Cybersecurity

Cyber attacks interrupt visa applications at Irish embassy in Turkey

The Irish Embassy in Turkey is temporarily unable to process visa applications due to “persistent” cyber attacks, according to the embassy. Additionally, it has warned that it cannot “effectively” respond to consular queries. The embassy issued a notice on social media this…

Elevated cyber threats are the ‘new normal’

The Biden administration gets darker in its assessment of the nation's cyber threat More frequent cyberattacks are the “new normal” for U.S. companies and individuals, the Biden administration’s top cyber officials are warning. It's a significant messaging shift for the…

Personal data of 2 million leaked in cyberattack on Massachusetts healthcare group

The sensitive information of two million people was accessed during a cyberattack on Shields Health Care Group, a Massachusetts-based healthcare organization that provides services to dozens of hospitals and other medical facilities. The company – which provides MRI…

New ‘DogWalk’ Windows zero-day bug gets free unofficial patches

Free unofficial patches for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) have been released today through the 0patch platform. The security flaw (jokingly dubbed DogWalk) is a path traversal flaw attackers can exploit to copy an…

Researchers Warn of Spam Campaign Targeting Victims with SVCReady Malware

A new wave of phishing campaigns has been observed spreading a previously documented malware called SVCReady. "The malware is notable for the unusual way it is delivered to target PCs — using shellcode hidden in the properties of Microsoft Office documents,"…

US: Chinese govt hackers breached telcos to snoop on network traffic

Several US federal agencies today revealed that Chinese-backed threat actors have targeted and compromised major telecommunications companies and network service providers to steal credentials and harvest data. As the NSA, CISA, and the FBI said in a joint…

Disruption to submarine cables degrades internet for parts of Africa and Asia

An apparent disruption to submarine cables that help transit web traffic around the world degraded internet service for millions of people in parts of Africa and Asia for hours Tuesday. The issue affected at least Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) and SeaMeWe5, two major…

Online gun shops in the US hacked to steal credit cards

Two American gun shops, Rainier Arms and Numrich Gun Parts, that operate e-commerce sites have disclosed data breaches resulting from card skimmer infections on their sites. Credit card skimmers are malicious JavaScript code either embedded on the sites or…

Smishing and Vishing Attempts Surged in 2021

SMS phishing (smishing) attacks more than doubled year-on-year in 2021 as cyber-criminals looked to exploit human error to compromise devices, according to Proofpoint. The security vendor’s latest annual Human Factor report is based on an analysis of over 2.6 billion email…

Qbot malware now uses Windows MSDT zero-day in phishing attacks

A critical Windows zero-day vulnerability, known as Follina and still waiting for an official fix from Microsoft, is now being actively exploited in ongoing phishing attacks to infect recipients with Qbot malware. Proofpoint first reported Monday that the same zero-day was…