Hyundai disclosed a data breach that impacted Italian and French car owners and clients who booked a test drive. Hyundai has suffered a data breach that impacted Italian and French car owners and customers who booked a test drive. Threat actors had access to the email addresses, physical addresses, telephone numbers, and vehicle chassis numbers […]
Microsoft has addressed a zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) actively exploited in ransomware attacks. Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28252, in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS), which is actively exploited in ransomware attacks. Microsoft fixed the issue with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for […]
Yum! Brands, the company that owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, disclosed a data breach after the January ransomware attack. On January 13, 2023, Yum! Brands suffered a cyberattack that forced the company to take its systems offline closing roughly 300 restaurants in the UK for one day. Now the company, which owns the […]
Belgian HR giant SD Worx was forced to shut down its IT infrastructure for its UK and Ireland services after a cyber attack. HR and payroll management firm SD Worx shut down its IT systems for its UK and Ireland services after a cyber attack. The company employs more than 7,000 HR professionals and serves over […]
Iran-linked APT group MERCURY is behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments masquerading as a ransomware operation. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team observed a series of destructive attacks on hybrid environments that were carried out by MuddyWater APT group (aka MERCURY). Threat actors masqueraded the attacks as a standard ransomware operation. MERCURY (aka MuddyWater, SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros) has been active since […]
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Multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International) confirms security breach after Money Message ransomware gang claimed the hack. This week the ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and […]
Microsoft announced it has taken legal action to disrupt the illegal use of copies of the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike by cybercriminals. Cobalt Strike is a paid penetration testing product that allows an attacker to deploy an agent named ‘Beacon’ on the victim machine. The Beacon includes a wealth of functionality for the attacker, including, but […]
Experts warn that Telegram is becoming a privileged platform for phishers that use it to automate their activities and for providing various services. Kaspersky researchers have published an analysis of phishers’ Telegram channels used to promote their services and products. The experts pointed out that crooks engaged in phishing activities have started to rely on […]
Ransomware gang Money Message claims to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). Ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. MSI is headquartered in Taipei, […]