- Israel’s Cyber Directorate warns of phishing attack by Iran-based hacking squad
December 26, 2023
Israel’s National Cyber Directorate issued a statement Tuesday warning of a phishing attack by Iranian hackers. Posing as American network security conglomerate F5, Iranian hackers sent an email to IT officials in multiple Israeli companies with instructions to download what seems like an update, but is actually malware, said the directorate. Working with an unnamed commercial ...
- Motorists data stolen as RingGo parking app-owner hit by cyber attack
December 26, 2023
Hackers have stolen data including partial credit card numbers from parking apps used by millions of motorists. EasyPark, which owns RingGo and ParkMobile, said the details of at least 950 customers in the UK had been stolen by hackers, including names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and parts of credit card numbers. Read more… Source: MSN News
- CBS, Paramount owner National Amusements says it was hacked
December 26, 2023
National Amusements, the cinema chain and corporate parent giant of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it experienced a data breach in which hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of people. The private media conglomerate said in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general that hackers stole personal information on 82,128 ...
- Hackers stole $2 billion in crypto in 2023, data shows
December 26, 2023
For yet another year, hackers stole billions of dollars in crypto. But for the first time since 2020, the trend is downwards, according to crypto security firms. This year, hackers stole around $2 billion dollars in crypto across dozens of cyberattacks and thefts, according to De.FI, the web3 security firm that runs the REKT database. The ...
- Estonia: At least one case of extortion reported following Asper Biogene data leak
December 25, 2023
Investigations into the Asper Biogene data leak that came to light last week are ongoing, and there is already at least one known case of an attempt to extort money from an individual in connection with the data leak. When the data theft case came to light, police warned that the situation could be exploited by ...
- Ubisoft apparently stopped a 900GB data breach
December 24, 2023
Just days after Insomniac suffered a horrible data breach, Ubisoft may have avoided the same fate. Security collective VX-Underground shared a report on X that, on Dec. 20, an “unknown Threat Actor” got access to Ubisoft’s internal tools, sharing screenshots online. They allegedly intended to get 900GB worth of data from the French game publisher behind ...
- The rising threat of phishing attacks with Crypto Drainers
December 22, 2023
A recent investigation by Check Point Research exposes a troubling trend in the cryptocurrency landscape. The cryptocurrency community has been witnessing an alarming increase in sophisticated phishing attacks. These threats are unique in their approach, targeting a wide range of blockchain networks, from Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain to Polygon, Avalanche, and almost 20 other networks ...
- Rhode Island: Data breach at Wyatt steals info of detainees, staff and vendors
December 22, 2023
At least 1,454 detainees of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, 438 current and former staff members and 92 vendors have been affected by a virus in the facility’s computer system, Wyatt announced Friday. The FBI is now investigating the matter, which Wyatt discovered on November 2. “At this time, we believe that various types of ...
- Cyberattack forces First American to take some IT systems offline
December 22, 2023
First American, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, suffered a malware attack that forced the company to shut some of its systems down, including its website. At press time, the official website firstam.com was still offline, while a dedicated notification site – firstamupdate.com – was set up. There is a short notification ...
- Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order
December 22, 2023
An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$. The gang’s attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m. The judge ...
- Indian IT services giant HCL Technologies hit by ransomware
December 22, 2023
Indian IT giant HCL Technologies apparently suffered a significant ransomware attack. Multiple media sources are claiming that the company filed a new report with the National Stock Exchange of India, in which it describes falling prey to a limited ransomware attack, stating that it “has become aware of a ransomware incident in an isolated cloud environment ...