The Chrysalis Backdoor: A Deep Dive into Lotus Blossom’s toolkit

Rapid7 Labs, together with the Rapid7 MDR team, has uncovered a sophisticated campaign attributed to the Chinese APT group Lotus Blossom. Active since 2009, the group is known for its targeted espionage campaigns primarily impacting organizations across Southeast Asia and Read More …

UK: BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech

Two top leaders at the BBC resigned on Sunday amid an escalating scandal over impartiality and bias that plunged Britain’s public broadcaster into one of its biggest crises in recent years. The BBC’s most senior executive, director general Tim Davie, Read More …

Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei’s Slack

Japanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and business partners.… The company blamed the intrusion on malware that infected an Read More …

Washington Post says it is among victims of cyber breach tied to Oracle software

The Washington Post said it is among victims of a sweeping cyber breach tied to Oracle software. In a statement released on Thursday, the newspaper said it was one of those impacted “by the breach of the Oracle E-Business Suite Read More …

UK: Jeremy Clarkson’s Cotswolds pub targeted in cyber attack

Jeremy Clarkson’s pub has become the latest victim of cyber-criminals who managed to steal £27,000 from the establishment. The Farmer’s Dog fell prey to hackers who employed sophisticated methods to infiltrate the accounts of the Cotswolds venue during a recent Read More …

Hackers take aim at Washington Post journalists in an apparent ‘targeted’ cyberattack

Hackers have tried to break into the email accounts of a select number of Washington Post journalists, according to an internal Washington Post memo obtained by CNN. The Post discovered the “possible targeted” hack of its email system last Thursday, Read More …

Cyber criminals claim to have private information of 20 million people who signed up to Co-op’s membership

Cyber criminals have told BBC News their hack against Co-op is far more serious than the company previously admitted. Hackers contacted the BBC with proof they had infiltrated IT networks and stolen huge amounts of customer and employee data. After Read More …

A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, including their capitals

A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, including their capitals, knocking out subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines. It is rare to have such a widespread outage there. Spanish generator Red Eléctrica said it Read More …

GOFFEE continues to attack organizations in Russia

GOFFEE is a threat actor that first came to our attention in early 2022. Since then, Kaspersky researchers have observed malicious activities targeting exclusively entities located in the Russian Federation, leveraging spear phishing emails with a malicious attachment. Starting in Read More …