Cybersecurity

Russia's Cyber Warfare Reputation Lies In Ruins As Anonymous Hacktivists Raid Central Bank Again

The war between Ukraine and Russia continues to rage, causing loss of lives on both sides and inflicting immense structural damage. Anonymous, a decentralized international hacktivist and activist collective, launched a cyber war against the Kremlin following the invasion, and…

Russian ministry website appears hacked; RIA reports users data protected

The website of Russia's Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities appeared to have been hacked, with an internet search for the site leading to a "Glory to Ukraine" sign in Ukrainian. Russia's state news agency RIA late on Sunday quoted a ministry representative…

QBot now pushes Black Basta ransomware in bot-powered attacks

The Black Basta ransomware gang has partnered with the QBot malware operation to gain initial access to corporate environments. QBot (QuakBot) is Windows malware that steals bank credentials, Windows domain credentials, and delivers further malware payloads on…

Critical Vulnerability Found in Motorola's Unisoc Chips

Cyber-threat intelligence firm Checkpoint Research (CPR) spotted a critical vulnerability in the Unisoc Tiger T700 chips that power the Motorola Moto G20, E30 and E40 smartphones. The components, which replaced MediaTek’s chips in the aforementioned devices due to…

Are You Ready for a Breach in Your Organization's Slack Workspace?

When organizations moved to hybrid work at the beginning of the pandemic, Slack offered a crucial way for teams to collaborate efficiently regardless of physical location. But in most organizations, Slack is a relatively new solution, bringing the typical challenges of adopting…

10 Most Prolific Banking Trojans Targeting Hundreds of Financial Apps with Over a Billion Users

10 of the most prolific mobile banking trojans have set their eyes on 639 financial applications that are available on the Google Play Store and have been cumulatively downloaded over 1.01 billion times. Some of the most targeted apps include Walmart-backed PhonePe, Binance…

Mandiant: “No evidence” we were hacked by LockBit ransomware

American cybersecurity firm Mandiant is investigating LockBit ransomware gang's claims that they hacked the company's network and stole data. The ransomware group published a new page on its data leak website earlier today, saying that the 356,841 files they allegedly…

Gloucester Council IT Systems Still Not Fully Operational Six Months After Cyber-Attack

Gloucester City Council’s IT systems are still not fully operational almost six months after it was targeted by Russian hackers. The authority acknowledged its servers were compromised on December 20 last year. The phishing “sleeper” malware found its way into the council's…

Microsoft Seizes 41 Domains Used in Spear-Phishing Attacks by Bohrium Hackers

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) last week disclosed that it had taken legal proceedings against an Iranian threat actor dubbed Bohrium in connection with a spear-phishing operation. The adversarial collective is said to have targeted entities in tech, transportation…

Italian city of Palermo shuts down all systems to fend off cyberattack

The municipality of Palermo in Southern Italy suffered a cyberattack on Friday, which appears to have had a massive impact on a broad range of operations and services to both citizens and visiting tourists. Palermo is home to about 1.3 million people, the fifth most…