New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

It’s hard to overstate the role that Wi-Fi plays in virtually every facet of life. The organization that shepherds the wireless protocol says that more than 48 billion Wi-Fi-enabled devices have shipped since it debuted in the late 1990s. New Read More …

Conduent data breach gets bigger, more than 25 million people across the US are now affected

A ransomware attack that caused a massive data breach for one of the largest government contractors in the U.S. keeps expanding. In early February, it was reported that 10 million people were impacted by the Conduent breach a year after Read More …

North Korea’s Lazarus Group targets healthcare orgs with Medusa ransomware

North Korea’s Lazarus Group appears to have added another tool to its kit. It has begun using Medusa ransomware in extortion attacks targeting at least one US healthcare organization and an unnamed victim in the Middle East, according to Symantec Read More …

Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs surveillance software

A fake Zoom meeting website is silently pushing surveillance software onto Windows machines. Visitors land on a convincing imitation of a Zoom video call. Moments later, an automatic “Update Available” countdown downloads a malicious installer—without asking for permission. The software Read More …

Australia: Cyber attack takes major chicken processor Hazeldenes offline leaving businesses without meat

A cyber attack at major chicken meat processor Hazeldenes in central Victoria has led it to shutdown its wi-fi system on site, and a shortage of chicken at pubs and butchers across the state. Retail and industry have told the Read More …

AWS says more than 600 FortiGate firewalls hit in AI-augmented campaign

Cybercriminals armed with off-the-shelf generative AI tools compromised more than 600 internet-exposed FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in just over a month, according to a new incident report from AWS. The campaign, which ran from mid-January to mid-February, relied less Read More …

Hacker gained access to PayPal systems resulting in unauthorised transactions

Some PayPal users have started to receive email from the company confirming a data breach that exposed personal information to a threat actor who gained access to PayPal’s systems, leading to some seeing unauthorized transactions on their accounts and the Read More …

ShinyHunters demands $1.5M not to leak Vegas casino and resort chain data

Las Vegas hotel and casino giant Wynn Resorts appears to be the latest victim of data-grabbing and extortion gang ShinyHunters. On Friday, the cybercrime crew listed the hospitality company on its blog, claiming to have stolen more than 800,000 records Read More …

Ukrainian gets five years for helping North Koreans secure US tech jobs

Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko will spend the next five years behind bars in the US for his involvement in helping North Korean IT workers secure fraudulent employment. The 29-year-old played a role in supporting individuals working for a hostile regime Read More …

FBI: Increase in malware enabled ATM jackpotting incidents across United States

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate indicators of compromise (IOCs) and technical details associated with malware enabled ATM jackpotting. Threat actors exploit physical and software vulnerabilities in ATMs and deploy malware to dispense cash Read More …