A new Gen Digital security threat report for Q3 has revealed a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Key trends include a surge in social engineering attacks, a significant increase in ransomware incidents, and the emergence...
A new ransomware operation known as Helldown is gaining momentum in cyberspace, reportedly exploiting vulnerabilities in Zyxel firewalls to infiltrate corporate networks. According to the French cybersecurity firm Sekoia, these attacks enable criminals to...
Trend Micro has uncovered a new cyber threat campaign in which the Water Barghest group transforms thousands of vulnerable IoT devices into proxy networks within minutes of their compromise. Since 2020, the attackers have...
The GrayKey tool, widely used for unlocking phones and conducting digital forensic investigations, can no longer extract complete data from iPhones running iOS 18 and iOS 18.0.1. This revelation stems from leaked internal documents...
The company iLearningEngines has reported a cyberattack in which perpetrators gained unauthorized access to its network and diverted $250,000. This was disclosed in a filing submitted to the SEC. According to the documents, an...
Microsoft has addressed a vulnerability that allowed attackers to exploit the Microsoft 365 administrative portal to send emails containing sexually explicit threats, bypassing spam filters. This scam, which leveraged the fear of disseminating “compromising”...
In October 2024, Huntress analysts documented two incidents involving the emergence of a new ransomware strain known as SafePay. This malware is distinguished by its unique “.safepay” file extension and the ransom note titled...
Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for her involvement in laundering funds stolen from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016. Her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the...
Apple has released emergency security updates to address two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting systems with Intel processors. The updates resolve flaws identified in macOS Sequoia’s JavaScriptCore and WebKit components: CVE-2024-44308 (CVSS score:...
The Shadowserver Foundation has uncovered a botnet leveraging a zero-day vulnerability in obsolete GeoVision devices, exploiting them for DDoS attacks or cryptocurrency mining. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-11120, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and involves...
The largest telecommunications companies in the United States, including T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, have fallen victim to a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign orchestrated by China. This revelation was recently reported by The Wall...
The fictional broadcast Black-out on NPO 1 has sparked widespread controversy across social media. Numerous viewers shared their reactions to the project, including critiques of its format and the delivery of its content. The...
