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Yandex claims to be hit by the largest DDoS attack in history
The largest Russian internet company, Yandex, was hit by a major denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The incident is likely among the...
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Fortinet VPN leak: 500,000 account credentials leaked online
A threat actor allegedly scraped nearly 500,000 Fortinet VPN user credentials from unsecured devices, then shared them on his newly...
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New Zealand banks, post office hit by outages in apparent cyber attack
Websites of a number of financial institutions in New Zealand and its national postal service were briefly down on Wednesday,...
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Ransomware gang to victims: we’ll leak your data if you seek help from ransom negotiators
Ragnar Locker, a notorious ransomware group responsible for multiple high-profile ransomware attacks, has issued a new warning to its victims:...
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ProtonMail shared activist's IP with law enforcement, claims had no other choice
Email service provider ProtonMail, praised for anonymity, shared a climate activist's IP details with law enforcement, which led to his...
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Russia blocks NordVPN, ExpressVPN, and four other VPN providers
Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor blocked access to six virtual private networks (VPNs), including NordVPN and ExpressVPN. According to the statement,...
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A DDoS attack caused massive internet outages in NZ
New Zealand's third-largest internet service provider (ISP), Vocus, was hit by a DDoS attack, which prompted outages all over the...
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Hybrid work is here to stay, but security concerns are high
Most employees favor a hybrid work model while business leaders worry about home internet security and leakage of sensitive company...
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A major incident wiped data on Web Hosting Canada servers
Canadian web hosting company, Web Hosting Canada (WHC) reported an incident that severely disrupted operations on Saturday. WHC's CEO description...
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Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases
Microsoft warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world's largest companies, that intruders could have the...
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Cybercriminals increasingly use phishing, and no industry is spared
Phishing has increased significantly since the start of the pandemic. Even though phishing messages sometimes are short and written in...
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ULA email leak: internal emails allege smear campaign against SpaceX and Elon Musk
Six internal emails, allegedly involving correspondence between a union lobbyist and a senior official of American spacecraft launch service provider...
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On the prowl for nudes, California man steals 620,000 iCloud photos
A Southern California man social-engineered his way into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts searching for nude pictures of young women. ...
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AT&T database of 70 million users sold on hacker forum
Only days after the T-Mobile data breach, the same threat actor is selling 70 million AT and T users’ records....
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Facebook launches VR remote work app, calling it a step to the 'metaverse'
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company's Oculus...
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Crypto platform to hacker who stole $600 million: please, become our chief security advisor
In a surprising turn of events, the hacker behind the enormous $600 million crypto heist has been offered a senior...
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40M T-Mobile customers’ data leaked: expect social engineering and identity theft
T-Mobile suffered from a "highly sophisticated" attack, which compromised 7.8M current customers and over 40 million records of former or...
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Major flaw in BlackBerry software may affect car safety, hospitals
BlackBerry, a software design company, announced it had discovered a critical vulnerability (CVSS score 9.0) in its QNX real-time operating...
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T-Mobile says it found unauthorized access to data
T-Mobile US Inc on Monday acknowledged a data breach but said it was yet to find if any customer information...
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Fraudsters target governments with a vaccine scam - Interpol
Organized crime groups attempt to defraud governments, offering fake COVID-19 vaccine deals, Interpol warned on Monday. The warning was issued...
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