Keenan & Associates, a California insurance broker, is notifying over 1.5 million individuals about a hacking incident in August 2023. The attack compromised personal and health information, including passport numbers and Social Security numbers.
The FBI advises against sending gold or other precious metals to legitimate businesses or U.S. government organizations and provides tips to reduce the risk of falling victim to fraud attempts.
Schneider Electric suffered a data breach from a Cactus ransomware attack, impacting their Sustainability Business division and causing outages on the Resource Advisor cloud platform.
The phishing ecosystem has shifted from exclusive Dark web forums to public Telegram channels, making illicit tools and stolen data easily accessible to both seasoned cybercriminals and newcomers.
Bastille Networks, Inc. has secured a $44 million Series C investment led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with participation from existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners.
Ransomware attacks have affected schools like Ohio’s Groveport Madison Schools, causing disruptions to internet access and damage to devices, but efforts to restore systems and minimize data theft have been successful.
New ransomware families like Albabat, Kasseika, and Kuiper are gaining traction, with Kuiper being attributed to a threat actor named RobinHood and leveraging the concurrency-focused nature of Golang.
Vladimir Dunaev was extradited to the US in October 2021 and pleaded guilty to charges related to computer fraud and identity theft. He developed malicious tools that aided in data theft and fraud, resulting in millions of dollars in losses.
The railway network, spanning 4,500 kilometers in Saudi Arabia, faces challenges in securing its legacy and modern technologies, especially with the introduction of IoT signaling and communication systems.
The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major lapse on the company’s part, a researcher said.