Cybersecurity

Feds accuse founders of cryptocurrency mixer of ‘large-scale money laundering’

The two founders of a cryptocurrency mixing service that allegedly obfuscated the origins of at least $100 million in criminal proceeds have been arrested, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.  Since 2015, Samourai Wallet has been used to launder illicit funds under the guise of being a legal privacy-minded service, the DOJ said. Its founders, […]

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Tura Scandinavia AB Encounters Another Cyberattack Following intrusion in December

Tura Scandinavia AB allegedly finds itself targeted by the LockBit ransomware group, marking another episode in the company’s history of cybersecurity challenges. This cyberattack on Tura Scandinavia AB, accompanied by a now-closed deadline date, was posted on the dark web where the threat actor, the LockBit ransomware group, posted its claims of the intrusion.  The […]

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Saudi Foreign Affairs Ministry Allegedly Hit by Major Data Breach, Exposing Over 1 Million Employee

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allegedly fallen victim to a massive data breach. The Saudi Foreign Affairs data breach purportedly exposed the personal information of more than 1.4 million employees affiliated with the ministry. In order to verify the claim of a data breach in Saudi Foreign Affairs, […]

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NoName on Rampage! Claims DDoS Attacks on Ukrainian Government Sites

NoName ransomware group has allegedly targeted multiple Ukrainian government websites. The latest victims of the alleged NoName ransomware attack on Ukraine include Accordbank, Zaporizhzhya Titanium-Magnesium Plant, State Tax Service, Central Interregional Tax Administration, Western Interregional Tax Administration, and the Main Directorate of the State Tax Service in Kyiv. The Cyber Express tried to verify the […]

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Cisco ASA Vulnerability: Threat Actor Demands US$1M for Remote Command Injection

A threat actor named “xc7d2f4” is allegedly selling remote command injection vulnerability for Cisco ASA. The threat actor has claimed that this vulnerability exists on all 55XX series of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA). The Cyber Express has reached out to Cisco to confirm the details of the alleged vulnerability exposure, but an official […]

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Egyptian E-Payment Vendor Recovering From LockBit Ransomware Attack

The LockBit 3.0 ransomware group successfully encrypted files and also allegedly exfiltrated data from Egyptian e-payment provider Fawry. Word of the breach went public when LockBit published on its dedicated leak site on Nov. 8 a sample of data that was allegedly stolen during the breach of Fawry’s infrastructure. The following day, cybersecurity monitoring platform […]