hacking news

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2019
Nonprofit organization Special Olympics New York hacked and its server used to send phishing emails

Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities was hacked. Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports.  Unfortunately, the nonprofit organization was hacked during the Christmas holiday and the attackers later used its email server to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2019
Wawa faces several lawsuits following a massive payment card breach

Recently the Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, news of the day is that Wawa is facing lawsuits over the incident. The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a recent security breach that affected its 850 locations in the US. Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 246

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Experts warn of Greta Thunberg-themed Emotet malware campaign Former contractor sentenced to 10 months in prison for hacking airline Jet2 UK authorities sentenced hacker who blackmailed Apple for $100,000 Champagne Bakery Cafe and Islands burger chain disclose payment […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2019
A Ryuk Ransomware attack took down a US maritime facility

A Ryuk Ransomware attack has taken down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. Ryuk Ransomware continues to infect systems worldwide, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced that the malware took down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. “The purpose of this […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2019
173 Million Zynga accounts were impacted in the September hack

In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Among the online games developed by the company, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2019
New Mozi P2P Botnet targets Netgear, D-Link, Huawei routers

A new Mozi P2P botnet is actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them. Security experts from 360 Netlab spotted a new Mozi P2P botnet that is actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them. According to the researchers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2019
Actors behind Maze ransomware release files stolen from City of Pensacola

Maze ransomware operators have released 2GB of files that were allegedly stolen from the City of Pensacola during the recent attack. On December 7, 2019, the city of Pensacola has been hit by a ransomware attack, the city was forced to disconnect most of its systems following the attack that impacted emails, telephone lines, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2019
CVE-2019-19781 Citrix flaw exposes 80,000 companies at risk

Critical CVE-2019-19781 flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway could be exploited to access company networks, 80,000 companies at risk worldwide. A critical vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway), tracked as CVE-2019-19781, could be exploited by attackers to access company networks. It has been estimated that […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2019
Lithuanian man sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing $120 Million From Google, Facebook

Lithuanian man Evaldas Rimasauskas was sentenced to five years in jail for stealing $120 Million from Google and Facebook employees. Evaldas Rimasauskas was sentenced to five years of prison for stealing $120 Million from Google and Facebook employees with business email compromise (BEC) attacks carried out between 2013 and 2015. The Lithuanian citizen Evaldas Rimasauskas (48) […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2019
Members of GozNym gang sentenced for stealing $100 Million

U.S. Justice Department announced that three members of the cybercrime group behind the GozNym banking Trojan have been sentenced to prison. U.S. Justice Department announced that three members of the cybercrime group behind the GozNym banking Trojan have been sentenced to prison. The crooks infected more than 4,000 victim computers globally with GozNym banking Trojan […]