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Tag: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Where Hackers Find Your Weak Spots: A Closer Look
Social engineering is one of the most common attack vectors used by cyber criminals to enter companies. These manipulative attacks often occur in four stages: Info stealing from targets Building relationships with target and earning trust Exploitation: Convincing the target…
Malware Author Lures Child Abusers Into Honeytrap to Extort Them
You rarely root for online criminals, but a new malware campaign targeting child exploiters does not make you feel awful about the victims. Since 2012, threat actors have developed a range of malware and ransomware that impersonate government agencies…
Stock Market Scam in Bengaluru: Businessman Loses Rs 5.2 Crore
In a recent cybercrime incident, a 52-year-old businessman from Bengaluru fell victim to a stock market scam, losing a staggering Rs 5.2 crore. The victim, referred to as Sharath for anonymity, reported the incident to the cybercrime police on April…
Dark Web Nightmare: Scots NHS Patient Data Breach Exposes Medical Files
Following a major data breach at NHS Dumfries and Galloway, patients can access their private medical records online with just a few clicks. It has been reported that an extremely large amount of data has been stolen from the…
Cyber Attack Hits UK’s Carpetright, Affecting Customer Orders
Carpetright, an eminent flooring retailer in the UK, has fallen victim to a cyber attack, causing disruption to its operations and affecting hundreds of customer orders. Last week, hackers targeted the flooring specialist’s head office in Purfleet, Essex, by…
Wells Fargo Data Breach: Safeguarding Customer Information in a Digital Age
In a digital age where data breaches have become all too common, the recent disclosure of a data breach at Wells Fargo, a prominent multinational financial services corporation, has once again brought cybersecurity concerns to the forefront. The breach,…
MITRE Breach: State Hackers Exploit Ivanti Zero-Days
A state-backed hacking group successfully breached MITRE Corporation’s systems in January 2024 by exploiting two Ivanti VPN zero-day vulnerabilities. The incident was detected after suspicious activity was observed on MITRE’s Networked Experimentation, Research, and Virtualization Environment (NERVE), an unclassified collaborative…
Indian Banks Mull New Move for Faster Freezing of Scammers’ Accounts
Indian banks have proposed integrating their systems with the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), a division of the ministry of home affairs, which could enable a quicker freeze on fraudulent accounts in the wake of a cyberattack. This is…
Survey Finds Two-Thirds of Leading Pharmas Restrict ChatGPT Usage, While Many in Life Sciences Industry Deem AI ‘Overrated’
In the ongoing debate over the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into various industries, the biopharmaceutical sector is taking a cautious approach. According to a recent survey conducted by ZoomRx among over 200 professionals in life sciences, more than…
Data Breach at Real America’s Voice: User Information Compromised
In the past few weeks, a group of homosexual, furry hackers called SiegedSec has hacked the far-right media outlet Real America’s Voice, and they have taken it down. As well as hosting far-right commentators such as Steve Bannon and…
Drop in ransomware payment, 2024 Q1 sees a record low of 28%
Ransomware actors have encountered a rocky start in 2024, as indicated by statistics from cybersecurity firm Coveware. Companies are increasingly refusing to acquiesce to extortion demands, resulting in a record low of only 28% of companies paying ransom in…
Rise In Cybercrime: Dark Web Fueling Credential Attacks
In an unsettling situation, cybercriminals are increasingly turning to credential theft as a lucrative business, aided by the rise of infostealer malware attacks. Over the past three years, these threat actors have capitalised on the opportunity, compromising millions of…
UN Agency Faces Data Crisis: Ransomware Hack Exposes Extensive Data Theft
It is reported that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating a cyberattack involving human resources information stolen from its IT systems due to a breach. To eradicate poverty, fight inequality, and eliminate exclusion from society, UNDP, the…
Numerous LastPass Users Fall Victim to Highly Convincing Scam, Losing Master Passwords
The hackers now have their eyes set on a crucial target: master passwords. These passwords serve as the gateway to password managers, where users store all their login credentials in one secure location. While these managers provide convenience by…
Anonymous Hackers Threaten To Publish IDF’s ‘Top Secret Projects’
The Anonymous hacker group has published a video claiming to have infiltrated Israel’s military and stolen some of its “top secret” documents. Two weeks after Israel’s Justice Ministry admitted a cybersecurity breach that may have taken hundreds of gigabytes…
Tech Outages: Exposing the Web’s Fragile Threads
Today, technology outages have become more than mere inconveniences—they’re disruptions that ripple across industries, affecting businesses, individuals, and even our daily routines. Over 1.75 million user-reported issues flooded in from across the globe. From WhatsApp to Greggs (the UK’s popular sausage…
Cybercriminals Threaten Release of Stolen World-Check Database, Exposing Millions to Financial Risk
A financially motivated criminal hacking group, self-identified as GhostR, has claimed responsibility for the theft of a confidential database containing millions of records from the renowned World-Check screening database. The stolen data, totaling 5.3 million records, includes sensitive information…
Cyberattackers Employ Elusive “CR4T” Backdoor to Target Middle Eastern Governments
A recent revelation by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky sheds light on a covert cyber campaign dubbed DuneQuixote, which has been clandestinely targeting government bodies in the Middle East. This campaign involves the deployment of a newly identified backdoor called…
New AI Speed Cameras Record Drivers on Their Phones
New AI cameras have been deployed in vans to record drivers using their phones while driving or driving without a seatbelt. During a 12-hour evaluation in March, South Gloucestershire Council discovered 150 individuals not wearing seatbelts and seven drivers…