Gamblers’ data compromised after casino giant Strendus fails to set password Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2023 Mexican online casino Strendus has exposed sensitive user data, including home addresses and the amounts of money they spent on gambling. Strendus, one of the biggest online casinos in Mexico has exposed sensitive user data, including home addresses and […]
Less than two months after a ransomware attack impacted St Helens Borough Council in northwest England, most services at the council are running again. Located between Liverpool and Manchester, the council — the local government authority in an area with about 180,000 residents — announced a “suspected ransomware incident” toward the end of August. It […]
Nov 16, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Threat Intelligence Russian threat actors have been possibly linked to what’s been described as the “largest cyber attack against Danish critical infrastructure,” in which 22 companies associated with the operation of the country’s energy sector were targeted in May 2023. “22 simultaneous, successful cyberattacks against Danish critical infrastructure are not […]
Google announced on Monday that it’s taking legal action against cybercriminals who delivered malware through websites that told users they could download Bard, the tech giant’s chat-based AI tool. The company filed a lawsuit against what it described as “AI scammers”. The threat actor set up social media pages and ran ads promoting websites where […]
New York’s governor has proposed several new cybersecurity rules for the state’s hospitals following several attacks that limited operations at healthcare facilities for weeks this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to force hospitals to establish cybersecurity programs, assess cybersecurity risks, use defensive techniques and infrastructure, and implement protection measures for information systems. Hospitals would have […]
Security researchers have discovered a total of 3938 unique secrets on PyPI, the official third-party package management system for the Python community, across all projects, with 768 of them validated as authentic. Notably, 2922 projects contained at least one unique secret. Among the leaked secrets were various credentials, including AWS Keys, Redis credentials, Google API […]
“Sparkly modern soul and disco music” is the rather modest tag that the Athens Of The North apply to their illustrious and rather bulgingly prolific catalogue. The label is, among the jazz/funk/soul community, a byword for high quality tunes that are destined to fill just about any dancefloor you care to test them on. Their […]
As we head into shopping season, customers aren’t the only ones getting excited. More online shopping means more opportunities for cybercriminals to grab their share using scams and data theft. One particular threat we’re following closely and expect to increase over the next several weeks is credit card skimming. Online stores are not always as […]
A cyberattack on a North Carolina county has forced officials to call in the state’s national guard for assistance. In a message to residents on Tuesday, Bladen County said it became the victims of a cyberattack last week. The county — tucked in the southern point of the state about an hour away from Wilmington […]