Cybersecurity
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The CISA has identified two recently patched vulnerabilities, one in Google Chrome and another in the open-source Perl library Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, that have been actively exploited and require immediate mitigation.
Cross Switch, a leading company in online payment gateway management, is currently dealing with the repercussions of a significant data breach. The Cross Switch data breach, reportedly carried out by a threat actor identified as IntelBroker, has allegedly compromised the personal information of 3.6 million users. This includes sensitive details such as full names, emails, […]
Jan 03, 2024NewsroomMalware / Data Theft Information stealing malware are actively taking advantage of an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named MultiLogin to hijack user sessions and allow continuous access to Google services even after a password reset. According to CloudSEK, the critical exploit facilitates session persistence and cookie generation, enabling threat actors to maintain access […]
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Government Belarusian Cyber-Partisans Claim New Year’s Weekend Attack Wiped Servers, Backups Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • January 2, 2024 The defaced BelTA website before hacktivists took it down over the weekend (Image: Wayback Machine, Internet Archive) Over the New Year’s holiday weekend, Belarusian hacktivists […]
By the end of 2024, it is plausible that AI systems will be capable of autonomously managing cyber security across an enterprise’s entire digital landscape
Gallery Systems, a museum software provider, has revealed that it experienced a ransomware attack last week, leading to ongoing IT outages. The attack caused the company to take systems offline to prevent further encryption.
Ransomware attacks in the US reached record levels in 2023, targeting hospitals, schools, government organizations, and private-sector businesses, costing victims an average of $1.5 million to rectify.
The ALPHV ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Transformative Healthcare in late April 2023 and exported a terabyte of data, including medical and paramedic reports. Fallon Ambulance Services, a subsidiary of Transformative Healthcare and now-defunct Ambulance Service, covering the greater Boston area in the United States, was targeted by a ransomware attack, exposing […]
Finance & Banking , Governance & Risk Management , Industry Specific 109 Banks to Participate in Simulated Cyberattacks to Assess Cyber Resiliency Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 2, 2024 Image: Shutterstock The European Central Bank beginning this month will conduct cyber stress tests on banks to determine their resilience against cyberattacks. The agency […]