Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared the results of an investigation on computer errors that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016, authorities were not able to associate […]
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 […]
Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. The hackers target Microsoft users impersonating the company, according to a lawsuit unsealed Dec. 27 in […]
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 […]
Experts uncovered a new tool dubbed BIOLOAD used by the FIN7 cybercrime group used as a dropper for a new variant of the Carbanak backdoor. Security experts from Fortinet’s enSilo have discovered a new loader, dubbed BIOLOAD, associated with the financially-motivated group FIN7. The group that has been active since late 2015 targeted businesses worldwide […]
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, […]
A new ransomware attack made the headlines, Maastricht University (UM) confirmed that the malware encrypted all its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University (UM) announced ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on Monday, December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. “Maastricht […]
Authorities in Thailand are investigating a cyber attack that resulted in the broadcast of surveillance video from inside a prison in the country’s south. Local media reported that hackers broke into the surveillance system at Lang Suan prison in the southern province of Chumphon, the video was broadcast live on YouTube for several hours. The […]
Experts spotted a new strain of the Ryuk Ransomware that was developed to avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems. Recently the City of New Orleans was the victim of ransomware attack, researchers from the BleepingComputer community revealed that the malware that infected the City’s systems was the Ryuk Ransomware. The experts found on […]
Google addressed a new set of vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited for remote code execution inside the Chrome browser. Google has fixed five SQLite vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute malicious code inside the Chrome browser. The vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers from the […]