Education, Health Sectors Facing Challenges as Nigeria Records 586,130 Cyber Threats in 6 Months

Between January and June 2024, a staggering 586,130 cyber threats were launched against Nigeria, especially the financial institutions and telecoms companies, with other sectors also facing specific challenges. According to the report, various industries face unique cybersecurity challenges. The education Read More …

I stole 20 GB of data from Capgemini – and now I’m leaking it, says cybercrook

A miscreant claims to have broken into Capgemini and leaked a large amount of sensitive data stolen from the technology services giant – including source code, credentials, and T-Mobile’s virtual machine logs. The French multinational IT and consulting firm did Read More …

Chinese-made cargo equipment enables cyber, espionage risks in US ports

A year-long probe led by GOP members of two House panels found that numerous seaports around the U.S. contain technology originating from Chinese manufacturers that could enable espionage and sabotage. The study conducted by lawmakers and staff on the House Read More …

Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos

Malwarebytes Labs researchers uncovered a malicious campaign going after Mac users looking for support or extended warranty from Apple via the AppleCare+ support plans. The perpetrators are buying Google ads to lure in their victims and redirect them to bogus Read More …

BT spots 2,000 potential attacks on its network a second

Britain’s BT said it was spotting 2,000 signals of potential cyber-attacks across its network every second, as criminals were increasingly using disposable “bots” to try to evade existing blocking and security measures. The telecoms group said on Thursday that digital Read More …

Business Email Compromise: The $55 Billion Scam

Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC) is a sophisticated scam that targets both businesses and individuals who perform legitimate transfer-of-funds requests. The scam is frequently carried out when an individual compromises legitimate business or personal email accounts through social engineering Read More …

Nearly 1M Medicare beneficiaries potentially affected after data breach

Nearly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries are being warned that their personal information may have been compromised in a cybersecurity incident last year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS), the contractor that Read More …

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Veeam Backup & Replication

On Wednesday, September 4, 2024, backup and recovery software provider Veeam released their September security bulletin disclosing various vulnerabilities in Veeam products. One of the higher-severity vulnerabilities included in the bulletin is CVE-2024-40711, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution issue Read More …

Progress Software Releases Security Advisory for LoadMaster

Progress has released a security advisory addressing one critical vulnerability affecting all LoadMaster products. CVE-2024-7591 has a CVSSv3 score of 10.0 and could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker with access to the management interface to issue a carefully crafted HTTP Read More …