DarkGate and Pikabot malware emerge as Qakbot’s successors
A sophisticated phishing campaign pushing the DarkGate malware infections has recently added the PikaBot malware into the mix, making it…
Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals
The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett…
FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping…
Exploit for CrushFTP RCE chain released, patch now
A proof-of-concept exploit was publicly released for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the CrushFTP enterprise suite, allowing unauthenticated…
The Week in Ransomware – November 17th 2023 – Citrix in the Crosshairs
Ransomware gangs target exposed Citrix Netscaler devices using a publicly available exploit to breach large organizations, steal data, and encrypt…
FBI shares tactics of notorious Scattered Spider hacker collective
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory about the evasive threat actor…
Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial
Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a…
Samsung hit by new data breach impacting UK store customers
Samsung Electronics is notifying some of its customers of a data breach that exposed their personal information to an unauthorized…
LockBit ransomware exploits Citrix Bleed in attacks, 10K servers exposed
The Lockbit ransomware attacks use publicly available exploits for the Citrix Bleed vulnerability (CVE-2023-4966) to breach the systems of large…
LockBit ransomware leaks gigabytes of Boeing data
The LockBit ransomware gang published data stolen from Boeing, one of the largest aerospace companies that services commercial airplanes and…