India has called for coordinated efforts through Interpol channels to address transnational crimes, including terrorism, online radicalization, and cyber-enabled financial fraud, on a real-time basis, officials revealed on Friday. At the 91st General Assembly of Interpol in Vienna, the…
Tag: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Harpie Launches Proactive Mechanism to Stop Crypto Theft
Last year, hackers, mainly from North Korea, stole a whopping $3.8 billion in cryptocurrency, making it the worst year ever for crypto theft, according to experts at Chainalysis, a company that tracks cybercrime. This is a significant jump from…
Thousands of Outdated Microsoft Exchange Servers are Susceptible to Cyber Attacks
A large number of Microsoft Exchange email servers in Europe, the United States, and Asia are currently vulnerable to remote code execution flaws due to their public internet exposure. These servers are running out-of-date software that is no longer…
These 6 Ways Will Help in Improving Your Organization’s Security Culture
Having a robust security culture is the best way of protecting your organization from security data hacks. This blog will talk about six ways you can follow to foster a strong security culture. The average cost to the organization of…
Ransomware Surge: 2023 Cyber Threats
In the constantly changing field of cybersecurity, 2023 has seen an increase in ransomware assaults, with important industries like healthcare, finance, and even mortgage services falling prey to sophisticated cyber threats. According to recent reports, a ransomware outbreak is aimed…
Hackers Use This New Malware to Backdoor Targets in Middle East, Africa and U.S
Various entities in the Middle East, Africa, and the United States have fallen victim to an unidentified threat actor orchestrating a campaign involving the dissemination of a recently discovered backdoor named Agent Racoon. According to Chema Garcia, a researcher…
Bridging the Gap Between Cloud vs On-premise Security
In the current landscape, the prevalence of the cloud era is undeniable, and the market is characterized by constant dynamism. Enterprises, in order to maintain relevance amid this competitive environment, are unmistakably demonstrating a keen interest in embracing cloud…
Dozens of Credit Unions Experiencing Disruptions Due to Ransomware Attack on Popular Tech Provider
Owing to a ransomware attack on a popular technology provider, about 60 credit unions are experiencing disruptions. A spokesperson for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Joseph Adamoli, stated that the ransomware attack was directed towards Ongoing Operations, a…
OpenAI Turmoil Sparks an Urgent Debate: Can AI Developers Effectively Self-Regulate?
OpenAI has had a very exciting week both in terms of its major success with the ChatGPT service as well as its artificial intelligence (AI) division. The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, who is arguably one of the most…
UAE CISOs Highlights their Rampant Gaps in Cybersecurity
A majority of security leader based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are convinced that their firms require improvements – in terms of how their teams, processes and technology operates – to mitigate any potential cyberattack. To provide insight into…
What are ‘Credential Stuffing’ Attacks and 2-Step Verification?
In the Light of 23andMe Security Incident Following up on the recent security breach of 23andMe that impacted around 14,000 customer accounts, the security incident underscored the utilization of a cybersecurity tactic known as “credential stuffing,” where unauthorized access is…
Rising Tide of Cyber Threats: Booking.com Faces Surge in Customer Hacking Incidents
Dark forums are places where hackers advertise what they can do to increase attacks against Booking.com customers. As cybercriminals continue to target hotel guests by offering up to $2,000 for hotel logins, they are offering up to 2,000 dollars…
Reminder: Google Has Started to Purge Inactive Accounts
You should log into any old Google account you wish to maintain if you haven’t used it in a few years to avoid having it deleted due to Google’s inactive account policy. Google revealed the new guidelines in May,…
US Govt’s OFAC Sanctions North Korea-based Kimsuky Hacking Group
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has recently confirmed the involvement of Kimsuky, a North-Korea sponsored hacking group, in a cyber breach attempt that resulted in the compromise of intel in support of the country’s strategic aims. …
XDSpy Hackers Target Russian Military Industrial Companies
XDSpy attcks Russian industries A cyberespionage group called XDSpy has recently attacked Russian military-industrial enterprises, as per new research. XDSpy is said to be a state-controlled hacker, in the game since 2011, that mainly targets counties across Eastern Europe and…
23andMe Reports Hackers Accessed “Significant Number” of Ancestry Files
Genetic testing company 23andMe declared on Friday that approximately 14,000 customer accounts were compromised in its recent data breach. In an updated submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company revealed that its investigation determined the breach…
Google Introduces RETVec: Gmail’s New Defense to Identify Spams
Google has recently introduced a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (an acronym for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer), to aid identification of potentially malicious content like spam and fraudulent emails in Gmail. While massive platforms like YouTube and Gmail…
Researchers: ‘Black Basta’ Group Rakes in Over $100 Million
A cyber extortion group believed to be an offshoot of the infamous Russian Conti hacker organization has reportedly amassed over $100 million since its emergence last year, according to a report published on Wednesday by digital currency tracking service…
Okta: October Data Breach Impacts All User Across Customer Support Systems
The latest investigation Okta’s recent investigation into the exploit of its Help Center environment in October disclosed that the threat actors stole the data that belonged to all customer support system users. Okta mentioned that the hackers also stole extra…
Europol Dismantles Ukrainian Ransomware Gang
A well-known ransomware organization operating in Ukraine has been successfully taken down by an international team under the direction of Europol, marking a major win against cybercrime. In this operation, the criminal group behind several high-profile attacks was the target…