Apr 19, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Government entities in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a previously undocumented campaign to deliver a new backdoor dubbed CR4T. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it discovered the activity in February 2024, with evidence suggesting that it may have been active since at least a […]
Mar 27, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Data Breach Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified version of an open-source information stealer malware called HackBrowserData and exfiltrate sensitive information in some cases by using Slack as command-and-control (C2). “The information stealer was delivered via […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware US Healthcare Entities Are Firmly in Akira Ransomware Group’s Sights, Expert Warns Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 12, 2024 Ransomware groups come and go, but the cybercriminals behind them are a constant. (Image: Shutterstock) Would LockBit by any other name be as dour? Russian-speaking ransomware groups […]
The leak did not connect individuals to registered entities or roles, and the organization is working with the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner to investigate further.
US Gov sanctioned Intellexa Consortium individuals and entities behind Predator spyware attacks Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2024 The U.S. government sanctioned two individuals and five entities linked to the development and distribution of the Predator spyware used to target Americans. Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced actions on […]
Feb 26, 2024The Hacker NewsSteganography / Malware Ukrainian entities based in Finland have been targeted as part of a malicious campaign distributing a commercial remote access trojan known as Remcos RAT using a malware loader called IDAT Loader. The attack has been attributed to a threat actor tracked by the Computer Emergency Response Team of […]
Iranian nation-state threat actors are targeting entities based in the U.S. and Israel, according to research that Google published Tuesday. According to a report about cyberwarfare surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war that began in October, “Iran aggressively targeted Israel and the United States in the years leading up to Hamas’ attack on October 7” and […]
Schools across the U.S. remain fertile targets for hackers, with a slate of K-12 entities contending with cyberattacks and data thefts following the holiday season. Since the start of the year, a handful of schools have reported data breaches including Butte School District in Montana, Edmonds School District in Washington, Fullerton Joint Union High School […]
Pro-Palestinian hackers say they breached dozens of Israeli entities amid the ongoing war in Gaza, which has also extended into cyberspace. A group calling itself Cyber Toufan said it launched an operation against Israel at the end of November, promising to publish leaked information from hacked websites every day throughout the month. Earlier this week, […]