European Banking Authority discloses Exchange server hack

The European Banking Authority (EBA) took down all email systems after their Microsoft Exchange Servers were hacked as part of the ongoing attacks targeting organizations worldwide. EBA is part of the European System of Financial Supervision and it oversees the Read More …

Airlines warn passengers of data breach after aviation tech supplier is hit by cyberattack

Global aviation industry IT supplier SITA has confirmed it has fallen victim to a cyberattack, with hackers gaining access to personal information of airline passengers. The information technology and communications company, which claims to serve around 90% of the world’s Read More …

Unpatched QNAP devices are being hacked to mine cryptocurrency

Unpatched network-attached storage (NAS) devices are targeted in ongoing attacks where the attackers try to take them over and install cryptominer malware to mine for cryptocurrency. The threat actors exploit two pre-auth remote command execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk Read More …

D-Link, IoT Devices Under Attack By Tor-Based Gafgyt Variant

Researchers have discovered what they say is the first variant of the Gafgyt botnet family to cloak its activity using the Tor network. Gafgyt, a botnet that was uncovered in 2014, has become infamous for launching large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Read More …

Accellion zero-day claims a new victim in cybersecurity company Qualys

Qualys has revealed that a “limited” number of customers may have been impacted by a data breach connected to an Accellion zero-day vulnerability. The cloud security and compliance firm said on Wednesday that the security incident did not have any Read More …

New in Ransomware: AlumniLocker, Humble Feature Different Extortion Techniques

Trend Micro researchers recently discovered two new ransomware variants, AlumniLocker and Humble, which exhibit different sophisticated behaviors and extortion techniques post-encryption. One of these techniques includes an unusually high ransom payment and a threat to publicize victims’ critical data. These Read More …