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AI drives ransomware to new highs – report
The number of reported ransomware attacks has doubled since last year, says cybersecurity company Barracuda.
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NoName hacker group targets Italy's top-tier banks
Italy’s national cybersecurity agency said several leading Italian banks were knocked offline Tuesday during a targeted hacker attack.
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US tackles growing cyber workforce demand with new national strategy
The US has released a national strategy to transform education and strengthen the workforce to meet the growing demand for cyber professionals.
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Pentagon investigating “critical compromise” of comms – media
An Air Force engineer supposedly stole $90,000 worth of equipment from an air force base in Tennessee, reportedly granting himself “unauthorized administrator access” to sensitive military radio communications.
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Hackers threaten to auction off DNA patient records from Oklahoma hospital
The McAlester Regional Health Center in Oklahoma is being targeted by a known ransom group claiming to have stolen over 126GB of data from the facility, including a swath of DNA patient records to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
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Crypto payments platform CoinsPaid loses $37M, points finger at Lazarus Group
European crypto payment platform CoinsPaid suffered a cyberattack that ended in $37.3 million going missing. While it suspects the North Korean Lazarus Group as the culprit, the Estonian firm boasts a “record low” reward for the cybercriminals.
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Russia ramps up censorship on VKontakte since invading Ukraine
Russian authorities have been censoring the country’s biggest social network, VKontakte (VK), on a much larger scale since it attacked Ukraine in 2022, a new report shows.
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Medicaid administrator breach exposes 8M+ people
Maximus, a US government contractor, said that MOVEit Transfer hackers stole the personal details, including the Social Security numbers (SSNs), of 8 to 11 million people.
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Romance scammer jailed for conning Holocaust survivor out of $2.8M
A woman from Florida has been jailed for 51 months for defrauding a Holocaust survivor out of $2.8 million in an online romance scam.
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PokerStars owner Flutter confirms data breach
The British sports betting giant Flutter Entertainment has confirmed that the company was impacted by the MOVEit Transfer attacks. PokerStars had previously confirmed the attacks exposed over 110K of its customers.
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EU launches Microsoft inquiry over Teams app
The European Commission (EC) has launched an inquiry against Microsoft, which it accuses of bundling its Teams application with popular suites such as Office 365 in violation of EU fair competition rules.
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Hackers strike largest US hardware store, steal credit card data
HRM Enterprises, Inc. owner of the US's largest independent hardware store, was hit by a cyberattack resulting in the credit cards of more than 40K clients being stolen.
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Former spy doubles down on UFOs: what we know so far
Crashed alien craft, recovered non-human “biologics,” a huge cover-up, and a list of witnesses. That’s the testimony under oath from former US intelligence official David Grusch.
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Ransomware strikes healthcare clinic, over 60K patients affected
An optometry clinic in South Carolina has been hit by a ransomware attack, compromising the personal health information of more than 60K patients.
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MikroTik OS bug exposes over 500,000 devices
The MikroTik RouterOS bug opens routers to privilege escalation attacks, allowing threat actors to seize full control of vulnerable devices, researchers say.
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Amazon pushes biometric payments, raising surveillance and identity theft fears
Amazon is set to implement palm-scanning payments with Amazon One technology in all Whole Foods stores by year-end, sparking discussions on cybersecurity and privacy controversies.
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Eurostar adopts biometric check-in on UK-France trains, experts warn of risks
Taking cues from airports, railways are now adopting biometric check-ins, fuelling ongoing debates on whether the convenience of ticketless travel will outweigh the potential cybersecurity risks.
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Another Cl0p data breach victim goes public, millions affected
Yet another organization has disclosed falling foul of the Cl0p ransomware gang’s MOVEit data breach. The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) admitted on Friday that more than 2.63 million of its customers have been exposed.
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PokerStars data breach exposes over 110K customers
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, said that it’s fallen victim to the MOVEit Transfer attacks, with attackers accessing sensitive user data.
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1st Source Bank attack exposes 450,000 people
1st Source Bank, a US-based victim of the MOVEit Transfer mayhem, said attackers may have accessed user Social Security numbers (SSNs) and government-issued IDs.
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