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Christina Ruddell
Jun 30
A weaponised Super Mario Game is spreading malware
From the era of LimeWire to the present day, threat actors have put malware inside games.
Jun 3
Zero-click iOS spyware hits Kaspersky staff
Dozens of employees of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky have been hit by an advanced cyberattack targeting iOS.
May 26
Chinese state stealthily evading detection in USA critical infrastructure
Microsoft and CISA have reported that a stealthy China-based group established a foothold in critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Guam.
Senior LockBit ransomware operator indicted
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Mikhail Pavlovich Patveev for launching global ransomware attacks.
May 10
US Justice Department eliminates Kremlin-linked ‘Snake’ espionage malware
On Tuesday, authorities announced they had destroyed a malware implant used for twenty years by Turla.
May 4
Europol arrests 288 across the globe in dark web operation SpecTor
50m in cash, 850 kgs of drugs, 117 firearms, and 288 people were taken off the streets.
Apr 25
Google adds cloud backup for 2FA codes
Google Authenticator was notoriously painful to move to a new smartphone.
Apr 19
Microsoft & Citizen Lab report forces QuaDream to shut down
The Israeli spyware company is reportedly shutting down a week after its hacking toolset was exposed by Microsoft & Citizen Lab
Apr 14
Federal Agents Arrest US Serviceman Over Data Leak
A 21-year-old has been arrested in connection with the leak of top secret documents online.
Apr 11
Yum! Brand's Customer Data Stolen
KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell's parent company has been sending data breach notifications to customers.
Apr 5
FBI takes down Genesis Market
Genesis Market was an online marketplace where criminals sold identities, credentials, banking information and more.
Apr 3
Western Digital hit with a cyberattack
End users are unable to access their data via MyCloud.
Mar 30
3CX supply chain attack identified
Initial indications suggest North Korea is behind the supply chain attack.
Mar 27
UK law enforcement operates trap DDoS-for-hire sites
The NCA purports to operate a number of honeypot sites in order to trap cybercriminals.
Mar 23
Bombs hidden in USB sticks target journalists in Ecuador
Lenin Artieda suffered minor injuries in the blast, which happened in the newsroom of Ecuavisa TV in Guayaquil.
Mar 21
'Cyber incident' at Ferrari
Ferrari has warned its customers that their personal data may be at risk.
Mar 17
Hackers use SVB collapse to target customers
Hackers are using the collapse of SVB as an opportunity to get creative with phishing lures to steal money and credentials.
Mar 14
ALPHV ransomware claims Ring hack
The ransomware gang has posted Ring's logo to their data leak site, claiming they've stolen company data.
Feb 24
Bank's voice biometrics bypassed by free AI tool
Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox appears to have bypassed a bank’s security using an AI-generated voice.
Feb 23
US Special Forces emails publicly accessible without password
USSOCOM used a public-facing Microsoft Azure server that had no security controls.
Feb 16
Google reports on Russian cyber operations in Ukraine
Google’s Threat Analysis Group has provided a detailed report on Russian cyber activity within Ukraine throughout 2022.
Feb 14
Cloudflare blocks world's largest DDoS attack
The DDoS attack peaked at 71,000,000 requests per second, 35% higher than the previous record.
Feb 9
LockBit publishes stolen Royal Mail data
Payment was not received by the deadline, and now the data is in the wild.
Feb 6
3000+ VMware servers hit with ransomware
Over 3,000 servers around the world were hit with ransomware because admins didn’t patch a two-year-old bug.
Feb 3
LockBit ransomware hits ION Group
The financial services software provider has been struck by the world's most prolific ransomware gang.
Feb 1
Google Fi informs customers their data was compromised by hackers
It looks like T-Mobile's data breach might be the source of the breach at Google Fi.