Data Breach Today

AUGUST 10, 2021

Reports From Group IB, Positive Technologies Offer Details Researchers at Group-IB say Chinese threat actors apparently were responsible for an attack on Russian federal executive authorities in 2020. Meanwhile, Positive Technologies reports that Chinese hacking group APT31 is now using a new dropper to infect Russian systems with malware.

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JUNE 17, 2020

Positive Technologies Says Popular Apps Susceptible to Hacking Vulnerabilities in a number of mobile banking applications make them susceptible to hacking and customer account data theft, according to the security firm Positive Technologies.

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MARCH 18, 2021

Alleges Vendor Failed to Comply With Business Associate Agreement As the list of healthcare sector entities affected by the recent hacking of Accellion's File Transfer Appliance platform continues to grow, the technology vendor faces a lawsuit filed by one of its affected clients, health insurer Centene Corp.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities to steal defense technology information. North Korea-linked APT groups Lazarus , Andariel , and Kimsuky hacked multiple defense companies in South Korea, reported the National Police Agency.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Incident Highlights the Need to Enhance OT Security As the investigation into the hacking of a water treatment facility in Florida continues, cybersecurity experts say the incident points to the urgent need to enhance operational technology security. Here are five key questions the incident raises.

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APRIL 16, 2024

The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims the hack of the chipmaker Nexperia and the theft of 1 TB of data from the company. The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims responsibility for hacking chipmaker Nexperia and stealing 1 TB of the company’s data. The chipmaker has 14,000 employees as of 2024. . -

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Munster Technological University's Cork Campuses Remain Shut Following the Hack Ireland's Munster Technological University confirmed that an ongoing system outage that forced it to shutter its Cork campuses is the result of a ransomware attack.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 18, 2020

Popular Apps Too Susceptible to Hacking, Positive Technologies Warns Vulnerabilities due to "coding errors" in a number of mobile banking applications make them all too susceptible to hacking and customer account data theft, the security firm Positive Technologies warns.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2023

One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. ” It’s nice to know that this technology-agnostic approach to online safety remains just as relevant today.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The INC RANSOM ransomware group claims to have hacked the American multinational corporation Xerox Corp. The INC RANSOM ransomware group claims responsibility for hacking the American multinational corporation Xerox Corp and threatens to disclose the alleged stolen data. Xerox Corp provides document management solutions worldwide.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

HackerGPT, first launched in 2023, is a ChatGPT-powered tool that merges AI technology with cybersecurity-focused expertise. in February 2024, it serves as an extensive repository of hacking tools and techniques to actively assist users in managing complex cybersecurity protection strategies. Launch of HackerGPT 2.0

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Dark Reading

MARCH 24, 2023

In two days, ethical researchers from 10 countries have unearthed more than 22 zero-day bugs in a wide range of technologies at the annual hacking contest.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Crooks targeted a LastPass employee using deepfake technology to impersonate the company’s CEO in a fraudulent scheme. In a fraudulent scheme, criminals used deepfake technology to impersonate LastPass ‘s CEO, targeting an employee of the company. ” reported LastPass. concludes the report.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. ”] Kislitsin was hired by Group-IB in January 2013, nearly six months after the Formspring hack. Department of Justice.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

. “The state is committed to bringing to justice anyone who hacked our systems or anyone who aided them to do so,” Parson said in October. They had no authorization to convert or decode, so this was clearly a hack.” “A hacker is someone who gains unauthorized access to information or content.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 5, 2020

Warning: Autonomous Weapons Systems Can Be Made Lethal, But Not Hack-Proof How big is the step from humans using drones to kill other humans to building lethal autonomous weapons systems that can kill on their own? Ethically and technologically, that's a huge leap. And the UN wants them banned.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. OGUsers was hacked at least twice previously, in May 2019 and again in March 2020. called Disco Payments. ”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

“The police have previously informed that they investigate the hacking group APT31’s connections with the incident. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT31 ) ” reads the press release published by the Finnish Police.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Snatch ransomware group announced it had hacked the food giant Kraft Heinz, the company is investigating the claims. The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked Kraft Heinz in August and on December 14, it added the company to the list of victims on its leak site. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the technology services giant CDW and threatens to leak the stolen data. The technology services giant CDW announced it has launched an investigation into claims made by the Lockbit ransomware gang that added the company to the list of victims on its leak site.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

Cybercriminals in Russian underground forums have been invited to take part in competitions for hacking cryptocurrency and NFT. Several Russian underground forums have launched competitions for hacking cryptocurrency schema and Non-fungible token (NFT). SecurityAffairs – hacking, cryptocurrency hack). Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

“If you’re working today at the cutting edge of technology then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you’re not interested in geopolitics.” ” Commercial businesses in the technology sector of any size, especially small companies and start-ups and researchers, are more exposed to Chinese espionage. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Researchers at healthcare technology firm Nuance blame the Clop gang for a series of cyber thefts at major North Carolina hospitals. The Microsoft-owned healthcare technology firm Nuance revealed that the Clop extortion gang has stolen personal data on major North Carolina hospitals as part of the Progress MOVEit Transfer campaign.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In response to the incident, the company took its network offline and suspended all user access to its information technology applications, including corporate servers, Epic software, internet and clinical programs. “The Ardent technology team immediately began working to understand the event, safeguard data, and regain functionality.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Exail Technologies, a high-tech manufacturer whose clients include the US Coast Guard, exposed sensitive company data that could’ve enabled attackers to access its databases. Exail, a French high-tech industrial group, left exposed a publicly accessible environment (.env) The company fixed the issue after being contacted by our research team.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 22, 2022

The video uploaded to a hacked Ukrainian news website shows how far the technology has come, how it can be used in social engineering , as well as how the tech still needs to improve.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The scammers applied deepfake technology to turn publicly available video and other footage into convincing versions of the meeting’s participants.” The scammers used publicly available footage of the company employees and used deepfake technology to create fake versions of the participants of the meeting.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

The app, developed by NJ Technologies, an India-based software developer, has over half a million downloads on the Google Play store and mainly serves the Indian market. We reached out to NJ Technologies for comment but have yet to receive a reply.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor Boeing and threatened to leak the stolen data. Boeing Good luck with that #lockbit [link] — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) October 27, 2023 In mid-October, the Lockbit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the technology services giant CDW.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang hacked the California Department of Finance and threatens to leak data stolen from its systems. The images published by the gang as proof of the hack include spreadsheets containing financial data, a contract, 2022 budget details, and more. SecurityAffairs – hacking, California). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. Threat actors target engineering, transportation, and defense sectors, experts observed a specific interest in maritime technologies. Ltd. (????) . ” states DoJ. and Zhu Yunmin (???),

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APRIL 11, 2024

A remote attacker can trigger the flaw to reboot PAN-OS firewalls when receiving Windows New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) packets from Windows servers. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, DoS)

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JANUARY 8, 2021

United States Department of State approved the creation of the Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET). The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo approved the creation of the Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET) that was first announced in 2019. ” concludes the announcement.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Healthcare technology company HealthEC disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of 4.5 Healthcare technology company HealthEC (HEC) disclosed a data breach that impacted 4.5 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Artificial Intelligence)

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