One of Taiwan’s biggest semiconductor manufacturers has fallen victim to a cyberattack, supposedly carried out by the notorious LockBit ransomware gang. The hackers posted a threatening message on Foxsemicon’s website, stating that they had stolen its customers’ personal data and would publish it on their darknet website if the company refused to pay. “Keep in […]
Automated attacks on application business logic, carried out by sophisticated bad bots, were the leading threat for online retailers, according to Imperva. In addition, account takeover, DDoS, API abuse, and client-side attacks were significant risks. The ecommerce industry remains a lucrative target for cybercriminal activity. Built on a vast network of API connections and third-party […]
A ransomware group Knight, formerly called Cyclops has allegedly carried out a cyberattack on US Claims Solutions (USCS). The Cyber Express found no reference to the USCS cyberattack on the website of the insurance firm. US Claims Solutions is an insurance industry that offers services related to cargo and inspections, commercial loss claims, firearms appraisals, […]
A cyberattack suspected to be carried out by a pro-Russia hacking group reportedly resulted in widespread service disruptions at several Canadian airports. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed to Recorded Future News that the connectivity issues that affected check-in kiosks and electronic gates at airports last week are the result of a distributed denial […]
An Iranian state-backed APT group carried out a “wave” of cyber-espionage attacks against thousands of global targets over a six-month period, Microsoft has revealed. The group known as Peach Sandstorm (aka APT33, Elfin, and Refined Kitten) used password spraying techniques between February and July 2023. This is a brute-force technique where threat actors try to […]