Earlier this week, Amazon's cloud computing network suffered from a five-hour outage in which sites such as League of Legends, Tinder, Coinbase, Netflix, Slack, Instacart, Robinhood, Disney+, and more …
SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware
The Russian threat actors behind the SolarWinds attacks, which Microsoft refers to as Nobelium, are allegedly conducting attacks using new tactics and malware. Just one year after the devastating …
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Google Takes Down Glupteba Botnet; Files Lawsuit Against Operators
Google's Threat Analysis Group has taken down the blockchain-enabled botnet known as Glupteba, which consists of roughly 1 million compromised Windows and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Glupteba is …
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Nine State Department Phones Hijacked by Spyware
According to recent reports, nine US State Department officials had their iPhones remotely hacked by spyware developed by the highly controversial NSO Group. NSO Group is an Israeli firm that is …
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Threat Group Takes Aim Again at Cloud Platform Provider Zoho
An unknown state-backed threat actor has allegedly expanded its attack efforts against cloud platform company Zoho and its ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus software. The software is a help desk and asset …
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Cuba ransomware group hit 49 critical infrastructure organizations
Last Friday, the FBI released a new notice regarding the Cuba ransomware, stating that a threat group has attacked 49 entities spanning five different critical infrastructure sectors. The FBI also …
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Someone stole $120 million in crypto by hacking a DeFi website
On Wednesday night, someone drained funds from multiple cryptocurrency wallets connected to the decentralized finance platform BadgerDAO. According to the blockchain security and data analytics …
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Planned Parenthood Breach Opens Patients to Follow-On Attacks
Planned Parenthood's Los Angeles division has suffered from a cyberattack, resulting in data theft and patient data compromised. According to Planned Parenthood, attackers accessed information such as …
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Widespread ‘Smishing’ Campaign Defrauds Iranian Android Users
Attackers are impersonating the Iranian government in the latest SMS malware campaign against Iranian residents. The attackers are using socially engineered messages to compromise devices, seeking …
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Stealthy ‘WIRTE’ Gang Targets Middle Eastern Governments
On Monday, Kaspersky released a report detailing its latest findings pertaining to a threat actor tracked as WIRTE. Kaspersky stated that the group has been attacking Middle Eastern governments since …
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