Category: Cyber-crime

February 6, 2024

Global securities finance tech company EquiLend’s systems are now back online after announcing a disruptive ransomware attack nearly two weeks ago. EquiLend was founded in 2001 by some of Wall Street’s biggest players – its board of directors includes BlackRock, […]

February 6, 2024

Dutch authorities are lifting the curtain on an attempted cyberattack last year at its Ministry of Defense (MoD), blaming Chinese state-sponsored attackers for the espionage-focused intrusion. Specialists from the Netherlands’ Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the General Intelligence […]

February 1, 2024

Ransomware gang LockBit is claiming responsibility for an attack on a Chicago children’s hospital in an apparent deviation from its previous policy of not targeting nonprofits. Stooping to new lows, the criminals are reportedly unwilling to reverse the attack on […]

February 1, 2024

The United States continues to grapple with cyber intrusions emanating from sophisticated hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese government. In December 2023, the U.S. government conducted an extensive operation to disrupt a Chinese state-sponsored botnet that was being used to […]

January 31, 2024

Volt Typhoon, the Chinese government-backed cyberspies whose infrastructure was at least partially disrupted by Uncle Sam, has been homing in on other US energy, satellite and telecommunications systems, according to Robert Lee, CEO of security shop Dragos. Lee reported that […]

January 31, 2024

Users of Ivanti’s Connect Secure (ICS) virtual private network (VPN) devices beware – the solutions carry two high severity vulnerabilities that are being chained together to deliver the Silver malware. First things first – the two vulnerabilities being abused here […]

January 31, 2024

This week, crooks stole around $112 million worth of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet belonging to the Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen. Larsen pointed out that the hackers compromised his personal XRP accounts, while the […]

January 30, 2024

Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. BleepingComputer first reported the attack that hit the Sustainability Business division of the company on January 17th. BleepingComputer contacted Schneider Electric which confirmed the […]

January 30, 2024

The New York attorney general sued the third-largest bank in the United States over its alleged failure to protect consumers from scammers and its refusal to make victims whole after online thieves have plundered their life savings. Manhattan-based Citibank, state […]

January 29, 2024

A new report from Trustwave cybersecurity researchers SpiderLabs has claimed hackers are increasingly turning to the Greatness phishing kit due to its advanced features, simplicity in use, and relatively low cost. Greatness was developed by a threat actor going by […]

January 29, 2024

Consumers in China looking to access banned communications apps such as Telegram are being targeted by threat actors looking to deploy various malware. This is according to a new report from Malwarebytes’ Jérôme Segura, who found unnamed hackers have been […]

January 29, 2024

Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, announced that it has identified and detained an alleged member of the pro-Russia hacker group known as the Cyber Army of Russia. The news was first reported by The Record Media. The hacktivists group is […]

January 25, 2024

ESET researchers have discovered NSPX30, a sophisticated implant used by a new China-aligned APT group, which they dubbed Blackwood. Blackwood has carried out cyberespionage operations against individuals and companies from China, Japan, and the United Kingdom. It leverages adversary-in-the-middle techniques […]

January 23, 2024

Southern Water confirmed this morning that criminals broke into its IT systems, making off with a “limited amount of data.” The Black Basta ransomware group claimed the attack while publishing a snippet of the data it allegedly stole, which included: […]

January 22, 2024

The LockBit ransomware gang is claiming an attack on submarine sandwich slinger Subway, alleging it has made off with a platter of data. LockBit’s post to its leak blog, published on January 21, suggests one of its affiliates breached Subway’s […]

January 19, 2024

Microsoft has released a report detailing recent activity by Mint Sandstorm, an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group, targeting high-profile academics and researchers working on Middle Eastern affairs. The report highlights new tactics and malware, signaling an escalation in capabilities. According to […]

January 18, 2024

Russian cyberspies linked to the Kremlin’s Federal Security Service (FSB) are moving beyond their usual credential phishing antics and have developed a custom backdoor that they started delivering via email as far back as November 2022, according to Google’s Threat […]

January 18, 2024

Ransomware attacks are being linked to a litany of psychological and physical illnesses reported by infosec professionals, and in some cases blamed for hospitalizations. A cybersecurity worker in the financial services industry, for example, pinned the stress of remediating ransomware […]

January 17, 2024

Scammers are buying up cheap domain names to host sites that sell dodgy health products using fake articles, according to cybercrime disruption outfit Netcraft. The firm on Tuesday noted that purveyors of legal-but-dubious health products often run fake news campaigns […]

January 11, 2024

Security experts believe Chinese nation-state attackers are actively exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in security products made by Ivanti. If you’re an admin or a user of the two products affected, VPN service Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) and network access control […]