The cybersecurity company Resecurity has released a report stating that, in September 2021, it alerted multiple data center organizations about malicious cyber activities being performed against them and their customers. Nation-state, criminal, and cyber…

The HardBit ransomware threat has been upgraded to version 2.0, and its operators are attempting to negotiate a ransom payment that the victim's insurance would cover. The threat actor tries to persuade the victim that it is in their best interest to…

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), a Pennsylvania-based healthcare institution, disclosed that the ALPHV/BlackCat group launched a ransomware attack against it. In 2021, ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware was first discovered. The group operates a Ransomware-as…

The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has thwarted a cyberattack that could have been launched by the same malicious actors who attacked Twillio, Cloudflare, and a number of other companies in 2022. Using smishing and vishing, the attackers attempted to…

Swedish researchers have cracked one of the key post-quantum security algorithms. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm last year as part of the standards for encapsulating data as security…

Stealc, a new information stealer being sold on the dark web, could emerge as a major competitor to similar malware. SEKOIA researchers stated that Stealc is presented as a fully functional and ready-to-use stealer. According to the researchers, its…

Microsoft has released a report detailing the first sighting of a Global Assembly Cache (GAC) implant in the wild. The new malware, called MagicWeb, developed by the Russian nation-state hacking group NOBELIUM, enables an attacker to authenticate under…

The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Aguas do Porto, a Portuguese municipal water utility company. Aguas do Porto is a municipal water utility company that manages the water cycle, from water supply to wastewater drainage. Furthermore, the…

During a recent earnings call, Applied Materials, a multi-billion-dollar company that provides technology to the semiconductor industry, stated that a ransomware attack on one of its suppliers would cost them $250 million in the next quarter. The company…

Spain’s National Court has recently agreed to the extradition to the U.S. of a British citizen who allegedly took part in cyberattacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill…

A threat actor is targeting telecommunications companies in the Middle East through a cyber espionage campaign similar to those that have targeted such organizations in numerous nations over the past few years. Researchers from SentinelOne who discovered…

As part of a social engineering campaign, the cyber espionage threat actor tracked as Earth Kitsune has been seen implementing a new backdoor named WhiskerSpy. Since at least 2019, Earth Kitsune has been known to predominantly target individuals…