Cyberattack (Page 21)

Personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers leaked by hackers

On: March 2, 2022

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, data leaking, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Russia, security flaws, Ukraine, United Kingdom

A recent report says that specialists from the Center for Defense Strategies of Ukraine obtained the personal data of some 120,000 Russian military personnel in retaliation for the invasion orderedRead More →

Critical SQL injection and operating system command injection vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiWLM. Update as soon as possible

On: March 2, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Fortinet, Fortinet FortiWLM, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, security flaws, vulnerability

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of two vulnerabilities in FortiWLM, a complete management solution for controllers and access and troubleshooting points developed by Fortinet. According to the report, the successfulRead More →

Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Server let two ransomware actors attack a Canadian healthcare company; Karma just stole data, while Conti encrypted it

On: March 1, 2022

In: Virus

Tagged: Conti ransomware, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, Information Security, Karma ransomware, malware, Microsoft Exchange Server, ProxyShell, ransomware, sophos

In December 2021 a Canadian-based medical services firm was attacked by two ransomware operations employing remarkably different tactics, leaving the affected infrastructure in critical condition. According to the Sophos report,Read More →

Hackers compromised a railway system’s routing and switching devices and rendered them inoperable by encrypting them to stop Russian soldiers

On: March 1, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Belarus, Cyber Partisans, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, hacktivism, incidents, Information Security, railway systems, Russia, security flaws, Telegram, Ukraine

A hacktivist operation in Belarus would have managed to compromise the computer systems that control the country’s railway infrastructure in an effort to stop the advance of Russian troops intoRead More →

Cyber war going on between NVIDIA and hackers: Both trying to hack each other. Company shutdown its systems

On: February 28, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, hacking group, incidents, Information Security, Lapsus$, Nvidia, Security breach, security flaws

A few days ago it was reported that the South American hacking group identified as Lapsus$ would have been responsible for the recent cyberattack against the technology firm NVIDIA, whichRead More →

Indian CEO of cryptocurrency company BitConnect indicted By US government for scamming $2 billion USD from thousands of clients

On: February 28, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Bitcoin, BitConnect, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, electronic fraud, Hacking, Information Security, Ponzi scheme, Security, security flaws, United States, US Department of Justice (DOJ)

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officially announced the indictment against Indian citizen Satishkumar Kurjibhai Kumbhani, whom they identify as primarily responsible for a criminal conspiracy involving BitConnect, a cryptocurrencyRead More →

Critical remote code execution vulnerability in pfSense

On: February 25, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, FreeBSD, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, pfSense, security flaws, vulnerability

A critical vulnerability has been reported in pfSense, a custom distribution of FreeBSD and adapted for use as an operating system on network devices, including firewalls and routers. Tracked asRead More →

How an employee hacked into the payroll system of his company to steal the salary of other workers

On: February 24, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: credential stuffing, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, electronic fraud, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, United States, US Department of Justice (DOJ)

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Nigerian citizen Charles Onus has pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to conduct multiple cyberattacks to steal the payroll deposits ofRead More →

Ukraine-Russia cyberwarfare starts with launching of wiper malware and DoS attacks

On: February 24, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, ESET, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malware, Microsoft, Russia, Symantec, Ukraine, Windows, wiper Malware

A report by ESET research team claims that hundreds of computer systems in Ukraine were infected with a powerful malware variant that deletes data stored on Windows systems. Through itsRead More →