Artificial Intelligence Shadow on Cybersecurity: NCSC Warns of Escalating Ransomware Threat
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a stark warning: in the near future, artificial intelligence (AI) will become a potent weapon in the cybercriminal arsenal, significantly amplifying the threat of ransomware attacks. This assessment, outlined in the NCSC’s recent report on the impact of AI on cyber-operations, underscores the urgent need […]
ALPHV Ransomware Site Outage: Law Enforcement Action Suspected
The ALPHV ransomware gang, also known as BlackCat, has inexplicably disappeared online. Their website, used to communicate with victims and leak stolen data, has been offline for several days, fueling speculation of law enforcement intervention. While no official confirmation exists, security researchers and news outlets like BleepingComputer suspect the outage is a result of action […]
Tipalti Investigates Data Breach Claims by Ransomware Gang
Tipalti, a leading provider of accounting and payment solutions, has confirmed that it is investigating claims by a ransomware group that they breached its network and stole 256 GB of data, including data from some of its high-profile customers. The ransomware group, known as ALPHV, posted a message on its dark web leak site on […]
How Boeing’s Data Breach Exposed Its Vulnerability to Ransomware Attacks
Boeing, one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, has suffered a major data breach at the hands of the LockBit ransomware gang. The hackers have published online a sample of the stolen data, which includes sensitive information about Boeing’s commercial airplanes and defense systems. The data leak occurred after Boeing failed to respond to the […]
Serco Inc Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of Thousands
Serco Inc, the Americas division of multinational outsourcing company Serco Group, has disclosed a data breach that affected over 10,000 individuals. The breach occurred after attackers stole the personal information of current and former employees, contractors, and suppliers from a third-party vendor’s MoveIT managed file transfer (MFT) server. Read: Brave Search Launches Its Own Image […]
Hawaiʻi Community College Pays Ransom to NoEscape Ransomware Gang
Hawaiʻi Community College (HCC) has admitted that it paid a ransom to ransomware actors to prevent the leaking of stolen data of approximately 28,000 people. The data included personal and financial information of students, faculty, and staff. HCC is an accredited public community college operating two campuses on the island of Hawaii and is part […]
Swiss government hit by double cyberattack: ransomware and DDoS
The Swiss government has disclosed that a recent ransomware attack on an IT supplier might have impacted its data, while days later, it warned that it was targeted in DDoS attacks. The IT supplier in question is Xplain, a Swiss technology provider that supplies software solutions to various government departments, administrative units, and even the […]
Cyberattack disrupts Philadelphia Inquirer ‘s print and online operations
The Philadelphia Inquirer, a historic and prominent daily newspaper in the United States, is working on restoring systems impacted by what was described as a cyberattack that hit its network over the weekend. The attack, which was first detected on Saturday morning, disrupted the print production of the Sunday edition and forced staff members to […]
City of Toronto hit by ransomware attack, data leak by Clop gang
The City of Toronto has become the latest victim of a cyberattack by the Clop ransomware group, which has been exploiting a vulnerability in a file transfer tool used by many organizations. The city confirmed that some of its data was accessed by unauthorized parties through a third-party vendor on March 20, 2023. Clop ransomware […]
The impact of a year-long cyberattack on LA Housing Authority
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) has revealed that it suffered a data breach following a ransomware attack on December 31, 2022. The public housing agency, which provides affordable housing to low-income families in LA, said that unauthorized actors accessed its network and endpoints between January 15 and December 31 of […]
The Hive Ransomware Seizure
The recent seizure of the Hive ransomware operation’s Tor payment and data leak site, as part of an international law enforcement operation, has shown how many agencies around the globe can work together to infiltrate different infrastructure of cybercriminals gangs. Read the following lines to know all the details. Read: Colombian Company Audifarma Suffers Cyberattack […]
The Des Moines school district in Iowa is the new victim of a cyberattack
The Des Moines school district is the largest one in Iowa, but alarms rang on Monday due to unusual activities in their digital systems. With the number of schools, employees, and students under its care, the concern that this attack implies is more than understandable. Read all the details with the following lines. Activities in […]
Los Angeles school district was the victim of a ransomware attack
The second largest school district in the United States fell victim to a ransomware attack this past weekend. Los Angeles school district took immediate action, going as far as shutting down all of its computer systems. However, this attack is just one of many that have taken place in the country, specifically targeting educational institutions […]
Black Basta Ransomware is the new threat in the digital world
In the world of cybercriminals, it is not strange to run into a new threat every few months. In this case, it is a new ransomware named Black Basta. Although there are several indications of who may be the minds behind this new malware, not everything is defined. The only thing is that it already […]
Emonet malware now attacks Chrome Browser
Emonet malware was widely named during the year 2020. However, after a major operation by the authorities, the attack infrastructure of this Trojan was dismantled. At the end of 2021, it appeared again, and this year it has been very active. It is currently attacking Chrome to steal users’ credit card information, which Google’s browser […]
The community of Navarra returns to the paper era due to ransomware
The community of Navarra in Spain is facing a cyberattack through ransomware, which prevents them from accessing their digital systems. This attack affects more than 179 entities and municipalities, putting many activities in the Foral Community on hold. Although this happened on May 18, the repercussions still affect many processes, along with being part of […]
NVIDIA suffers cyberattack that exposes important data
NVIDIA is an American company dedicated to manufacturing chips for supercomputers, but in February, it was a new victim of cybercriminals. According to researchers and the perpetrators themselves, they managed to gain access to confidential data that ranges from information on their employees and credentials to source codes of their technologies. More information will be […]
Puma faces a data breach that compromises its employees
Sportswear company Puma was the victim of a data breach in January, which was triggered by an attack on Kronos’ private cloud. This attack made it possible for cybercriminals to steal the data of the company’s employees. This all happened without any knowledge, and Kronos has already acted to tighten its security in the cloud. […]
Meet The New Vulnerability Log4J
A new vulnerability appears just at the end of this year; this shows that there will always be something to be aware of regarding cybersecurity, no matter the time of the year. Now, we have a completely new vulnerability called Log4J, an exploit that allows a quick attack on computers with Windows systems, and leads […]