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U.S. healthcare provider Ascension has provided more details of its “cyber security event” last month, admitting that data was stolen, with some reports also suggesting that the Black Basta ransomware gang was behind the attack. One of the largest nonprofit Read More …
Another day, another data breach. Tile has fallen victim to a mammoth data breach, with cybercriminals stealing sensitive consumer data like names, physical addresses, and phone numbers, and even accessing tools that process location requests made by law enforcement. In Read More …
Proofpoint recently identified a fraudulent website purporting to sell tickets to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. It was notably listed as the second sponsored search result on Google, after the official website, when searching for “Paris 2024 tickets,” and Read More …
The Cardinal cybercrime group (aka Storm-1811, UNC4393), which operates the Black Basta ransomware, may have been exploiting a recently patched Windows privilege escalation vulnerability as a zero-day. The vulnerability (CVE-2024-26169) occurs in the Windows Error Reporting Service. If exploited on Read More …
Laval police say they arrested three suspects Wednesday in connection to a massive data breach at Desjardins Group made public in 2019. The data breach at the Quebec-based credit union is thought to be one of the largest ever among Read More …
Since 2022, Trend Micro researchers have been investigating numerous targeted attacks in the Asia-Pacific region that used the same ELF backdoor. Most vendors identify this backdoor as a variant of existing malware such as Gh0st RAT or Rekoobe. However, Trend Read More …
It remains unclear whether the perpetrator behind a massive data breach of the City of Helsinki has tried to benefit from the crime, according to the City. Detected in April, the hack resulted in the leak of tens of millions Read More …
Akira – a ransomware hacker group -that extorted $42 million from over 250 organizations across North America, Europe, and Australia within a year, is now actively targeting businesses in Singapore, according to a joint advisory issued by Singaporean authorities. The Read More …
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security feature we have come to expect as standard by 2024. Most of today’s websites offer some form of it, and some of them won’t even let you use their service until you enable 2FA. Read More …
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) is intensifying its efforts to combat cybercrime. It reported a significant increase in access blocks to gambling websites and the closure of millions of suspicious mobile lines last month. The Ministry of Read More …
