Cybersecurity

Cactus ransomware gang claims the Schneider Electric hack

Cactus ransomware gang claims the Schneider Electric hack Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2024 Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric suffered a data breach after a Cactus ransomware attack. Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. BleepingComputer first reported the attack that hit the Sustainability […]

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‘No evidence’ of foreign election interference in 2022 US midterms, spy agencies say

Both Russia and China attempted to influence the 2022 U.S. midterms but did not successfully hack into the country’s election infrastructure or otherwise disrupt voting, the U.S. intelligence community said on Monday. “We have no evidence that any detected activity prevented voting, changed votes, or disrupted the ability to tally votes or to transmit election […]

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Rhysida ransomware gang claimed China Energy hack

Rhysida ransomware gang claimed China Energy hack Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2023 The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked the Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate China Energy Engineering Corporation. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the China Energy Engineering Corporation to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) […]

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Stanley Steemer hack breached data of almost 67K customers

Stanley Steemer International was the target of an external hack that impacted almost 67,000 customers, according to a consumer breach notification posted Wednesday with the Maine Attorney General’s office.  The Dublin, Ohio-based carpet cleaning company said it originally detected suspicious activity on March 6. After an initial investigation, the company determined the attackers gained access […]

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Predator AI ChatGPT Integration Poses Risk to Cloud Services

Cybersecurity researchers at SentinelLabs have uncovered a new Python-based infostealer and hack tool named “Predator AI.” The malicious tool is specifically designed to target cloud services and integrates artificial intelligence (AI) technology, specifically a ChatGPT-driven class implemented into the Python script.  The inclusion of the GPTj class adds a chat-like text-processing interface to interact with […]