After a year of high-profile cybercrime busts, a senior Justice Department official said Tuesday that he expects more to come in 2024. At the 10th International Conference on Cybersecurity in New York City this week, several top prosecutors within the Justice Department spoke about cybersecurity trends throughout 2023 and what this year may bring. “I […]
A critical vulnerability has been identified in the AI Engine plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting its free version with over 50,000 active installations. The plugin is widely recognized for its diverse AI-related functionalities, allowing users to create chatbots, manage content and utilize various AI tools such as translation, SEO and more. According to an advisory […]
The FTC’s action against Outlogic marks the first-ever ban on the use and sale of sensitive location data, emphasizing the importance of limiting the tracking and use of personal information.
Jan 10, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cryptocurrency A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part of a crypto mining campaign since the beginning of 2023. “The capabilities of the new botnet, NoaBot, include a wormable self-spreader and an SSH key backdoor to download and execute additional binaries or spread itself […]
In an unusual move, the hacker behind the Hathway data breach has developed a dark web search engine for potential victims. This tool allows them to search for their email addresses and phone numbers to check if their data was exposed. A hacker operating under the alias ‘dawnofdevil’ has recently leaked a database, alleging it […]
anecdotes, a Palo Alto, CA-based enterprise GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) technology company, raised $25M in Series B funding. The round was led by Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from existing investors Red Dot Capital Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, and Shasta Ventures, with participation from Vertex and DTCP. The company intends to use the funds […]
Entire population of Brazil possibly exposed in massive data leak Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2024 The private data of hundreds of millions of Brazilian individuals were publicly accessible to threat actors, putting individuals at risk. Cybernews research revealed a publicly accessible Elasticsearch instance, which contained a staggering amount of private data belonging to Brazilian individuals. […]
A coalition of rebel groups in Myanmar is now in control of the city of Laukkaing — a notorious hub of online scamming operations near the border with China. Late on Thursday, Myanmar’s military government relinquished control of the city to the Three Brotherhood Alliance, which launched a surprise operation in Shan state, along the […]
The pro-Ukrainian hacker group Blackjack is claiming that it breached a Moscow internet provider to seek revenge for a Russian cyberattack on Ukraine’s largest telecom company, Kyivstar. The attack on M9com was carried out in cooperation with Ukraine’s security forces (SBU), said a source in Ukraine’s law enforcement agency who requested anonymity because he is […]