Storm-0978 attacks reveal financial and espionage motives

Microsoft has identified a phishing campaign conducted by the threat actor tracked as Storm-0978 targeting defense and government entities in Europe and North America. The campaign involved the abuse of CVE-2023-36884, which included a remote code execution vulnerability exploited before Read More …

Florida patients among 11 million affected by HCA Healthcare data breach

Data on roughly 11 million HCA Healthcare patients in 20 states including Florida, was stolen and recently posted on an online forum, the hospital chain reported on Sunday. According to the company, an unauthorized party gained access to 27 million Read More …

Ventia takes systems offline to contain cyber attack

Ventia has taken an undisclosed number of “key systems” offline to contain a cyber security incident. The listed company, which provides long-term operation, maintenance, and management for critical public and private assets and infrastructure, disclosed the incident on Saturday. Read Read More …

The TOITOIN Trojan: Analyzing a New Multi-Stage Attack Targeting LATAM Region

This sophisticated campaign targeting LATAM region employs a trojan that follows a multi-staged infection chain, utilizing specially crafted modules throughout each stage. These modules are custom designed to carry out malicious activities, such as injecting harmful code into remote processes, Read More …

The five-day job: A BlackByte ransomware intrusion case study

As ransomware attacks continue to grow in number and sophistication, threat actors can quickly impact business operations if organizations are not well prepared. In a recent investigation by Microsoft Incident Response (previously known as Microsoft Detection and Response Team – Read More …

Charges filed in cyber attack on East Bay water treatment plant

A 53-year-old Tracy man is facing federal criminal charges in connection with an alleged attack on the computer systems of a Discovery Bay water treatment plant more than two years ago, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Rambler Gallo was Read More …

CISA and Partners Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Newly Identified Truebot Malware Variants

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Increased Truebot Activity Infects U.S. Read More …

Australian horse riding organisations caught up in cyber attack impacting 10,000 people

Cyber criminals have targeted yet another Australian small business by stealing and leaking the data of 10,000 people. Last month, the data of a little-known company called Event Secretary was published on an online forum. Unfortunately, Event Secretary was the Read More …

Japan’s biggest port hit by suspected cyberattack, operations halted

The Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest port by total cargo throughput and responsible for handling some of Toyota Motor Corp.’s car exports, has suffered a crippling system glitch, with the port operator saying Wednesday it suspects a cyberattack. As of Read More …