The 8Base ransomware attackers have incorporated a new variant of the Phobos ransomware and publicly available tools for financially motivated attacks. The variant used by the 8Base group includes features that can enable attackers to establish persistence on victims’ systems, perform speedy encryption, and remove backup and shadow copies. Organizations are recommended to keep track […]
The attack prompted SIAAP to file a complaint with authorities and take immediate measures to secure their systems to prevent further spread. It has prioritized maintaining the public sanitation service and is working to ensure a return to normalcy.
Vikas Singla, the former COO of a cybersecurity company, pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals in an attempt to boost his company’s business. Singla disrupted phone and printer services at the hospitals and stole personal information from patients.
Welltok, a patient communication services provider, has notified over 1.6 million patients that their private healthcare data may have been stolen in the MOVEit breach, affecting healthcare providers such as Stanford Health Care and Sutter Health.
Organizations running affected versions of Apache ActiveMQ should update to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate potential threats and protect their systems from the Kinsing malware.
Researchers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation have discovered that the Dragon Touch KidzPad Y88X 10 tablet, sold on Amazon, contains malware and preinstalled riskware. The tablet also comes with an outdated parental control app called KIDOZ.
The Rhysida ransomware gang, responsible for the attack, has leaked data stolen from the library’s internal HR files, prompting the library to advise users to change their passwords as a precautionary measure.
The Royal Mail has revealed the financial impact of a ransomware attack it suffered earlier this year. The attack caused severe disruption to its international services and resulted in a decline in revenue and parcel volumes.
The investigator’s victims included high-profile climate change activists, and their hacked communications were leaked to media outlets to undermine investigations into Exxon’s knowledge about climate change risks.
Access-as-a-service (AaaS) is a new underground business model in cybercrime where threat actors steal enterprise user credentials and sell them to other attack groups, leading to the exfiltration of confidential data.