Academic grades were at danger due to a SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability in an open-source platform established by Greek universities to manage student data.…
US Education
phishing
The 0ktapus Phishing Attack: Campaign: The Most Prolific Phish
Global cybersecurity leader, Group-IB, has discovers that 9,931 thousand accounts from over 130 organisations were under compromise. It was because of a massive phishing…
DDoS
DDoS Attack – Russia Sets New Record
In a report published on January 24, 2023, Russian telecommunications company Rostelecom revealed 21.5 million critical web attacks. These attacks aimed at roughly 600…
Ransomware
In 2022, ransomware affected over 200 government, educational, and healthcare organizations.
In 2022, ransomware attacks impacted over 200 large organizations in the US public sector, including the government, education, and healthcare sectors. According to data…
Ransomware
Attackers using the Vice Society ransomware specifically targeted schools in 2022.
With 33 victims in 2022, the Vice Society cybercrime organization outperformed other malware groups like LockBit, BlackCat, BianLian, and Hive in its preference for…
cyberattack
Cyber Attack Suspected in Hartnell College Network Outage
Cyber attack suspected in Hartnell college on its network early on Sunday morning. The public community college in California shut down its servers. It…
cyberattack campaign
ZINC’s use of open-source software as a weapon
Microsoft has recently discovered social engineering activities by an actor we trace as ZINC that weaponized legal open-source software. In the US, UK, India,…
Malware
Various sectors’ search engine users are directed to JavaScript malware via SEO poisoning campaigns
The clever operation directs people looking for business templates and forms to websites that are hosting dangerous files. Researchers have found a high-effort SEO…
Data
Considerations for Strong Authentication in Digital, Cloud-First Businesses
Organizations must use authentication as a foundational security measure. If they want to know who and what is using their resources and assets. Strong…
cybercriminal
Reverse tunnelling and URL shorteners are tools used by cybercriminals to run “nearly undetected” phishing attacks.
Threat actors can now avoid some of the most powerful phishing defences thanks to a new hacking approach. Criminal organizations are using a new…