Category: Malware

November 20, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group says it’s behind the highly disruptive October cyberattack on the British Library, leaking a snippet of stolen data in the process. A low-res image shared to its leak site appears to show a handful of passport […]

November 16, 2023

Rackspace’s costs from last year’s ransomware infection continue to mount: the cloud hosting biz told America’s financial watchdog, the SEC, its total expenses to date regarding that cyberattack have reached $12 million – so far. The extortionware raid on the […]

November 14, 2023

Google has sued three scammers for offering a fake download of its Bard AI chatbot that contained malware capable of stealing credentials for small business’ social media accounts. The web giant’s lawsuit [PDF], filed on Monday in a San Jose […]

November 13, 2023

Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator has described an attack on logistics company DP World as a “nationally significant cyber incident.” The attack saw DP World’s tech go offline at four Australian ports late last Friday. The facilities remain closed at […]

November 13, 2023

Danish critical infrastructure faced the biggest online attack in the country’s history in May, according to SektorCERT, Denmark’s specialist organization for the cybersecurity of critical kit. Detailing the attack waves in a report, it revealed that 22 companies were breached […]

November 10, 2023

The LockBit crew is claiming to have leaked all of the data it stole from Boeing late last month, after the passenger jet giant apparently refused to pay the ransom demand. The gang dumped the files online early Friday morning. […]

November 10, 2023

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), recognized as the world’s largest commercial bank, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The incident, which unfolded on November 8, 2023, has sent ripples through the global financial community, emphasizing the […]

November 9, 2023

Sberbank , the Russian banking and financial services giant, announced that it was recently hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that reached 1 million RPS. After the invasion of Ukraine, most Russian organizations and international companies […]

November 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. The average business faces more than 700 of these types of attacks every single year. Whether manifesting itself in a sophisticated phishing […]

November 2, 2023

Boeing has acknowledged a cyber incident just days after ransomware gang LockBit reportedly exfiltrated sensitive data from the aerospace defence contractor. “We are aware of a cyber incident impacting elements of our parts and distribution business,” Boeing told The Register. […]

October 31, 2023

The British Library has confirmed to The Register that a “cyber incident” is the cause of a “major” multi-day IT outage. The social media mouthpiece for the Library began reporting issues on the morning of October 28, saying its website […]

October 30, 2023

Stanford University has confirmed it is “investigating a cybersecurity incident” after an attack last week by the Akira ransomware group. Akira claimed the attack on Stanford on October 27, saying it had stolen 430 GB worth of data from the […]

October 30, 2023

Notorious ransomware gang LockBit has reportedly exfiltrated “a tremendous amount of sensitive data from aerospace outfit Boeing. VX underground published a screenshot of Lockbit’s announcement, and threat to expose data if Boeing does not engage with it by November 2nd. […]

October 27, 2023

Microsoft’s latest report on “one of the most dangerous financial criminal groups” operating offers security pros an abundance of threat intelligence to protect themselves from its myriad tactics. The “unique” native English-speaking group is tracked by Microsoft as Octo Tempest […]

October 26, 2023

Famous watchmaker Seiko has confirmed that the cyberattack it suffered in July 2023 was indeed a cybersecurity incident carried out by the infamous BlackCat ransomware gang. In an incident report published on October 25 (the third one in the series), […]

October 23, 2023

Law enforcement authorities from 11 countries last week conducted a coordinated takedown of the Ragnar Locker ransomware group, delivering a major blow to one of the most dangerous ransomware operations of recent years. The operation was led by Europol and […]

October 20, 2023

Hackers are getting creative with malicious Google Ads campaigns, with a new scam spotted by cybersecurity researchers Malwarebytes meaning even more eagle-eyed visitors could fall prey and end up accidentally installing malware. Hackers were spotted distributing malware by impersonating the […]

October 17, 2023

According to Statista.com, the impact of cybercrime is expected to reach almost $13 trillion this year. Furthermore, it’s estimated that this sum will increase to nearly $24 trillion by 2027. Based on Ransomlooker, a free Cybernews tool for monitoring the […]

October 16, 2023

An unspecified security incident is forcing many state courts across Kansas to rely on paper filings, and it may have continue to do so for weeks, a state judge has warned. The Kansas Supreme Court issued a brief notice that […]

October 16, 2023

Microsoft announced that its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped to block a large-scale hacking campaign carried out by Akira ransomware operators (tracked by Microsoft as Storm-1567) The attack took place in early June 2023 and aimed at an industrial engineering […]