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Agrius Iranian Hacking Group Targets Israel

The Iranian hacking Group Has Been Observed Disguising Attacks Against Israeli Targets as Ransomware Attacks.

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180 Million Clients’ Data Was Exposed Following a Cyberattack Targeting Domino’s India

The Organization Has Admitted the Data Breach but Said Its Clients’ Banking Details Were Not Exposed.

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Hydra Cryptocurrency Transactions Reached $1.37bn in 2020

In Its Three Most Recent Years 2018 To 2020, There Was A Staggering 624% Year-Over-Year Growth Rate for the Russian Dark Web Marketplace.

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Critical Flaw Is Impacting All vCenter Server Deployments, VMware Alerts

This Vulnerability in vCenter Allows Hackers Who Hit Port 443 to Perform Any Code They Want on the Host Operating System.

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European Court Rules GCHQ Mass Surveillance Powers Violated Human Rights

Britain’s GCHQ Eavesdropping Agency Breached Citizens’ Privacy and Free Expression Rights by Intercepting and Harvesting Vast Amounts of Communications.

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Indonesian Government Bans Raid Forums Website After Alleged Leak

The Ministry of Communications and Information Identified Raid Forums as A Platform That Shares Content That Violates the Country’s Laws.

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The Man Who Has Stolen the PII of 65k Employees of UPMC Pleads Guilty

The Hacker Will Spend a Minimum of Two Years in Jail and Owes up to $250,000 in Fines.

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Apple Fixes MacOS Vulnerability Exploited by XCSSET Malware

The Flaw Allows Threat Actors to Bypass Apple’s TCC Protections Which Safeguard Privacy.

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Bose Disclosed Having a Data Breach

Bose Corporation Revealed that a Data Breach Hit the Company’s Systems in Early March.

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Data of 4.5m Passengers Was Stolen in SITA Cyberattack

10 Years of Air India’s Passenger Data Got Stolen in the Cyberattack.

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TPG Telecom Reveals Its Legacy Cloud-based Hosting Service Has Been Compromised in a Cyberattack

The Incident Has Not Impacted Customers from Any of their Other Brands, Products, or Services.

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Windows HTTP Vulnerability Also Impacts WinRM Servers

The Critical Bug Logged As CVE-2021-31166 Was Patched by the Tech Giant During May Patch Tuesday.

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Expired SSL Certificate Blocks Microsoft Exchange Admin Portal

The Portal Is Currently Inaccessible from Some Browsers After Microsoft Forgot to Renew the SSL Certificate for the Website.

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Kia Ransomware 101: How It Started and How The Situation Developed

What Actually Happened? Who Was Behind the Attack?

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Fraudsters Use Amazon ‘Vishing’ Attacks to Steal Private Information

Researchers Have Drawn Attention to Strategies Used by Scammers Today in Voice-Based Phishing Operations.

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PyPI Repository Deluged with Spam Packages and Pirated Movie Links

PyPI Spam Packages Contain Code Taken from Authentic Components.

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Conti Ransomware Releases Decryptor for Ireland’s Health Service, Still Threatens to Sell Data

The Ransomware Gang Warns That They Will Still Sell or Release the Stolen Data Unless the $20 Million Ransom Is Paid.

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Phishing Attack Has Targeted Domain Group Site Users

A Scam that Used a Phishing Attack to Gain Access to Domain’s Administrative Systems Was Identified.

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A New Report Shows that 6 Ransomware Gangs Impacted More than 290 Companies in 2021

The Attacks We See in the News Are Only a Small Piece of the Real Number of Victims, According to the Report.

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MountLocker Ransomware Is Now Using the Windows API

The Ransomware Operation Uses Enterprise Windows Active Directory APIs to Worm Through Networks.

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Qlocker Ransomware Group Ceased Operating After Collecting $350,000 from Its Victims

The Qlocker Ransomware Group Managed to Encrypt Over a Thousand, If Not Thousands, of Devices in Just a Month.

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Android Patches 4 New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

The May 2021 Android Security Bulletin Revealed That the Security Flaws Were Patched Earlier This Month by Arm and Qualcomm.

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Android Stalkerware Rising: Research Indicates 48% More Android Stalkerware Detections in 2020 than in 2019

Among Others, Stalkerware Can Track the GPS Location of a Victim’s Device, Conversations, Pictures, and Browser History.

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Cobalt Strike - A Common Tool in the Arsenal of Cybercriminals

A Report Published by Intel 471 Analysts Shows How the Penetration Testing Tool Is Being Abused by Threat Actors.

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monday.com Source Code Has Been Accessed by Codecov Threat Actors

Uber, BBC Studios, Adobe, Universal, Hulu, L’Oreal, and Coca-Cola Are Some of the Platform’s Clients.

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DarkSide Ransomware Gang Made $90 Million in Bitcoin Ransom Payments from 47 Victims, a New Study Shows

The Gang Ceased Its Operations Last Week After Its Bitcoin Wallet Was Emptied.

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Spear-phishing Alert: Hackers Impersonate Truist Bank in an Attempt to Dispatch Malware

Other US and UK Financial Organizations Appear to Have Also Been Impersonated in this Spear-phishing Operation.

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Toyota Australia Rebuilt IT System Following the 2019 Cyberattack

This Is A Reminder that Careful SAM Planning Can Help You Avoid Some Nasty Security and Compliance Issues.

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Darkside Ransomware Operations Have Shut Down After Reports of Their Servers Being Seized

Darkside Ransomware Operations Have Allegedly Been Shut Down After a Server Take Over.

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Desktop Browsers At Risk Due to a Tracking Flaw that Can Avoid Privacy Tools

“Scheme Flooding” Vulnerability Allows Websites to Track Users Across Several Desktop Browsers.

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