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Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code

Microsoft says the Russian 'Midnight Blizzard' hacking group recently accessed some of its internal systems and source code repositories using authentication secrets stolen during a January cyberattack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 08, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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U.S. charges Iranian for hacks on defense orgs, offers $10M for info

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has unveiled an indictment against Alireza Shafie Nasab, a 39-year-old Iranian national, for his role in a cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. government and defense entities.
- Bill Toulas
- March 01, 2024
- 09:47 AM
- 0
US, UK, Australia sanction REvil hacker behind Medibank data breach

The Australian government has announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, a Russian national considered responsible for the 2022 Medibank hack and a member of the REvil ransomware group.
- Bill Toulas
- January 23, 2024
- 08:40 AM
- 0
Halara probes breach after hacker leaks data for 950,000 people

Popular athleisure clothing brand Halara is investigating a data breach after the alleged data of almost 950,000 customers was leaked on a hacking forum.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 11, 2024
- 03:28 PM
- 0
23andMe updates user agreement to prevent data breach lawsuits

As Genetic testing provider 23andMe faces multiple lawsuits for an October credential stuffing attack that led to the theft of customer data, the company has modified its Terms of Use to make it harder to sue the company.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 07, 2023
- 03:40 PM
- 1
Russian hackers use Ngrok feature and WinRAR exploit to attack embassies

After Sandworm and APT28 (known as Fancy Bear), another state-sponsored Russian hacker group, APT29, is leveraging the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR for cyberattacks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 19, 2023
- 11:14 AM
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New Samsung data breach impacts UK store customers

Samsung Electronics is notifying some of its customers of a data breach that exposed their personal information to an unauthorized individual.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 15, 2023
- 06:07 PM
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University of Michigan employee, student data stolen in cyberattack

The University of Michigan says in a statement today that they suffered a data breach after hackers broke into its network in August and accessed systems with information belonging to students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 23, 2023
- 03:34 PM
- 0
North Korean hackers exploit critical TeamCity flaw to breach networks

Microsoft says that the North Korean Lazarus and Andariel hacking groups are exploiting the CVE-2023-42793 flaw in TeamCity servers to deploy backdoor malware, likely to conduct software supply chain attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 18, 2023
- 06:33 PM
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Coffee Meets Bagel says recent outage caused by destructive cyberattack

The Coffee Meets Bagel dating platform confirms last week's outage was caused by hackers breaching the company's systems and deleting company data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 05, 2023
- 06:01 PM
- 0
Over 100K hacking forums accounts exposed by info-stealing malware

Researchers discovered 120,000 infected systems that contained credentials for cybercrime forums. Many of the computers belong to hackers, the researchers say.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 14, 2023
- 03:22 PM
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- July 24, 2023
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Microsoft: Hackers turn Exchange servers into malware control centers

Microsoft and the Ukraine CERT warn of new attacks by the Russian state-sponsored Turla hacking group, targeting the defense industry and Microsoft Exchange servers with a new 'DeliveryCheck' malware backdoor.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 19, 2023
- 03:06 PM
- 0
Hacker ‘PlugwalkJoe’ pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter breach

Joseph James O'Connor, aka 'PlugwalkJoke,' has pleaded guilty to multiple cybercrime offenses, including SIM swapping attacks, cyberstalking, computer hacking, and hijacking high-profile accounts on Twitter and TikTok.
- Bill Toulas
- May 10, 2023
- 09:48 AM
- 0
Hackers target vulnerable Veeam backup servers exposed online

Veeam backup servers are being targeted by at least one group of threat actors known to work with multiple high-profile ransomware gangs.
- Bill Toulas
- April 29, 2023
- 10:41 AM
- 1
US, UK warn of govt hackers using custom malware on Cisco routers

The US, UK, and Cisco are warning of Russian state-sponsored APT28 hackers deploying a custom malware named 'Jaguar Tooth' on Cisco IOS routers, allowing unauthenticated access to the device.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 18, 2023
- 05:42 PM
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Spain's most dangerous and elusive hacker now in police custody

The police in Spain have arrested José Luis Huertas (aka "Alcaseca", "Mango", "chimichuri"), a 19-year-old regarded as the most dangerous hackers in the country.
- Bill Toulas
- April 05, 2023
- 03:34 AM
- 0
Acer confirms breach after 160GB of data for sale on hacking forum

Taiwanese computer giant Acer confirmed that it suffered a data breach after threat actors hacked a server hosting private documents used by repair technicians.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2023
- 10:38 AM
- 0
Russian hacker convicted of $90 million hack-to-trade charges

Russian national Vladislav Klyushin was found guilty of participating in a global scheme that involved hacking into U.S. computer networks to steal confidential earnings reports, which helped the criminals net $90,000,000 in illegal profits.
- Bill Toulas
- February 15, 2023
- 03:39 PM
- 0
Cybercrime job ads on the dark web pay up to $20k per month

Cybercrime groups are increasingly running their operations as a business, promoting jobs on the dark web that offer developers and hackers competitive monthly salaries, paid time off, and paid sick leaves.
- Bill Toulas
- January 30, 2023
- 04:38 PM
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