- Estee Lauder says hacker obtained some data from its systems
July 19, 2023
Beauty products maker Estee Lauder said on Tuesday that a hacker had obtained some data from its systems, and the incident was expected to cause disruption to parts of the company’s operations. The firm said it is working to understand the nature and scope of that data that was stolen. Estee Lauder added that it had ...
- FIN8 Uses Revamped Sardonic Backdoor to Deliver Noberus Ransomware
July 18, 2023
Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, a part of Broadcom, recently observed the Syssphinx (aka FIN8) cyber-crime group deploying a variant of the Sardonic backdoor to deliver the Noberus ransomware. While analysis of the backdoor revealed it to be part of the Sardonic framework previously used by the group, and analyzed in a 2021 report from Bitdefender, it ...
- How Hackers Could Attack Electric Vehicle Chargers
July 18, 2023
With his electric Kia EV6 running low on power, Sky Malcolm pulled into a bank of fast-chargers near Terre Haute, Indiana, to plug in. As his car powered up, he peeked at nearby chargers. One in particular stood out. Instead of the businesslike welcome screen displayed on the other Electrify America units, this one featured a ...
- Fortescue Hit by Cyber Attack That Saw Network Data Disclosed
July 18, 2023
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. said it had been subject to a cyber attack that resulted in “the disclosure of a small portion of data from our networks.” The world’s fourth-largest iron ore exporter described the attack as “a low impact cyber incident” that occurred on May 28. The information disclosed “was not confidential in nature,” the ...
- DDoS threat report for 2023 Q2
July 18, 2023
The second quarter of 2023 was characterized by thought-out, tailored and persistent waves of DDoS attack campaigns on various fronts, including: Multiple DDoS offensives orchestrated by pro-Russian hacktivist groups REvil, Killnet and Anonymous Sudan against Western interest websites. An increase in deliberately engineered and targeted DNS attacks alongside a 532% surge in DDoS attacks exploiting the Mitel ...
- IOCTA 2023: forget hackers in a hoodie, cybercrime has become a big business
July 17, 2023
Forget the cliché of a solitary figure in a hoodie hunched over a keyboard in a dark room crunching lines of codes. It is an image that no longer accurately reflects today’s cybercrime landscape, where criminals operate as business-like syndicates across borders. Europol’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), whose first module is published today, ...
- US energy department, other agencies hit in global hacking spree
July 16, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, officials said on Thursday. Data was “compromised” at two entities within the energy department when hackers gained access through a security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, the department said in a ...
- Cyber attack hits South Korean government institution, $135,000 lost
July 16, 2023
According to Korean media reports, the Institute for Startup Promotion, operating under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, transferred 175 million won (135,000 USD) to an overseas criminal group after being tricked by a sophisticated e-mail phishing scheme. The unfortunate event serves as a stern reminder of the increasing need for enhanced cybersecurity measures in both ...
- WormGPT, PoisonGPT: How generative AI can become a tool for criminals
July 15, 2023
A cybersecurity firm discovered a new generative artificial intelligence tool called WormGPT that is being sold to criminals. Another firm created a malicious generative AI tool called PoisonGPT to test how the technology can be used to intentionally spread fake news online. These tools are the latest examples of how generative AI can be used by ...
- Victorian government documents released on dark web after cyber attack
July 14, 2023
Victorian government legal files have been released on the dark web by criminals after a major cyber attack on law firm HWL Ebsworth. Victoria’s Chief Information Security Officer David Cullen on Friday said HWL Ebsworth had confirmed government information had been posted. The law firm was hit by a cyber incident in late April when information ...