Scammers Exploit 2024 US General Election to Perpetrate Multiple Fraud Schemes

The FBI is warning the public about scammers exploiting the 2024 US General election to perpetrate multiple types of financial fraud schemes. These scams target victims across the United States and have previously exploited state and local elections for similar Read More …

France: Free ISP announces data breach, millions of users possibly affected

One of the biggest internet service providers (ISP) in France has confirmed suffering a cyberattack that saw it lose sensitive customer data. A threat actor alias “drusselx” opened a new thread on the infamous Breach forums, advertising a major database Read More …

Businesses expect cyber threats to rise, but aren’t ready for them

It’s no secret that cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, while simultaneously growing in number and volume. Research from the Business Continuity Institute reports that cyber threats have increased in severity over the past year, with 75% of respondents reporting a Read More …

100 million people hit in largest healthcare data breach in history – medical info, SSNs and more

More than 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the massive UnitedHealth ransomware attack earlier this year, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the country. After completing its investigation into February’s data breach, Read More …

Command Injection and Local File Inclusion in Grafana: CVE-2024-9264

The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of a critical vulnerability in Grafana, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures. Grafana is a multi-platform open-source analytics and visualization solution that can produce charts, graphs and alerts according to Read More …

The Crypto Game of Lazarus APT: Investors vs. Zero-days

On May 13, 2024, Kaspersky consumer-grade product Kaspersky Total Security detected a new Manuscrypt infection on the personal computer of a person living in Russia. Since Lazarus rarely attacks individuals, this piqued Kaspersky researchers interest and they decided to take Read More …

Russia says ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack hits foreign ministry amid BRICS summit

The Russian Foreign Ministry was targeted by a severe cyber attack on Wednesday, coinciding with the major BRICS summit taking place in the country, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Earlier Zakharova said that the ministry had been targeted by a large-scale Read More …