- Hacker claims to have for sale 87 million strong database after suspected Temu breach
September 18, 2024
A cybercriminal claims to have breached Temu and stolen millions of customer records, but the ecommerce giant is vehemently denying the claims. A hacker with the alias ‘smokinthashit’ took to BreachForums, one of the most popular underground forums out there, and advertised a new database, allegedly stolen from the company. “Temu company database for sale. +87M ...
- Court-Authorized Operation Disrupts Worldwide Botnet Used by People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Hackers
September 18, 2024
The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized law enforcement operation that disrupted a botnet consisting of more than 200,000 consumer devices in the United States and worldwide. As described in court documents unsealed in the Western District of Pennsylvania, the botnet devices were infected by People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored hackers working for Integrity ...
- Almost 500GB of data allegedly leaked in RansomHub attack on Kawasaki
September 18, 2024
Kawasaki Motors Europe (KME) recently released a statement confirming it was the victim of a cyber attack. The attack caused significant service disruptions as the cybercriminals threatened to release stolen data. KME confirmed, “At the start of September, Kawasaki Motors Europe (KME) was the subject of a cyberattack which, although not successful, resulted in the company’s ...
- Cyber threats continue to plague Philippine financial institutions
September 17, 2024
The financial industry remains a prime target for cyberattacks, despite the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) new framework to enhance cyber resilience, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company has warned. Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, reported that the finance sector experiences the highest losses due to online fraud, as scammers increasingly exploit customer data for account ...
- Malware exploits braille characters to breach Windows security flaws
September 16, 2024
The Windows operating system (OS) had a vulnerability that allowed people to hide a file’s true extension, which hackers were able to use and distribute files that looked like .PDF documents, but were in fact weaponized .HTA files. In the most recent Patch Tuesday cumulative update, Microsoft addressed a flaw described as “Windows MSHTML spoofing vulnerability”, ...
- Education, Health Sectors Facing Challenges as Nigeria Records 586,130 Cyber Threats in 6 Months
September 14, 2024
Between January and June 2024, a staggering 586,130 cyber threats were launched against Nigeria, especially the financial institutions and telecoms companies, with other sectors also facing specific challenges. According to the report, various industries face unique cybersecurity challenges. The education sector grappled with maintaining security amidst digital transformation. The healthcare industry struggled to balance handling sensitive ...
- I stole 20 GB of data from Capgemini – and now I’m leaking it, says cybercrook
September 13, 2024
A miscreant claims to have broken into Capgemini and leaked a large amount of sensitive data stolen from the technology services giant – including source code, credentials, and T-Mobile’s virtual machine logs. The French multinational IT and consulting firm did not immediately respond to The Register’s request for comment, and has yet to formally confirm or ...
- Fortinet confirms data breach after allegedly refusing to pay ransom
September 13, 2024
In an announcement posted on Fortinet’s website, the company said that someone gained access to a “limited number of files” stored on its instance of an unnamed third-party cloud-based shared file drive. The files included “limited data related to a small number of Fortinet customers,” the announcement added, stating that this affects less than 0.3% of ...
- Teenager arrested following cyber attack on Transport for London
September 13, 2024
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested following a cyber attack on Transport for London. Hackers may have accessed the bank details and home addresses of at least 5,000 customers, TfL admitted on Thursday. The Information Commissioner has been informed. National Crime Agency officers said they had arrested a teenager from Walsall, in the West Midlands, on ...
- Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos
September 12, 2024
Malwarebytes Labs researchers uncovered a malicious campaign going after Mac users looking for support or extended warranty from Apple via the AppleCare+ support plans. The perpetrators are buying Google ads to lure in their victims and redirect them to bogus pages hosted on GitHub, the developer and code repository platform owned by Microsoft. The goal of ...