Attackers usually replace the index.php with an infected copy of the WordPress index.php file and also add hundreds or thousands of infected .htaccess files throughout the website directories.

South Australia Treasurer Rob Lucas said on Friday that state government employee data has been exfiltrated as part of a ransomware attack on payroll provider Frontier Software.

The US federal agencies have two weeks to close the vulnerabilities published in 2021 and six months for older Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) — some of which date back to 2014.

So far this year, the HHS has received reports of 578 breaches, according to its database. That’s less than the 599 breaches in 2020, but last year’s breaches only affected about 26 million people.

Sucuri researchers have spotted a new trend, threat actors are injecting the e-skimmers into WordPress plugin files, instead of ‘wp-admin’ and ‘wp-includes’ core directories which are more monitored.

In May, multiple government agencies — including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism; the Cabinet Secretariat; and Narita Airport — were hacked through the SaaS platform.

A new Trend Micro study showed that IoT Linux malware has been steadily evolving, particularly those that are used to create IoT botnets. Capabilities were both added and removed over time.

The Series C funding round was led by PSG. The company plans to use the new funding to expand its international footprint and continue to grow its platform’s capabilities.

Personal data stolen from wind turbine maker Vestas by hackers in a so-called ransomware attack last month has been made public, the wind turbine maker said late on Wednesday.

Google disrupted the Glupteba botnet that targeted Windows computers to steal user credentials and cookies, and also mine cryptocurrencies. The tech giant has filed a temporary restraining order, along with a complaint against two Russian individuals and 15 other unknown individuals. Researchers believe that Glupteba operators may try again to regain control of the botnet […]