Incidents

U.S. authorities announced additional charges against former chief security officer at Uber, in connection with his involvement in covering up a cyberattack and subsequent data breach against the ride-hailing service’s systems. In addition to the first charges against him, which included obstruction of justice and another felony, Joseph Sullivan now faces wire fraud charges. As […]

Popcorn Time, which was once a giant of illegal downloads and streaming, has announced its definitive shut down due to the clear lack of interest that the platform currently gets. Through a clear message on their website, the platform’s operators confirmed what some enthusiasts already anticipated. In its busiest period, Popcorn Time was the largest […]

In a statement, the Strategic Operations Unit of the Delhi Police, India, unveiled the dismantling of a hacking operation dedicated to resolving online exams, which also led to the issuance of arrest warrants for six individuals, one of whom remains at large. The arrested individuals were found in raids deployed in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram and […]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Lucy Xi, a resident of the state of Philadelphia, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline to favor a Chinese pharmaceutical company identified as Renopharma. Renopharma was created as a front company supposedly dedicated to the research and development of cancer drugs, which […]

The financial multinational Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $60 million USD to settle a lawsuit filed by around 15 million customers, who claim that the company exposed their personal data at least twice during a process of information systems transition. According to the lawsuit, in 2016 Morgan Stanley made multiple mistakes in dismantling and formatting […]

Renowned non-fungible token (NFT) collector Todd Kramer revealed that his collection of 16 NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) was hacked by unknown threat actors, who seized these assets worth about $2.28 million USD. The affected user said the renowned platform for the sale of NFT OpenSea had “frozen” assets for him, including a Clonex, […]

Twitter account for the Israeli newspaper Maariv and the Jerusalem Post websites were hacked, apparently by a pro-Iranian group, which posted a picture of the attacked Dimona nuclear facility and a threatening message instead of the regular content of these platforms: “We are close to you; where you don’t think”, the message reads. As some […]

British authorities confirmed that the UK Military Defense Academy was the target of a cyberattack that caused what was described as “significant damage”. The attack was confirmed by Marshal Edward Stringer, retired since last August, who mentions that the malicious activity was identified since March 2021. Stringer said he does not know the real origin […]

A hacking group self-called VNDCIO has been credited with a devastating cyberattack on the servers of Onus, a popular cryptocurrency exchange app based in Vietnam, generating losses for almost 2 million users on the platform. The information compromised during this incident is for sale on a well-known illegal forum on the dark web. Faced with […]

As of this morning, multiple users of the LastPass password management tool began reporting that their master passwords were compromised after receiving a warning about login attempts in unknown locations. These email notifications also mention that access attempts may have been blocked. Reports of compromised master passwords have been piling up for hours across social […]

This has been a complex year for multiple banks in Switzerland, as criminal groups have experimented with all sorts of methods to keep cashing out ATMs across the country, in a practice popularly known as jackpotting. Although the main jackpotting methods include the use of malware and complex hacking tools, the latest wave of attacks […]

In its latest report, the Scottish Prison service revealed that a total of 1889 cell phones were confiscated due to misuse within local jails. These devices were delivered to thousands of prisoners in early 2020 as part of the coronavirus isolation measures, since the prisons could not receive visitors and contact with the outside was […]

Website Planet researchers report the finding of a data breach affecting D.W. Morgan, a U.S.-based multinational logistics firm. According to the report, the leak is due to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket completely exposed online, accessible without any security measures. The database contained more than 100 GB worth of data with 2.5 million files […]

Photography-focused platform Shutterfly confirmed that it has suffered a Conti ransomware attack that would have encrypted thousands of devices and exposed sensitive information. Shutterfly is one of the world’s leading photo and photo-sharing services firms, working through brands such as GrooveBook, BorrowLenses, Shutterfly.com, Snapfish and Lifetouch. Conti is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) operation […]

U.S. authorities have announced the extradition of Vladislav Klyushin, an executive allegedly linked to the Russian government and accused of hacking multiple U.S. computer networks in order to deploy complex wire fraud and insider financial information theft operations. The defendant was arrested in March as he got off his private jet as he arrived in […]

In an operation in charge of the British police, authorities announced the recovery of a database used by cybercriminal groups to store millions of email addresses and passwords stolen from legitimate users. The list is available for consultation on Have I Been Pwned, the free data security incident tracking service. Troy Hunt, administrator of the […]

After three years of inactivity, a Russian hacking group reappeared to steal a large amount of money from multiple banks by compromising an automated workstation operated by a Bank of Russia customer. This attack was detailed by Group-IB experts in their latest report on security threats against financial institutions. This group, identified as MoneyTaker, had […]

Cybersecurity specialists report a ransomware infection in Kronos Private Cloud, part of the human resource management services of the technology firm Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG). The incident was confirmed by the firm itself through an email sent to its corporate clients. In its message, the company announces that the unusual activity was detected this Saturday […]

A hacking group calling itself Lapsus$ Group claims to have encrypted with ransomware and stolen some 50 TB of information from Brazil’s Ministry of Health, including millions of COVID-19 vaccination records and certificates. The attack was confirmed on the Health Ministry’s website, as the hackers even replaced Brazil’s official government image with what appears to […]

Security teams at German logistics firm Hellmann Worldwide Logistics have confirmed that their IT infrastructure was hit by an unprecedented cyberattack. Cybersecurity experts are currently working on the system recovery process, but little has been officially revealed. Hellmann offers air transport services as well as sea, road and rail transport, besides contracting logistics services through […]

Virgin Media could be fined up to £50,000 after British authorities detected the company spammed nearly 500,000 customers, some of whom filed complaints with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about thousands of unsolicited advertising messages. This marketing campaign was hidden as a communication message part of Virgin’s newsletter, and would have reached some 451,000 customers […]