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Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2022
Everest gang demands $200K for data stolen from South Africa state-owned electricity company ESKOM

Everest ransomware operators claimed to have hacked South Africa state-owned company ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd. In March 2022, the Everest ransomware operators published a notice announcing the sale of “South Africa Electricity company’s root access” for $125,000. Eskom transforms inputs from the natural environment – coal, nuclear, fuel, diesel, water, and wind – into more […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2022
19-Year-Old man arrested for misusing leaked record from Optus Breach

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for allegedly attempting to use data leaked after the Optus data breach in a fraudulent scheme aimed at extorting […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2022
“Egypt Leaks” – Hacktivists are Leaking Financial Data

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Resecurity spotted a new group of hacktivists targeting financial institutions in Egypt, Resecurity, a California-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 corporations globally, has noticed a new group of hacktivists targeting financial institutions in Egypt. The bad actors go under the campaign “EG Leaks” (also known as “Egypt Leaks”), they started leaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2022
Telstra Telecom discloses data breach impacting former and current employees

Bad news for the Australian telecommunications industry, the largest company in the country Telstra suffered a data breach. Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed a data breach through a third-party supplier. The company pointed out that its systems have not been breached, the security breach impacted a third-party supplier that previously provided a now-obsolete Telstra […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 386

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. CISA adds Atlassian Bitbucket Server flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Guacamaya hacktivists stole sensitive data […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2022
Defense firm Elbit Systems of America discloses data breach

Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of defense giant Elbit Systems, disclosed a data breach after Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked it. In late June, the Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked Elbit Systems of America, the extortion group added the name of the company to its Tor leak site. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 385

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. ISC fixed high-severity flaws in the BIND DNS software Ukraine: SSU dismantled cyber gang that stole […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2022
London Police arrested a teen suspected to be behind Uber, Rockstar Games breaches

The City of London Police this week announced the arrest of a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking. Is he the Uber hacker? The City of London Police on Friday announced to have arrested a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking, however, experts believe the arrest could be linked to the recent security breaches suffered […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2022
Australian Telecoms company Optus discloses security breach

Australian telecoms company Optus disclosed a data breach, threat actors gained access to former and current customers. Optus, one of the largest service providers in Australia, disclosed a data breach. The intruders gained access to the personal information of both former and current customers. The company is a subsidiary of Singtel with 10.5 million subscribers as of 2019. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2022
A disgruntled developer is the alleged source of the leak of the Lockbit 3.0 builder

A disgruntled developer seems to be responsible for the leak of the builder for the latest encryptor of the LockBit ransomware gang. The leak of the builder for the latest encryptor of the LockBit ransomware gang made the headlines, it seems that the person who published it is a disgruntled developer. The latest version of […]