Cybersecurity
Hacker collective Anonymous continues to monitor Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and reports that it will continue its cyber war until Russia’s aggression stops. In a recent tweet, Anonymous said it will continue hacking and releasing confidential information…
The US extradited last month a man from the Netherlands who is accused of working for Anom — the encrypted communications platform used by global organized criminals that was the subject of a lengthy undercover FBI investigation dubbed “Operation Trojan Shield.”…
Developers are increasingly voicing their opinions through their open source projects in active use by thousands of software applications and organizations. To do this, a maintainer adds broken code, protest messages, or undesired damaging functionality in the latest versions of…
The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware group says it has struck again, with Florida International University as their latest victim. The ransomware group, which most recently attacked North Carolina A&T University, claimed it has stolen a range of personal…
Application security giant F5 said it is investigating an alleged zero day vulnerability affecting the NGINX Web Server. “We are aware of reports of an issue with NGINX Web Server. We have prioritized investigating the matter and will provide more information as quickly as we…
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been patched in the popular Directus engine. programming-code-small.jpg Directus is an open source, modular content management system (CMS) promoted as a "flexible powerhouse for engineers." The platform can be used to wrap…
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two different information-stealing malware, named FFDroider and Lightning Stealer, that are capable of siphoning data and launching further attacks. "Designed to send stolen credentials and cookies to a Command & Control server…
The Qbot botnet is now pushing malware payloads via phishing emails with password-protected ZIP archive attachments containing malicious MSI Windows Installer packages. This is the first time the Qbot operators are using this tactic, switching from their standard…
The Italian luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna has confirmed an August 2021 ransomware attack that resulted in an extensive IT systems outage. The disclosure came in today's filing of an SEC Form 424B3 that updates their investment prospectus to alert…
California-based respiratory care provider SuperCare Health revealed it had been hit by a data breach that affected more than 300,000 individuals. A recent data security notice posted on its website revealed that it discovered the incident on July 27 2021, when unauthorized…