New macOS backdoor stealing cryptowallets

A month ago, Kaspersky researchers discovered some cracked apps circulating on pirating websites and infected with a Trojan proxy. The malicious actors repackaged pre-cracked applications as PKG files with an embedded Trojan proxy and a post-install script initiating the infection. Read More …

Lebanon: Ministry of Social Affairs’ website suffers cybersecurity breach

The Ministry of Social Affairs’ website has been subjected to a cyber-attack. Authorities are actively working to resolve the issue and ensure the restoration of normalcy to the site. Reportedly, the website does not contain any personal information. Read more… Read More …

VF Corp’s cyber incident causes data breach of 35.5 million consumers

Vans sneaker maker VF Corp said on Thursday the cyber incident that hit the company in December led to a breach of personal data of about 35.5 million consumers, and added that it does not expect a material impact to Read More …

Security pros are being hospitalized by after-effects of ransomware hacks

New research from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has laid bare the mental and physical toll that cybersecurity workers face as a result of their work. In a number of interviews with individuals who had been at the forefront Read More …

Carnegie Mellon University hit by cyberattack, informs 7,300 people possibly affected

Carnegie Mellon University informed about 7,300 people that their personal information may have been compromised in an August cyberattack that was quietly investigated by law enforcement and the university. The breach impacting one of the nation’s top schools for computing Read More …

Ukrainian hackers steal construction plans for 500 Russian military sites

Hackers from the group Blackjack, purportedly affiliated with Ukraine’s SBU security service, have breached a Russian state enterprise involved in construction work for the Russian military, and downloaded over 1.2 TB of data, a Ukrainian law enforcement source told NV Read More …

TA866 returns with a large Email campaign

Proofpoint researchers identified the return of TA866 to email threat campaign data, after a nine-month absence. On January 11, 2024, Proofpoint blocked a large volume campaign consisting of several thousand emails targeting North America. Invoice-themed emails had attached PDFs with Read More …

The dangers of quadruple blow ransomware attacks

For the first time, a ransomware gang has reported one of its victims to the authorities. This has never happened before and shows the continuing evolution of their business models to maintain pressure on the victim organisations. With this new Read More …