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2023-02-03 20:28:11 | Zero day affecting Fortra\'s GoAnywhere file transfer tool is actively being exploited (lien direct) |  Fortra issued a private advisory about the zero-day. Cyber researchers then highlighted the information. There's no mention of a patch |
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2023-02-03 20:23:18 | Customizable new DDoS service already appears to have fans among pro-Russia hacking groups (lien direct) |  For $120 per month, Passion allows customers to “customize” their DDoS incidents. The tool allegedly has been used against hospital websites |
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2023-02-03 20:19:07 | New York attorney general fines developer of stalking apps (lien direct) |  The New York attorney general has ordered a spyware maker whose apps are marketed as tools for surveilling one's partner to pay a $410,000 fine and amend their business practices. Under Thursday's agreement with Patrick Hinchy, a Florida-based man whose 16 companies operate a constellation of spyware apps and services, the entities must alter practices [… |
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2023-02-03 18:19:29 | Tallahassee hospital diverting patients, canceling non-emergency surgeries after cyberattack (lien direct) |  A Tallahassee hospital has been forced to divert patients to other facilities and cancel all non-emergency surgical procedures after being hit by a cyberattack that began on Thursday night. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare – one of the biggest hospitals serving a 21-county region in north Florida and south Georgia – said they have had to take their [… |
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2023-02-03 16:53:57 | Microsoft accuses Iran\'s government of cyber operation against Charlie Hebdo (lien direct) |  Microsoft says the data breach of Charlie Hebdo was retaliation for the satire publication's call for drawings of Iran's leader, Ali Khamenei. |
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2023-02-03 14:49:36 | Julius \'zeekill\' Kivimäki, former Lizard Squad hacker, arrested in France (lien direct) |  Julius Kivimäki was being sought in the investigation into a cyberattack targeting Vastaamo, a Helsinki-based private psychotherapy center. |
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2023-02-03 14:20:42 | Russia-linked hacking against national labs spurs inquiry from two House chairmen (lien direct) |  The Russian group, known as Cold River, reportedly targeted the Brookhaven, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore labs in mid-2022 |
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2023-02-03 12:29:09 | Switzerland\'s largest university confirms \'serious cyberattack\' (lien direct) |  The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, announced on Friday it was the target of a “serious cyberattack,” which comes amid a wave of hacks targeting German-speaking institutions. The university's website is currently inaccessible, but the phone line to the press office is working. In a statement sent to The Record, a spokesperson described the [… |
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2023-02-02 21:04:29 | Hackers linked to North Korea targeted Indian medical org, energy sector (lien direct) |  The North Korean military's notorious hacking arm – known as the Lazarus Group – has been accused of targeting public and private sector research organizations, an Indian medical research company and other businesses in the energy sector. Security analysts at WithSecure said they were called on to respond to a cyberattack that they initially tied to the [… |
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2023-02-02 20:23:43 | Feds get guilty plea in Ubiquiti data extortion case (lien direct) |  Nickolas Sharp's audacious insider attack on his then-employer involved data theft, a ransom demand and disinformation to the media |
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2023-02-02 18:21:24 | Last year was the worst on record for crypto hacks, as North Korean groups cash in (lien direct) |  Nearly $4 billion was stolen in cyberattacks on cryptocurrency platforms in 2022, fueled in large part by hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government. Blockchain research firm Chainalysis found that it was a banner year for hackers targeting cryptocurrency firms, with about $3.8 billion in total stolen from companies in the industry, up [… |
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2023-02-02 15:54:42 | QNAP warns of new bug prompting worries of potential Deadbolt ransomware exploitation (lien direct) |  QNAP is warning customers to update their devices after a vulnerability was discovered making thousands of devices susceptible to attack |
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2023-02-02 15:24:42 | Data breach at Vice Media involved SSNs, financial info (lien direct) |  A data breach involving Vice Media leaked the sensitive information and financial data of more than 1,700 people, according to filings with Maine's Attorney General. In two separate filings on January 26 and 31, Vice Media said it was alerted in March 2022 that there was a cyberattack on its network. The media company hired [… |
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2023-02-02 13:57:35 | Ransomware gang attempts to extort UK school by posting files about at-risk children (lien direct) |  The Vice Society group apparently posted files that included safeguarding reports, which record information about at-risk students |
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2023-02-02 13:48:50 | Scammers managed to slip crypto apps onto Apple, Google app stores (lien direct) |  Scammers were able to get two fraudulent apps onto the app stores run by both Google and Apple that allowed them to push users into making fake cryptocurrency investments, according to a new report. Researchers from Sophos said they discovered Ace Pro and MBM_BitScan on both Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store. The apps [… |
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2023-02-02 07:30:00 | Here\'s who intelligence insiders tip for the next GCHQ director (lien direct) |  The search is on for one of the most senior roles in British intelligence. U.K. intelligence community (UKIC) insiders believe that the departure of GCHQ's current director, Sir Jeremy Fleming, offers a good opportunity for the agency to bring in its first female executive. A handful of in-the-knows told The Record of more than half […] |
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2023-02-01 20:59:46 | Russia-backed hacker group Gamaredon attacking Ukraine with info-stealing malware (lien direct) |  The Russian-sponsored hacker group known as Gamaredon continues to attack Ukrainian organizations and remains one of the “key cyber threats” for Ukraine's cyberspace, according to a report the Ukrainian government published Wednesday. Ukraine claims that Gamaredon operates from the city of Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea, but acts on orders from the FSB Center for Information [… |
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2023-02-01 19:25:23 | GoodRx to pay $1.5 million fine for sharing customer health info with Google, Facebook (lien direct) |  The feds say GoodRx violated the Health Breach Notification Rule by selling health information to companies such as Google and Facebook |
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2023-02-01 18:46:19 | \'Global markets\' impacted by ransomware attack on financial software company (lien direct) |  A ransomware attack on Dublin-based software company ION Group has impacted the trading of financial derivatives on international markets. ION Group describes itself as enabling “financial institutions, central banks and corporations to digitize and automate their most business critical processes.” A pop-up notice on its site on Wednesday warned that “a cybersecurity event” that struck [… |
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2023-02-01 17:12:21 | K-12 schools in Tucson, Nantucket respond to cyberattacks (lien direct) |  The disruptions to school networks in Arizona and Massachusetts follow a string of similar K-12 ransomware incidents |
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2023-02-01 15:03:40 | DocuSign scam targeted more than 10,000 inboxes: report (lien direct) |  Scammers used a malicious DocuSign document in a campaign that tried to steal credentials belonging to more than 10,000 people across several organizations. Researchers at cybersecurity company Armorblox said the brand impersonation campaign targeted Microsoft Office 365 email accounts and managed to bypass other security tools. The subject of the emails was “Please DocuSign: Approve [… |
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2023-02-01 14:09:58 | Microsoft notifies UK customers affected by hackers abusing \'verified publisher\' tag (lien direct) |  Microsoft said it has notified customers impacted by a campaign that involved the abuse of the company's “verified publisher” status to allow access to a victim's cloud environments. Accounts can gain verified publisher status when an app publisher has verified their identity using their Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) account and has associated this MPN account [… |
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2023-01-31 22:05:22 | Report: Developers are most in demand on dark web (lien direct) |  Hacker gangs often operate like businesses - they have salaries, working hours, clients and employees. To compete in a growing market, they are constantly looking for new talent with better skill sets, and they often use the same methods as legitimate tech companies and startups. The main difference is that cybercriminals do it in the [… |
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2023-01-31 20:54:06 | Pro-Russian DDoS attacks raise alarm in Denmark, U.S. (lien direct) |  Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by pro-Russian hacking groups are causing alarm in the U.S. and Denmark after several incidents affected websites of hospitals and government offices in both countries. On Tuesday, Denmark announced that it was raising its cyber risk alert level after weeks of attacks on banks and the country's defense ministry. “We are [… |
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2023-01-31 19:00:45 | LockBit takes credit for November ransomware attack on Sacramento PBS station (lien direct) |  The LockBit ransomware group this week said it was responsible for a November ransomware attack on a public broadcasting affiliate in Sacramento, California. The high-profile cybercrime gang made the claim on the dark web site where it leaks victims’ data. The PBS station KVIE announced the attack on November 23, noting that some of its [… |
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2023-01-31 16:33:08 | How the war in Ukraine has strengthened the Kremlin\'s ties with cybercriminals (lien direct) |  Before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, its law enforcement agencies carried out a series of arrests targeting prominent hacking groups and darknet forums including REvil, SkyFraud, Ferum Shop and Trump's Dumps. The crackdowns were touted as a demonstration of Russia's willingness to fight cybercrime and cooperate with foreign states in their investigations against Russia-linked […] |
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2023-01-31 14:24:32 | NFT company gets restraining order to freeze hacker\'s online wallet (lien direct) |  NFT Investments, a British company, worked through legal U.S. legal channels to freeze the digital assets wallet |
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2023-01-31 14:01:13 | British government minister told council to keep quiet after ransomware attack (lien direct) |  An unnamed British government minister told the leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to keep quiet about the impact of a “catastrophic” ransomware attack two years ago, a parliamentary committee was told on Monday. The pressure from central government to not discuss the impact of the attack “caused us a lot of issues,” said [… |
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2023-01-30 22:00:28 | Ransomware attack on Indianapolis Housing Agency leaks sensitive info on 200,000 residents (lien direct) |  The Indianapolis Housing Agency is notifying more than 200,000 people that their information, including Social Security numbers and more, was leaked during a ransomware attack in that began in September. The federally-funded agency is responsible for providing housing to low-income tenants across Indianapolis. It did not respond to requests for comment in October when the [… |
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2023-01-30 20:31:27 | New York\'s Andrew Garbarino takes helm of House\'s cybersecurity subcommittee (lien direct) |  New York Republican Andrew Garbarino has been chosen as the new chairman of the House’s Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee. With Republicans taking control of the House, experts were eagerly waiting for leadership to pick the successor to Democratic Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, another New Yorker who led the subcommittee when Democrats had the […] |
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2023-01-30 18:41:04 | TSA issues security directive to airports, carriers after \'no-fly\' list leak (lien direct) |  The Transportation Security Administration has issued a security directive to all U.S. airports and air carriers warning them about the need for more stringent cybersecurity protections following last week's revelation that the federal “no-fly” list had been leaked. Outrage has grown since a Swiss national published a blog post earlier this month explaining that a […] |
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2023-01-30 14:38:35 | Russian foreign ministry claims to be the target of \'coordinated\' cyber aggression (lien direct) |  Russia's deputy foreign minister claimed this weekend that the country has been the target of “coordinated aggression” in cyberspace conducted by “intelligence agencies, transnational IT corporations, and hacktivists.” Oleg Syromolotov, a former deputy director and counterintelligence chief for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), told the TASS news agency that “in 2022, Russia faced unprecedented […] |
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2023-01-30 14:28:49 | British retailer JD Sports reveals 2-year-old intrusion affecting data of 10 million customers (lien direct) |  British sportswear retailer JD Sports announced Monday that data belonging to approximately 10 million unique customers was compromised in a cyberattack that began last decade. Names, billing and delivery addresses, as well as emails, phone numbers and order details are among the information accessed by hackers between November 2018 and October 2020. The company did [… |
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2023-01-30 01:57:59 | How Ukraine\'s Cyber Police fights fraud, scams, and attacks on critical infrastructure (lien direct) |  Editor's note: Ukraine's Cyber Police had a busy year in 2022. The law enforcement agency typically focuses its efforts on online fraud, scams, and other forms of financially-motivated cybercrime. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Cyber Police started seeing a surge in new types of attacks. Yurii Vykhodets, who leads the department, said […] |
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2023-01-29 00:06:41 | Latvia confirms phishing attack on Ministry of Defense, linking it to Russian hacking group (lien direct) |  The Russian cyber-espionage group known as Gamaredon may have been behind a phishing attack on Latvia’s Ministry of Defense last week, the ministry told The Record on Friday. Hackers sent malicious emails to several employees of the ministry, pretending to be Ukrainian government officials. The attempted cyberattack was unsuccessful, the ministry added. The sample of [… |
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2023-01-28 11:28:51 | Could hackers change the daily Wordle? Researchers are torn (lien direct) |  Researchers are split on whether someone could hack into the New York Times' massively popular game Wordle and change the daily word users are forced to figure out. In a blog post last month, Noname Security's David Thomason said the the entire list of daily Wordles for the next few months could be discovered by [… |
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2023-01-27 23:21:42 | Charter Communications says vendor breach exposed some customer data (lien direct) |  Telecommunications company Charter Communications said one of its third-party vendors suffered from a security breach after data from the company showed up on a hacking forum. On Thursday, a forum user posted information allegedly stolen from the company that included names, account numbers, addresses and more for about 550,000 customers. “We are aware of the [… |
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2023-01-27 20:59:34 | Target says data sold on dark web is \'outdated,\' likely \'released by third party\' (lien direct) |  Following the posting of an alleged database of customer information on a hacker forum, Target is denying that the data being sold on the dark web is current and says that the information was not taken directly from its systems. On Thursday, the hacker posted the trove, which contains names, addresses, and transaction information, purportedly […] |
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2023-01-27 20:45:09 | Ransomware experts laud Hive takedown but question impact without arrests (lien direct) |  The Justice Department’s splashy announcement of the takedown of the Hive ransomware group’s infrastructure on Thursday was reminiscent of other recent high-profile operations against the scourge of ransomware. But the details of the operation set it apart from other ransomware group takedowns in recent years. FBI Director Christopher Wray said agents with the FBI's Tampa [… |
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2023-01-27 19:40:02 | ESET: Sandworm could be behind new file-deleting malware targeting Ukraine (lien direct) |  The notorious state-backed Russian hacking group known as Sandworm may be behind new malware targeting Ukraine, according to research published Friday by cybersecurity company ESET. Malware called SwiftSlicer hit one organization in Ukraine before it was discovered by the Slovakia-based firm this week. The researchers cannot disclose the name of the affected organization and don’t [… |
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2023-01-27 14:38:47 | Simon Case rules himself out of potentially scandalous bid for GCHQ director role (lien direct) |  The United Kingdom's Cabinet Secretary Simon Case has ruled himself out of a potentially scandalous bid to take over the reins at spy agency GCHQ. Case, who is the most senior member of Britain's civil service, had been touted as a potential applicant for the role by several sources with connections to the cyber and [… |
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2023-01-27 14:29:39 | Cyberattack confirmed as cause for phone and IT problems at British music school (lien direct) |  A school in Guildford, southwest of London, has confirmed that a cyberattack is responsible for knocking out its phone lines and impacting the school's IT systems. Guildford County School, a specialist music academy with over 1,000 students, first announced IT issues on Twitter on January 19. At the time its headteacher Steve Smith said the [… |
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2023-01-27 13:37:41 | Russia blocks access to US \'Rewards for Justice,\' FBI and CIA websites (lien direct) |  Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor blocked access to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice website on Friday, alongside the sites for the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The restrictions were first reported by the Russian newspaper Kommersant. Interfax later quoted Roskomnadzor as explaining that the blocks were put in place because [… |
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2023-01-26 21:30:32 | Large East Asian companies attacked with SparkRAT open source tool (lien direct) |  Large companies in East Asia are being attacked with an open source tool named SparkRAT, according to a new report. Researchers from SentinelLabs told The Record that they have been tracking a hacking group named “DragonSpark” since October due to its frequent attacks on large companies, which they did not name, and its ability to [… |
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2023-01-26 20:15:18 | CISA\'s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to tackle energy, water security in 2023 (lien direct) |  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) will be focusing this year on beefing up security in the energy sector and leading the effort to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan, according to the body’s planning agenda. Announced in 2021, the JCDC is an initiative spearheaded by CISA Director [… |
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2023-01-26 17:25:14 | \'We hacked the hackers:\' DOJ, FBI take down Hive ransomware after spending months inside gang systems (lien direct) |  The FBI and Justice Department took down the infrastructure of the Hive ransomware group on Thursday, announcing that their agents had been inside the group's systems since July 2022. FBI Director Christopher Wray said agents gained “clandestine, persistent access” to the control panel used by Hive operators seven months ago, allowing them to identify victims [… |
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2023-01-26 16:44:17 | Britain\'s cyber intel agency GCHQ to start search for new director as Fleming signals departure (lien direct) |  GCHQ, Britain's cyber and signals intelligence agency, is searching for a new director, following the announcement on Thursday that Sir Jeremy Fleming would be leaving. In a statement, the agency said: “In line with normal practice, there will be an internal civil service competition to identify a successor. Sir Jeremy and the Board will continue [… |
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2023-01-26 16:19:08 | Google shut down thousands of pro-Beijing disinformation channels on Taiwan, COVID-19 (lien direct) |  Google says it shut down more than 50,000 accounts promoting pro-People's Republic of China (PRC) disinformation in 2022 that focused on Taiwan, COVID-19 and U.S. politics. The takedowns are the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between Google and a campaign it has named “Dragonbridge.” Since 2019, the company says has shut down more than [… |
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2023-01-26 13:48:34 | Royal Mail nearly back to full operations following ransomware attack (lien direct) |  Royal Mail is close to resuming full operations just two weeks after a ransomware attack caused “severe service disruption,” marking a victory for British cyber authorities who have stressed the importance of recovery as well as resistance to combat the impact of attacks. The British postage and courier company's ability to dispatch parcels and letters [… |
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2023-01-26 01:04:11 | 820,000 people affected by Zacks Investment Research breach from November 2021 (lien direct) |  Stock market data giant Zacks Investment Research is sending out breach notification letters to 820,000 people after discovering a breach that lasted nearly one year. In filings with the Maine Attorney General's office, the company revealed that it suffered a breach that lasted from November 2021 to August 2022. The company did not respond to [… |
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