Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Wednesday that disrupted the firm's Router 53 DNS web service for about eight hours on end. Some other services were …
FTC Issues Guidance On Protecting Against SIM Swap Attacks
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning people about SIM swapping attacks that aim to assign the phone number of a victim to a SIM card controlled by the attacker. The threat actor can …
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Magecart 5 Linked to Carbanak Gang
New research by Malwarebytes connects Magecart Group 5, one of the most prominent payment card skimming threat actors, to the notorious Carbanak threat group. Magecart is an umbrella term for various …
Most Effective Phishing Tactic Is to Make People Think They’ve Been Hacked
People are most likely to fall for a phishing scam when it involves a fake message warning that their account has been hacked, a new report by KnowBe4 shows. In phishing simulations and actual …
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Chinese Hackers Use new Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware
Chinese state-backed hackers have been using a malware tool that enables them to access Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) systems using a special password and subsequently maintain a presence on those …
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Hacker Breached Servers Belonging to Multiple VPN Providers
A threat actor has obtained access to servers belonging to NordVPN, TorGuard, and possibly VikingVPN. NordVPN acknowledged that it suffered a data breach in March of 2018 in which a threat actor …
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Major German manufacturer still down a week after getting hit by ransomware
German automation technology giant Pilz has kept the systems of its 76 locations across the globe disconnected from the main network for over a week as the result of a ransomware attack, the company …
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NSA And NCSC Warning: Russian Hackers Disguised As Iranian Spies Attacked 35 Countries
The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned on Monday that the Russian state-backed hacking group Turla (aka Snake or Uroburos) has been impersonating …
Avast says hackers breached internal network through compromised VPN profile
Anti-virus giant Avast suffered a security breach on September 23, the company admitted on Monday. A threat actor who had been targeting the company since May 14 of this year, got hold of the VPN …
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Researchers reveal the cyber campaign that built China’s new airliner
A new report by CrowdStrike exposes a Chinese cyber espionage campaign that took place over the course of five years and eventually enabled the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China …
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