Ukraine’s defense intel launches cyber attack on Gazprom

On the anniversary of the Battle of Kruty, a cyber unit of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate launched a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of Russia’s Gazprom and Gazpromneft. In particular, Ukrainian cyber professionals attacked the online services of the Read More …

Tata Technologies says ransomware attack hit IT assets

Tata Technologies, a technology and product engineering service company owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has disclosed a ransomware attack that has forced it to suspend some of its services. The Pune-headquartered company said Friday that the incident affected “a Read More …

Coyote Banking Trojan: A Stealthy Attack via LNK Files

Over the past month, FortiGuard Labs has identified several similar LNK files containing PowerShell commands designed to execute malicious scripts and connect to remote servers. These files are part of multi-stage operations that ultimately deliver the Coyote Banking Trojan. This Read More …

Europol: Law enforcement takes down two largest cybercrime forums in the world

A Europol-supported operation, led by German authorities and involving law enforcement from eight countries, has led to the takedown of the two largest cybercrime forums in the world. The two platforms, Cracked and Nulled, had more than 10 million users Read More …

A closer look at the Tria stealer campaign

Since mid-2024, Kaspersky researchers observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app (APK), which they have named “Tria Stealer” after unique strings found in campaign samples. The primary Read More …

Smiths Group: Shares fall as engineering giant hit by cyber attack

Global engineering firm Smiths Group has reported a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to its systems. Upon detecting the breach, the firm promptly isolated the affected systems and activated its business continuity plans to mitigate disruptions. The company, known Read More …

The Honeymoon for Cloud Services Is Over

The cloud services you rely on are no longer as secure as they used to be. Once seemingly a safe haven for data and applications, attackers are increasingly leveraging cloud services for command and control—and the Symantec Threat Hunter Team Read More …

TalkTalk investigating data breach after hacker claims theft of customer data

U.K. telecoms giant TalkTalk has confirmed that it is investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen the personal information of millions of customers. In a post on a popular cybercrime forum seen by TechCrunch, an individual Read More …

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek says it was hit with ‘large-scale malicious attacks’

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users’ ability to register on the site. The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech world into a frenzy, said that it Read More …

The British Museum says it is partly closed after a fired employee shut down IT systems

The British Museum, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems, museum management said. The museum in central London, which Read More …