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US government imposed sanctions on six Iranian intel officials

The US government issued sanctions against six Iranian government officials linked to cyberattacks against critical infrastructure organizations.  The U.S. Treasury…

2 years ago

A cyberattack impacted operations at Lurie Children’s Hospital

A cyber attack forced Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago to take IT systems offline with a severe impact on its…

2 years ago

AnyDesk Incident: Customer Credentials Leaked and Published for Sale on the Dark Web

Resecurity identified bad actors offering a significant number of AnyDesk customer credentials for sale on the Dark Web. Such information…

2 years ago

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million

Cleaning products giant Clorox estimates the economic impact of the cyber attack that hit the company in August 2023 at…

2 years ago

Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account

A vulnerability impacting the decentralized social network Mastodon can be exploited by threat actors to impersonate and take over any…

2 years ago

Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)

Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) announced that it was targeted by a sophisticated cyberattack that affected some of its systems.…

2 years ago

Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals

An international law enforcement operation, named Synergia, led to the arrest of 31 individuals involved in ransomware, banking malware, and…

2 years ago

Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison

A former software engineer with the U.S. CIA has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking classified documents.…

2 years ago

Cloudflare breached on Thanksgiving Day, but the attack was promptly contained

Cloudflare revealed that a nation-state actor breached its internal Atlassian server, gaining access to the internal wiki and its bug…

2 years ago

PurpleFox malware infected at least 2,000 computers in Ukraine

The Computer Emergency Response Team in Ukraine (CERT-UA) reported that a PurpleFox malware campaign had already infected at least 2,000…

2 years ago

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