Casio Data Breach Impacts Customers in 149 Countries

Japanese electronics colossus Casio Computer Co., Ltd. has suffered a data breach on its ClassPad education platform, impacting customers in 149 countries. A technical failure on October 11, 2023, alerted Casio to the cyber intrusion that culminated in an unauthorized Read More …

Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in `security incident’ that has hallmarks of ransomware

Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident” and, while they have provided no explanation, experts say it has all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack. Read More …

FBI: Threats Associated with the Israel-HAMAS Conflict

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are issuing this Public Service Announcement to highlight potential threats in the United States from a variety of actors in response to the HAMAS attacks on Israel on Read More …

2023 Zscaler ThreatLabz Report Indicates 400% Growth in IoT Malware Attacks

This Zscaler ThreatLabz blog serves as a brief synopsis of the key points revealed in their 2023 Enterprise IoT and OT Threat Report. The report explores the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) device traffic and IoT malware attacks, in addition Read More …

5 southwestern Ontario hospitals hit by cyberattack, patient appointments to be rescheduled

Online services such as patient records and email have been down since Monday morning at five southwestern Ontario hospitals following a cyberattack, according to the hospitals’ IT provider. TransForm is a local non-profit founded by Windsor Regional Hospital, Erie Shores Read More …

Ransomware actor exploits unsupported ColdFusion servers – but comes away empty-handed

Servers are always a point of interest for threat actors as they are one of the most efficient attack vectors to penetrate an organization. Server-related accounts often have the highest privilege levels, making lateral movement to other machines in the Read More …

Analyzing cyber activity surrounding the conflict in the Middle East

In light of the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence unit has been monitoring the activity of different threat actors involved in the conflict in cyber space. As they noted in the Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2022/2023 report, Read More …

Thailand: House of Representatives’ Website Hacked, Cyber Attack Investigation Underway

The House of Representatives’ website fell victim to a cyber attack on Sunday, October 15, 2023. The hackers, who go by the name 3MUSKETEERZ, managed to breach the website’s security and display a picture of a troll in the photo Read More …