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EA Data Leakage Following Unsuccessful Extortion Endeavor

EA’s Previous Stolen Information Is Now in Plain Sight on Torrent Websites.

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GhostEmperor Operation Employs Unknown Malware To Target High-profile Organizations

Chinese-speaking APT Dubbed GhostEmperor Employs Microsoft Exchange Bugs in Its Campaigns.

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New Report Shows Global Ransomware Volume Reached 304.7 Million Attempted Attacks in the 1st Half of 2021

The New Record Puts in the Shade the 304.6 Million Global Ransomware Attempts Logged for the Entire 2020.

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PwnedPiper Vulnerabilities Found in Swisslog’s Translogic Pneumatic Tube System

The Nine Vulnerabilities Were Discovered in Critical Infrastructure Used by 80% of Major Hospitals in North America.

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FBI Is Warning Investors of Fraudsters Posing as Brokers

The Scheme Tries to Lure the Targets Into Investment Scams by Using Spoofed Sites, Fake Social Media Profiles, Cold Calling, and Doctored Documents.

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Russia’s SVR WellMess Malware Is Seemingly Still in the Game

New Report Revealed Three Dozen Command and Control Additional Servers Being Active and Identified as Related to APT29, Despite U.S. President’s Warning on Russian Cyberattacks.

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FBI Finds Over 100 Active Ransomware Variants

The Agency Warns That Ransomware Can Paralyze Organizations, and the Cost to Rebuild an Encrypted Network Can Be Catastrophic for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Municipalities.

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Emails from 27 US Attorneys’ Offices Breached by the SolarWinds Hackers

Email Accounts of Employees from 27 US Attorneys’ Offices Got Breached by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

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BlackMatter Ransomware Claims to Be a Successor to DarkSide and REvil

Among Others, BlackMatter Ransomware Stated They Will Not Target Hospitals, Government Sector, or Defense Industry.

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Hackers Could Get Windows Admin Privileges Through a Remote Print Server

Exploitation of Windows Print Spooler Goes On with One More Discovery.

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Massive Kaseya VSA Supply Chain Attack Infects Businesses with Revil Ransomware

A new collossal supply chain attack targeted thousands of businesses through Kaseya VSA.

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Cybercriminal Arrested For Stealing 286K ID Scans from Estonia Government Database

There Is No Evidence the Hacker Used or Leaked the Data Maliciously.

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How to Secure Your Wireless Devices?

NSA Provided Guidance on How to Properly Secure Wireless Devices Against Potential Attacks.

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Cybercriminals Use Chipotle’s Marketing Account for Phishing Attacks

At Least 120 Malicious Emails Were Sent During the Phishing Operation.

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New PayPal Credential Phishing Scam Conducted Via Live Chat Service

Although the Attack Does Not Look Entirely Sophisticated at First Glance, It Can Be Used to Acquire Victims’ Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Financial Information.

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Cyberattacks Could Cause ‘Real Shooting War’, Biden Warns

Cybersecurity Has Become a Top Priority on Biden Administration’s Agenda Following SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline, and Kaseya Attacks.

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DoppelPaymer Gets a Rebranding

DoppelPaymer Ransomware Operation Is Now Going by the Name Grief (a.k.a. Pay or Grief).

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UC San Diego Health Discloses Data Breach

The Incident May Have Exposed Patients’ Protected Health Information.

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LockBit Ransomware Is Now Encrypting Windows Domains

It Seems That LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Automates the Encryption of a Windows Domain by Using the Active Directory Group Policies.

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Microsoft Teams Users Get Extra Phishing Protection

Users Can Now Be Protected from Phishing Attempts Using the Power of Safe Links in Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

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36% of Organizations Experienced Cloud Misconfigurations in the Past Year

A New Report Finds That the Rate of Serious Cloud Data Leaks or Breached Will Only Increase Over the Next 12 Months.

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Unpatched Kaseya Unitrends Backup Vulnerabilities Could Be Dangerous

Three New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Were Found in the Kaseya Unitrends Service. Users Are Advised to Not Expose the Service to the Internet.

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Zero-Day Vulnerability Impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Fixed by Apple

Threat Actors Could Use the Zero-Day Vulnerability to Take Over and Control Your Device.

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A MacOS Malware Is Stealing Telegram Accounts and Google Chrome Data

It Seems That a MacOS Malware Strain Is Stealing Login Information From Multiple Apps.

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Cloud-delivered Malware Increased 68% in Q2, New Report Finds

In Q2 2021, 43% of All Malware Downloads Were Malicious Office Docs, Compared to Just 20% at the Beginning of 2020.

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PetitPotam Vulnerability Lets Hackers Fully Take Over Windows Domains

A New Security Flaw Was Discovered in Windows Domains: Hackers Could Perform a NTLM Relay Attack by Targeting the MS-EFSRPC API Function.

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Fake Windows 11 Installers Distribute Malware on Your Computer

Threat Actors Have Floated Several Malware-Riddled Fake Installers Disguised as Windows 11.

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DNS Global Outage Affected Websites and Online Services

Websites Around the World Were Down Due to Some DNS Errors Related to Akamai.

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Kaseya Managed to Obtain the Universal Decryptor After the REvil Ransomware Attack

The Universal Decryptor Will Allow Victims of the REvil Ransomware Attack to Recover Their Files for Free.

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