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Cyber warfare, Cyber-crime

Ukraine’s SBU arrested a member of Pro-Russia hackers group ‘Cyber Army of Russia’

January 29, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

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 […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

A TrickBot malware developer sentenced to 64 months in prison

January 26, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

The Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (40) has been sentenced in the US to 64 months in prison for his role in the development and distribution of the TrickBot malware. Vladimir Dunaev was extradited to the U.S. in October 2021. Dunaev, […]


Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

Multiple organizations in Iran were breached by a mysterious hacker

January 2, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Hudson Researchers reported that on December 20th, a hacker using the moniker ‘irleaks’ announced the availability for sale of over 160,000,000 records allegedly stolen from 23 leading insurance companies in Iran. The hacker claims that stolen data includes first name, […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Kazakhstan to Extradite Russian Hacker to Moscow

December 26, 2023

Via: DataBreach Today

A Russian man accused by the United States of trafficking in a hacked database of online credentials will apparently evade American courts after the Russian government said it had succeeded in extraditing him. Russian prosecutors said authorities in Kazakhstan will […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

23andMe Data Breach Impacts Nearly 7 Million Users

December 7, 2023

Via: SecureWorld

New revelations have shed light on the extensive fallout of the 23andMe data breach, which has exposed the personal information of a staggering 6.9 million users. This significant update comes almost two months after the genetic testing company initially reported […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

U.K. Fraudster Behind iSpoof Scam Receives 13-Year Jail Term for Cyber Crimes

May 22, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A U.K. national responsible for his role as the administrator of the now-defunct iSpoof online phone number spoofing service has been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison. Tejay Fletcher, 35, of Western Gateway, London, was awarded the […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

US Gov offers a $10M reward for a Russian ransomware actor

May 17, 2023

Via: Security Affairs

The US Justice Department charged Russian national Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (30), aka Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar, for his alleged role in multiple ransomware attacks. The DoJ unsealed two indictments charging the man with using three different ransomware families in […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Mandiant Also Links 3CX Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Hackers

April 12, 2023

Via: SecurityWeek

Google-owned Mandiant is investigating the breach and 3CX has released some information from the security firm’s initial analysis. “Based on the Mandiant investigation into the 3CX intrusion and supply chain attack thus far, they attribute the activity to a cluster […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Europe, North America Most Impacted by 3CX Supply Chain Hack

April 3, 2023

Via: SecurityWeek

According to data collected by Fortinet, based on the number of devices connecting to attacker-controlled infrastructure, the highest percentage of victims is in Italy, followed by Germany, Austria, the United States, South Africa, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada and the […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

Acronis Clarifies Hack Impact Following Data Leak

March 10, 2023

Via: Security Week

A hacker announced on a popular cybercrime forum on Thursday that they were “leaking data of a cybersecurity company called Acronis”, claiming that they hacked the company because they were bored and wanted to humiliate them. The hacker is the […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Hacker claims to have private data of 400 million Twitter users for sale

December 27, 2022

Via: TechRadar

Just when you thought the various controversies surrounding Twitter were winding down, a hacker claims to be selling the data of 400 million users. The data is said to have been captured in 2021, and was obtained using an API […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Hacker Rewarded $70,000 for Finding Way to Bypass Google Pixel Phones’ Lock Screens

November 10, 2022

Via: The Hacker News

Google has resolved a high-severity security issue affecting all Pixel smartphones that could be trivially exploited to unlock the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20465 and reported by security researcher David Schütz in June 2022, was remediated as part of […]


Cyber-crime, Phishing

Bed Bath & Beyond Investigating Data Breach After Employee Falls for Phishing Attack

November 1, 2022

Via: Security Week

Only few details have been shared by the retailer as the investigation is ongoing. The company explained that it became aware of unauthorized access to some data after an employee was targeted in a ‘phishing scam’ in October. The hacker […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

Uber Says It’s Investigating a Potential Breach of Its Computer Systems

September 16, 2022

Via: The Hacker News

Ride hailing giant Uber disclosed Thursday it’s responding to a cybersecurity incident involving a breach of its network and that it’s in touch with law enforcement authorities. The New York Times first reported the incident. The company pointed to its […]


Data loss, Hacker, Threats & Malware

Hacker claims access to Shanghai Covid app, threatens to sell data on millions of users

August 15, 2022

Via: TechRadar

A hacker claims to have breached Shanghai’s Covid app and stolen the personal user data found there According to a Reuters report, a cybercriminal going by the name XJP took to the hacker forum Breach Forums, to advertise a database […]


Cyber-crime, Phishing

Cisco has been hacked by a ransomware gang

August 11, 2022

Via: Help Net Security

U.S. networking giant Cisco Systems has been hacked, the company confirmed on Wednesday, after Yanluowang ransomware operators claimed the attack on their leak site. But according to Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence team, the breach resulted in the exfiltraton of inconsequential […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

Hacker Claims Major Chinese Citizens’ Data Theft

July 5, 2022

Via: Security Week

A sample of 750,000 entries posted online by the hacker showed citizens’ names, mobile phone numbers, national ID numbers, addresses, birthdays and police reports they had filed. AFP and cybersecurity experts have verified some of the citizen data in the […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Capital One identity theft hacker finally gets convicted

June 21, 2022

Via: Naked Security

Remember the Capital One breach? We did, though we felt sure it had happened a long time ago. Indeed, when we checked, it had: the story first broke almost three years ago, back in July 2019. At the time, the […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

U.S. warns of North Korean hackers posing as IT freelancers

May 18, 2022

Via: Help Net Security

Companies and other organizations should be careful when employing IT freelancers, lest they end up hiring North Korean hackers. The advice comes from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

U.K. Hacker Jailed for Spying on Children and Downloading Indecent Images

January 14, 2022

Via: The Hacker News

A man from the U.K. city of Nottingham has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for illegally breaking into the phones and computers of a number of victims, including women and children, to spy on them and […]