Cross-border data transfers enable global business but face challenges from varying cybersecurity laws, increasing risks of cyberattacks and data breaches. The digital revolution has enabled organizations to operate seamlessly across national boundaries, relying on cross-border data transfers to support e-commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and financial transactions. However, as data moves across multiple jurisdictions, it […]
Elon Musk said that the global outages impacting its platform X during the day are being caused by a cyberattack. A major cyber attack appears to be the root cause of the global outage on X, according to its CEO Elon Musk. About 40,000 users reported issues accessing Twitter, according to Downdetector.com. Musk has provided […]
Threat actors exploit PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 for remote code execution. Over 1,000 attacks detected globally. GreyNoise researchers warn of a large-scale exploitation of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS 9.8), in PHP. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable servers using Apache and PHP-CGI. The flaw CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS score: 9.8) is […]
Another American hospital falls victim to a ransomware attack; the RansomHouse gang announced the hack of Loretto Hospital in Chicago.” The RansomHouse gang announced the hack of Loretto Hospital in Chicago, the groups claims to have stolen 1.5TB of sensitive data. The Loretto Hospital is a not-for-profit, community-focused health care provider. They provide healthcare services […]
Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency miner campaign targeting Russian users with SilentCryptoMiner. Kaspersky researchers discovered a mass malware campaign spreading SilentCryptoMiner by disguising it as a tool to bypass internet restrictions. While investigating the increased use of Windows Packet Divert (WPD) tools by crooks to distribute malware under this pretense, the researchers spotted the […]
U.S. authorities seized $23M in crypto linked to a $150M Ripple wallet theft, experts believe the incident is linked to the 2022 LastPass breach. U.S. authorities seized $23M in crypto tied to a $150M Ripple hack, suspected to have been carried out by hackers from the 2022 LastPass breach. Security researcher ZachXBT identified the victim […]
Experts discovered an undocumented hidden feature in the ESP32 microchip manufactured by Espressif, which is used in over 1 billion devices. At the RootedCON, researchers at Tarlogic Innovation presented their findings on undocumented commands in the ESP32 microchip designed by the Chinese manufacturer Espressif. The hidden functionality could act as a backdoor, enabling impersonation attacks […]
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The Akira ransomware gang exploited an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR and launch encryption attacks on a victim’s network. Cybersecurity researchers at S-RM team discovered a novel attack technique used by the Akira ransomware gang. The ransomware group used an unsecured webcam to encrypt systems within a target’s network, bypassing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). The […]