The number of ransomware claims filed by U.S. clients of insurance broker Marsh spiked 77% in the first quarter of the year compared with the prior three-month period, the company told CFO Dive.
While looking for activities from the usual suspects, one of our former coworkers at Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence Team discovered a new interesting lure that targeted the Eastern Ukraine region and reported that finding to the public.
Microsoft patched the modified attack – tracked as CVE-2023-29324 – during this month’s dump of fixes, rating the bug as “important” but not “critical.” Researchers from Akamai, which found and disclosed the bug, say it merits a critical rating.
Joseph James O’Connor, who also went by the online alias PlugwalkJoe, admitted to “his role in cyberstalking and multiple schemes that involve computer hacking, including the July 2020 hack of Twitter,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said.
Siemens has published six new advisories describing 26 vulnerabilities in Siveillance Video products, Cloud Connect 7, and more. Schneider Electric has published four new advisories that describe half a dozen vulnerabilities.
The frontman of the alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, revealed that he paid a ransom after a hacker stole the band’s songs and threatened to leak them.
Adobe has announced security updates for its Substance 3D Painter product to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities. This is the only product for which the software giant released updates this Patch Tuesday.
Australia’s TechnologyOne Ltd said on Wednesday it had detected an unauthorised third-party access to its back-office systems, becoming the latest target in a series of cyberattacks that has bogged companies in the country since last year.
Intel has released 38 advisories covering over 80 vulnerabilities. The company has addressed nearly two dozen issues rated ‘high severity’ — the remaining bugs have been rated ‘medium severity’ and one is ‘low severity’.
Attackers are using malicious ads to redirect users to what looks like a Windows security update. The scheme is very well designed as it relies on the web browser to display a full-screen animation resembling what you’d expect from Microsoft.