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Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2023
The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted 1.3M people

The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 million people after an attack hit its MOVEit file transfer install. The State of Maine was the victim of the large-scale hacking campaign that targeted organizations using the MOVEit file transfer tool. The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 million individuals. Threat actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 445 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Serbian pleads guilty to running ‘Monopoly’ dark web drug market […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2023
Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform

The Royal Malaysian Police announced the seizure of the notorious BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. The Royal Malaysian Police announced to have dismantled the notorious BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. A joint international operation conducted by the Malaysian police, the FBI, and the Australian Federal Police took down several domains employed in the cybercriminal operation. “We seized around RM960,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2023
McLaren Health Care revealed that a data breach impacted 2.2 million people

McLaren Health Care (McLaren) experienced a data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of approximately 2.2 million individuals. McLaren Health Care (McLaren) disclosed a data breach that occurred between late July and August. The security breach exposed the sensitive personal information of 2,192,515 people. McLaren Health Care is a nonprofit health care organization based in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2023
After ChatGPT, Anonymous Sudan took down the Cloudflare website

After ChatGPT, Anonymous Sudan took down the Cloudflare website with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that took down the website of Cloudflare. Cloudflare confirmed that a DDoS attack took down its website for a few minutes and ponited out that it did not […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2023
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) suffered a ransomware attack

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in the US Treasury market. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) announced it has contained a ransomware attack that disrupted the U.S. Treasury market and impacted some fixed income and equities transactions “The Securities Industry and Financial Markets […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2023
SysAid zero-day exploited by Clop ransomware group

Microsoft spotted the exploitation of a SysAid zero-day vulnerability in limited attacks carried out by the Lace Tempest group. Microsoft reported the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-47246, in the SysAid IT support software in limited attacks. The IT giant linked the attacks to the Clop ransomware gang (aka Lace Tempest). The company reported the flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2023
Dolly.com pays ransom, attackers release data anyway

On-demand moving and delivery platform Dolly.com allegedly paid a ransom but crooks found an excuse not to hold their end of the bargain. Cybercriminals are hardly a trustworthy bunch. Case in point: Dolly.com. The Cybernews research team believes that the platform suffered a ransomware attack and at least partially paid the ransom – but was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2023
DDoS attack leads to significant disruption in ChatGPT services

OpenAI confirmed that the outage suffered by ChatGPT and its API on Wednesday was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. OpenAI confirmed earlier today that the outage suffered by ChatGPT and its API on Wednesday was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. “We are dealing with periodic outages due to an abnormal traffic pattern […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2023
Russian Sandworm disrupts power in Ukraine with a new OT attack

Mandiant reported that Russia-linked Sandworm APT used a novel OT attack to cause power outages during mass missile strikes on Ukraine. Mandiant researchers reported that Russia-linked APT group Sandworm employed new operational technology (OT) attacks that caused power outages while the Russian army was conducting mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine in October. […]