Genshin Impact developer miHoYohas responded to an in-game hacking situation that has caused problems recently in its player community, warning that they would take legal action against those responsible.

The hackers behind Ransomed are probably linked to other data leak websites like BreachForums and Exposed, Flashpot said. Some of these sites have shut down due to money problems or poor management, the researchers said.

The researchers also observed the threat actor downloading a malicious bash script named ‘reketed’ from a Tor proxy service, which evaded detection from AV engines on VirusTotal.

Microsoft is alerting about a rise in AiTM phishing methods within the PhaaS cybercrime model, enabling widespread large-scale phishing campaigns. The primary aim of these attacks is to steal session cookies, allowing malicious actors to gain entry to privileged systems without needing to authenticate again. As cybercriminal sophistication continues to grow, organizations must implement comprehensive […]

The University of Michigan has taken all of its systems and services offline to deal with a cybersecurity incident, causing a widespread impact on online services the night before classes started.

“The current spike in DarkGate malware activity is plausible given the fact that the developer of the malware has recently started to rent out the malware to a limited number of affiliates,” Telekom Security said in a report published last week.

Suspected Chinese hackers breached Japan’s cybersecurity agency and potentially accessed sensitive data stored on its networks for nine months before being discovered, it was reported on Tuesday.

The attacks’ motivation was espionage, with the threat actor (tracked as UNC4841) engaging in targeted exfiltration from systems belonging to high-profile users in government and high-tech verticals.

The network typically posted praise for China and its Xinjiang province and criticisms of the United States, Western foreign policies, and critics of the Chinese government including journalists and researchers, the Meta report says.

Attackers are increasingly using backend PHP infections, making it more challenging to detect Magecart infections without access to the compromised website’s backend code.