An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. The Appin Software Security (aka Appin Security Group), according to an in-depth analysis from SentinelOne, began as an educational startup offering offensive security training programs, while carrying […]
Ableton’s Live 12 software is coming sometime early next year, according to a company announcement this past week, with a public beta expected to be available for users soon. The latest version of the software focuses heavily on MIDI tools and abilities, as well as an updated and more intuitive program layout. [embedded content] Key […]
The threat actors behind the 8Base ransomware are leveraging a variant of the Phobos ransomware to conduct their financially motivated attacks. The findings come from Cisco Talos, which has recorded an increase in activity carried out by cybercriminals. “Most of the group’s Phobos variants are distributed by SmokeLoader, a backdoor trojan,” security researcher Guilherme Venere […]
Several K-12 schools, colleges and universities are dealing with significant technology outages due to cyberattacks this week. A spokesperson for North Carolina Central University told Recorded Future News that the school was alerted to a cyberattack on its campus technology systems on the morning of November 12. “Certain systems, including the campus wi-fi network and […]
Stanley Steemer International was the target of an external hack that impacted almost 67,000 customers, according to a consumer breach notification posted Wednesday with the Maine Attorney General’s office. The Dublin, Ohio-based carpet cleaning company said it originally detected suspicious activity on March 6. After an initial investigation, the company determined the attackers gained access […]
Since August 2023, members of the Huntr bug bounty platform for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have uncovered over a dozen vulnerabilities exposing AI/ML models to system takeover and sensitive information theft. Identified in tools with hundreds of thousands or millions of downloads per month, such as H2O-3, MLflow, and Ray, these issues […]
Japanese manufacturer Yamaha Motor and the healthcare organization WellLife Network have confirmed cyberattacks after being added to the leak site of a ransomware gang this week. Yamaha Motor published a notice on Thursday confirming that a server managed by its motorcycle manufacturing and sales subsidiary in the Philippines had been hit with a ransomware attack […]
In the latest disclosures related to a Russian ransomware gang’s exploitation of the popular MOVEit file transfer service, a federal government agency revealed that more than 330,000 Medicare recipients were affected in a leak of sensitive data. The U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides health coverage to more than 160 million people […]
The official Twitter account for Bloomberg Crypto was hacked and used to redirect users to a phishing website. The hackers created a fake Bloomberg Discord server and prompted visitors to verify their accounts through a deceptive link.