- Ireland: Woman, 20s, arrested over potential data breach at utility service provider
December 4, 2024
A woman has been arrested over a potential data breach at a national utility service provider last year. The woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested yesterday and is detained at a garda station in Dublin. The potential breach was identified by members of the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in 2023. It was referred to ...
- UK: Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks
December 4, 2024
Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data and disrupting emergency services. Inc Ransom, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for an attack on NHS Scotland earlier this year, now claims to have breached the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital ...
- INTERPOL campaign warns against cyber and financial crimes
December 3, 2024
INTERPOL has launched a campaign to raise awareness on the growing threat of cyber and financial crimes against vulnerable individuals and organizations. The Think Twice campaign, which includes a series of short videos, focuses on five rising online threats: ransomware attacks, malware attacks, phishing, generative AI scams, and romance baiting. These sophisticated scams have seen a ...
- Major SABS cyberattack raises questions about entity’s leadership
December 3, 2024
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has suffered a major ransomware cyberattack, resulting in critical IT systems going down, Engineering News has learned. This is not the first time the SABS IT infrastructure has been hacked, with previous incidents reported in 2023 and again in April this year. The SABS confirmed the attack, telling Engineering ...
- Threat Assessment: Howling Scorpius (Akira Ransomware)
December 2, 2024
Emerging in early 2023, the Howling Scorpius ransomware group is the entity behind the Akira ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), which has consistently ranked in recent months among the top five most active ransomware groups. Its double extortion strategy significantly amplifies the threat it poses. Unit 42 researchers have been monitoring the Howling Scorpius ransomware group over the past ...
- Horns&Hooves campaign delivers NetSupport RAT and BurnsRAT
December 2, 2024
Recent months have seen a surge in mailings with lookalike email attachments in the form of a ZIP archive containing JScript scripts. The script files – disguised as requests and bids from potential customers or partners – bear names such as “Запрос цены и предложения от Индивидуального предпринимателя <ФИО> на август 2024. According to Kaspersky telemetry, ...
- No company too small for Phobos ransomware gang, indictment reveals
December 2, 2024
The US Department of Justice has charged a Russian national named Evgenii Ptitsyn with selling, operating, and distributing a ransomware variant known as “Phobos” during a four-year cybercriminal campaign that extorted at least $16 million from victims across the world. The government’s indictment against Ptitsyn should dispel any notion that ransomware gangs only target the largest, ...
- RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC
November 30, 2024
Italian professional football club Bologna FC is allegedly a recent victim of the RansomHub cybercrime gang, according to the group’s dark web postings. The ransomware crims responsible for attacks on organizations including Planned Parenthood and Christie’s – the same crew thought to have picked up LockBit’s top talent post-disruption – posted an extensive collection of data ...
- Some London commuters may never be refunded after TfL cyber attack
November 30, 2024
Sadiq Khan has admitted victims of a Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack may never get their money back. Tens of thousands of Londoners are feared to have been left out of pocket after hackers gained access to the travel authority’s systems in September. The aftermath of the hack meant over-60s, children and students were unable to ...
- Pakistan: Severe Cyber Attack at Dewan Farooque Motors Corrupts Data and Crashes Servers
November 30, 2024
A cyber-attack crippled Dewan Farooque Motors Limited (DFML), corrupting key corporate data and crashing servers. The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) received notice of the incident on Friday. DFML told stakeholders that restoring its information systems and financial data, including information from the first quarter ending September 30, 2024, will be a lengthy process. Read more… Source: ProPakistan News Sign ...