Europol has successfully dismantled a Franco-Israeli ‘CEO fraud’ group that employed business email compromise (BEC) attacks to divert payments from organizations to bank accounts under the threat actor’s control. The group managed to pilfer €38,000,000 ($40.3M) from a single company…
Activision has acknowledged that a data breach occurred in early December 2022 due to hackers deceiving an employee with an SMS phishing text to access the company’s internal systems. According to the video game developer, neither player information nor the…
Most of the thousands of hacked computers are found in Iran, the United States, Indonesia, and India, thanks to the sophisticated botnet MyloBot. According to recent research by BitSight, the number of unique hosts has decreased from a peak of…
In early December 2022, GoDaddy got complaints from a small number of customers. It was about their websites being intermittently redirected. Upon investigation, it was discovered that an unauthorized third party had gained access. It was access to servers in…
One of the top global providers of tools, services, and software for the production of semiconductors, Applied Materials, has warned that a cybersecurity breach at one of its suppliers might cost the company $250 million in second-quarter sales. MKS Instruments…
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 attack campaign called “0ktapus”. The campaign has been active since March 2022 and affected several organisations,…
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has reported that a recent cyberattack on its website and mobile app. This attack led to the exposure of customer data. The airline told passengers that the multi-hour outage was because by the cyberattack. It led the…
Researchers from ESET have discovered a malware operation that preys on Chinese speakers in Southeast and East Asia, paying for deceptive ads appearing in Google search results and directing users to download trojanized installers. The unidentified attackers made phoney websites…
Russian National Found Guilty of Hacking US Networks to Steal Confidential Earnings Reports A Moscow-based cybersecurity firm owner, Vladislav Klyushin, was extradited to the US in December 2021. It was to face charges of hacking into US-based filing agents to…
On February 11, 2022, the City of Oakland in California declared a state of emergency after suffering a ransomware attack. The attack affected the city’s computer systems, including email, phone, and online services. The ransomware attackers demanded payment in exchange…
