Hackers stole government data from organizations in Panama and Vietnam in multiple cyber attacks that surfaced recently. About the incident According to Vietnam’s state news outlet, the Cyber Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) confirmed reports of a breach targeting the National…
Category: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Ransomware Groups Still Exploiting SonicWall Firewall Vulnerability Despite Patch
More than a year after SonicWall released a patch for CVE-2024-40766, a critical vulnerability affecting its next-generation firewalls, attackers linked to the Akira ransomware-as-a-service operation continue to exploit the flaw to breach organizations. Similar to incidents in September 2024…
Why Cybersecurity is Critical for Protecting Spatial Data
In a world where almost every service depends on digital connections, one type of information underpins much of our daily lives: spatial data. This data links activities to a place and time, revealing not just “where” something happens, but also…
Fake eSIM Activation Fraud in India Raises Cybersecurity Concerns
The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has issued a warning about a new and highly sophisticated digital scam that leverages fake eSIM activation to commit financial fraud. Unlike traditional methods of cybercrime…
VoidProxy Phishing Platform Emerges as Threat Capable of Bypassing MFA
Researchers in the field of cybersecurity are warning that a sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform known as VoidProxy is being used by criminal groups for the purpose of evading widespread security controls and is demonstrating just how far this technology…
Beyond Firewalls: How U.S. Schools Are Building a Culture of Cyber Safety
U.S. district schools are facing a surge in sophisticated cyberattacks, but districts are pushing back by combining strong fundamentals, people-centered training, state partnerships, and community resilience planning to build cyber safety into everyday culture . Rising threat landscape An…
Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Bug to Install Backdoors and Steal Data
Sitecore bug abused Threat actors exploited a zero-day bug in legacy Sitecore deployments to install WeepSteel spying malware. The bug, tracked as CVE-2025-53690, is a ViewState deserialization flaw caused by the addition of a sample ASP.NET machine key in pre-2017…
Ransomware Group Uses AI Training Threats in Artists & Clients Cyberattack
Cybercriminals behind ransomware attacks are adopting new intimidation methods to push victims into paying up. In a recent case, the LunaLock ransomware gang has escalated tactics by threatening to sell stolen artwork for AI training datasets. The popular platform…
Massive database of 250 million data leaked online for public access
Around a quarter of a billion identity records were left publicly accessible, exposing people located in seven countries- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Egypt, and Turkey. According to experts from Cybernews, three misconfigured servers, registered…
Deepfake Video of Sadhguru Used to Defraud Bengaluru Woman of Rs 3.75 Crore
As a striking example of how emerging technologies are used as weapons for deception, a Bengaluru-based woman of 57 was deceived out of Rs 3.75 crore by an AI-generated deepfake video supposedly showing the spiritual leader Sadhguru. The video…