SonicWall’s SMA1000 boxes under active attack again

SonicWall says attackers are actively exploiting two chained zero-days to take over Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Series 1000 boxes. Aimed at midsize and large enterprises, SMA1000 gateways secure remote access and VPN connections. Compromising one can therefore provide attackers with Read More …

TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed a TerminalFix campaign, a variant of ClickFix, targeting organizations across multiple industries. The campaign uses compromised websites to display a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA verification overlay that tricks users into copying and executing a malicious PowerShell Read More …

Identity-as-a-Service: Uncovering Dark Web Marketplaces Trading Executive SSNs

Despite modern verification controls, identity theft remains one of the most pervasive threats to both individuals and enterprise organizations. U.S. Federal Trade Commission statistics show over 1 million identity theft reports annually, with related fraud and imposter scams accounting for Read More …

Millions of UK airport customer details accessed in major cyberattack

A cyber security breach targeting three major UK airports has led to the personal data of around 8.7 million customers being accessed, operator Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has confirmed. The group, which oversees Manchester Airport, London Stansted and East Midlands Airport, assured the public that “at no Read More …

China-Linked Hacking Group QTFY Targets Military and Critical Infrastructure with Malicious Distributed Systems

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, and Cyber National Mission Force are releasing this joint cybersecurity advisory to alert organizations concerning China-linked cyber threat actors, who use the acronyms QTFY, QT, and QTCYBER for themselves and their tools Read More …

Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations

A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations, according to a federal regulatory filing on Wednesday. This is the latest health tech giant to face a cyberattack in recent weeks. Read More …

ShinyHunters and ReliaQuest trade blows over claimed breach

ShinyHunters has claimed another cybersecurity scalp, but ReliaQuest says the crew’s social engineering attack only got as far as one employee identity before its defenses slammed the door. The ransomware baddies listed US-based infosec biz ReliaQuest on its leak site Read More …

Experts warn 2,000 hacked WordPress sites were secretly running a global crime ring

Check Point Research has unearthed a global cybercrime ring that relied on a network of WordPress websites. The investigation into an operation dubbed “StopAndProtect” found a network of 5,000 infected computers around the globe, and 2,000 WordPress domains. WordPress currently Read More …

Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management has confirmed a data breach in which hackers stole reams of personal information from the company’s cloud systems. The breach comes a month after security researchers sounded the alarm on a new hacking campaign Read More …