents. Below the list of flaws discovered by the experts: CVE-2021-31179Â – […]