Threat analysts at Silent Push, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, told Reuters that North Korean cyber spies established two companies in the U.S., Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC, using fictitious personas and addresses to infect developers in the cryptocurrency industry…
Tag: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Many Internet Users Suffer Account Breaches Due to Weak Passwords, Study Finds
A recent study has shown that more than one in three people have had at least one of their online accounts broken into during the past year. The main reason? Poor or stolen passwords. The report comes from the…
Coinbase Fixes Account Log Bug That Mistakenly Triggered 2FA Breach Alerts
Coinbase has resolved a logging issue in its system that led users to wrongly believe their accounts had been compromised, after failed login attempts were mistakenly labeled as two-factor authentication (2FA) failures. As first uncovered by BleepingComputer, the bug…
New Report Reveals Hackers Now Aim for Money, Not Chaos
Recent research from Mandiant revealed that financially motivated hackers are the new trend, with more than (55%) of criminal gangs active in 2024 aiming to steal or extort money from their targets, a sharp rise compared to previous years. About…
Think That Job Offer on LinkedIn Is Real? Not Without This Badge
LinkedIn has taken a major step toward improving online safety by extending its identity verification feature beyond its own platform. This update is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to help users avoid fake profiles and internet scams, especially…
Hacker Calls Pahalgam Incident “Inside Job” on Rajasthan Education Department Website
Earlier this week, the Rajasthan education department’s official website was hacked, with a statement ridiculing the Indian government over Pakistan’s detention of Indian Air Force commander Abhinandan Varthaman in 2019. The hackers attacked the homepage with a provocative message…
Rhysida Ransomware Group Leaks 1.3M Files Stolen from Oregon DEQ After Failed Extortion Attempt
A major ransomware breach has rocked the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), with over 1.3 million files—amounting to 2.4 terabytes—dumped online by the cybercriminal group Rhysida. The stolen data, now circulating on the dark web, reportedly includes confidential…
Large-Scale Data Breach at Frederick Health Exposes Patient Records
Two separate ransomware incidents have recently affected healthcare providers in Maryland and California and exposed sensitive information belonging to more than 1.1 million patients as a result, according to disclosures filed with federal regulators that recently broke the story.…
Android Spyware Concealed in Mapping App Targets Russian Military
Doctor Web researchers discovered a new spyware, tracked as Android. Spy.1292.origin, targets Russian military people. The malicious code was concealed in a trojanized Alpine Quest app and distributed via Russian Android catalogues. The malware acquires contacts, geolocation, and file…
Over 21 Million Employee Screenshots Leaked from WorkComposer Surveillance App
An app designed to track employee productivity by logging keystrokes and taking screenshots has suffered a significant privacy breach as more than 21 million images of employee activity were left in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket. An app for tracking…