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In January 2024, FortiGuard Labs obtained an Excel document distributing an info-stealer. From the fingerprints in this attack, it is related to a Vietnamese-based group that was first reported on in August 2023 and again in September. The attack stages before Read More …
The Public Prosecution in Oman has revealed that there were 140 cases of cybercrime in 2023, compared to 126 in 2022 while cases related to online content increased to 2,686 in 2023 from 2,519 in 2022. These cases included misusing Read More …
Pennsylvania Courts’ website was targeted in a cyber attack on Sunday. Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice Debra Todd made the announcement, saying portions of the website were made unavailable due to the attack. The situation was described as a denial of service Read More …
It seems like every week, the cybersecurity landscape sees the emergence of yet another ransomware variant, with Black Hunt being one of the latest additions. Initially reported by cybersecurity researchers in 2022, this new threat has quickly made its presence Read More …
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has prevented a cyber attack aimed at taking down the website of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). At the Saturday News Forum, DICT Undersecretary for Cybersecurity Jeff Ian Dy said the Read More …
French car rental company Europcar made headlines earlier this week following reports of an alleged data breach affecting nearly 50 million customers. Cyber security platform HackManac reported the incident on January 30th, noting that the stolen database containing usernames, passwords, Read More …
Cloudflare is laying the blame for the cyberattack it suffered late last year the after-effects of the critical Okta breach. The content delivery service provider has published a blog post detailing the cybersecurity incident it suffered on Thanksgiving Day 2023, Read More …
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic missile and drone procurement programmes as well as officials it said were involved in hacking US infrastructure, as Washington looks to increase pressure on Tehran. The US Treasury Department said Read More …
Ukraine’s state computer emergency response team CERT-UA said on Thursday around 2,000 computers had been affected in the recent cyber attack on an unnamed state-run company. “As part of the detailed study of the cyber threat, the obtained malware samples Read More …
Threat actors—particularly the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—sponsored Volt Typhoon group—are compromising small office/home office (SOHO) routers by exploiting software defects that manufacturers must eliminate through secure software design and development. Specifically, Volt Typhoon actors are exploiting security defects in Read More …
