Play ransomware gang compromises Spanish bank, threatens to leak files
Ransomware is creating additional work for a major Spanish bank. Globalcaja, said to have more than 300 offices in Spain and close to half a million customers, has fallen victim to the Play ransomware gang. The gang claim to have swiped both private and personal information in the attack—including passport scans, contracts, and client / employee […]
Vice Society: The #1 cyberthreat to schools, colleges, and universities
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, “known attacks” are those where the victim didn’t pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far […]
Atomic Wallet Hit by $35M Theft in Recent Crypto Breach
By Habiba Rashid The stolen tokens include popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), tether (USDT), dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC), BNB coin (BNB), and polygon (MATIC). This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Atomic Wallet Hit by $35M Theft in Recent Crypto Breach
British Airways, BBC and Boots Hit by Suspected Russian Cyber Attack
By Waqas Reportedly, the hackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive data by exploiting a backdoor in MOVEit, a file transfer software used by Zellis. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: British Airways, BBC and Boots Hit by Suspected Russian Cyber Attack
Three ways agribusinesses can protect vital assets from cyberattacks
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. In an era where digital technology increasingly underpins food production and distribution, the urgency of cybersecurity in agriculture has heightened. A surge of […]
Scrubs & Beyond Leaks 400GB of User PII and Card Data in Plain Text
By Waqas Scrubs & Beyond were alerted multiple times about the data leak, but the company did not respond or secure the server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Scrubs & Beyond Leaks 400GB of User PII and Card Data in Plain Text
Microsoft: Lace Tempest Hackers Behind Active Exploitation of MOVEit Transfer App
Microsoft has officially linked the ongoing active exploitation of a critical flaw in the Progress Software MOVEit Transfer application to a threat actor it tracks as Lace Tempest. “Exploitation is often followed by deployment of a web shell with data exfiltration capabilities,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a series of tweets today. “CVE-2023-34362 allows attackers to
The Annual Report: 2024 Plans and Priorities for SaaS Security
Over 55% of security executives report that they have experienced a SaaS security incident in the past two years — ranging from data leaks and data breaches to SaaS ransomware and malicious apps (as seen in figures 1 and 2). Figure 1. How many organizations have experienced a SaaS security incident within the past two […]
Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, and Shopify Exploited in Web Skimmer Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new ongoing Magecart-style web skimmer campaign that’s designed to steal personally identifiable information (PII) and credit card data from e-commerce websites. A noteworthy aspect that sets it apart from other Magecart campaigns is that the hijacked sites further serve as “makeshift” command-and-control (C2) servers, using the cover to facilitate the
Alarming Surge in TrueBot Activity Revealed with New Delivery Vectors
A surge in TrueBot activity was observed in May 2023, cybersecurity researchers disclosed. “TrueBot is a downloader trojan botnet that uses command and control servers to collect information on compromised systems and uses that compromised system as a launching point for further attacks,” VMware’s Fae Carlisle said. Active since at least 2017, TrueBot is linked to […]