The private member information of the BreachForums v1 hacking forum from 2022 has been leaked online, allowing threat actors and researchers to gain insight into its users. […]
FrostyGoop malware attack cut off heat in Ukraine during winter
Russian-linked malware was used to cut off the heating of over 600 apartment buildings during sub-zero temperatures in a January 2024 cyberattack on a municipal district energy company in Lviv, Ukraine. […]
Canadian Startup Protexxa Attracts $10 Million Series A Financing
Canadian cybersecurity startup Protexxa closes a $10 million Series A funding round that brings the total raised to $15 million.
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Verizon to pay $16 million in TracFone data breach settlement
Verizon Communications has agreed to a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents its wholly-owned subsidiary, TracFone Wireless, suffered after its acquisition in 2021. […]
Fake CrowdStrike repair manual pushes new infostealer malware
CrowdStrike is warning that a fake recovery manual to repair Windows devices is installing a new information-stealing malware called Daolpu. […]
Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome
Google no longer plans on deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome and is working on an updated approach.
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CrowdStrike CEO Called to Testify to Congress Over Cybersecurity Firm’s Role in Global Tech Outage
U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify on widespread tech outage that services around the world.
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Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and US NGO with MgBot Malware
Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group called Daggerfly using an upgraded set of malware tools.
The campaign is a sign that the group “also engages in internal espionage,” Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a new report published today. “In the attack on
The campaign is a sign that the group “also engages in internal espionage,” Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a new report published today. “In the attack on
Statement from CISA Director Easterly on Leadership Changes at CISA
CrowdStrike Speeding Up Remediation of Systems Hit by BSOD
CrowdStrike on Monday informed customers that it has tested a new technique to speed up the remediation of systems impacted by the recent bad update, and the company claims many systems have already been restored. Roughly 8.5 million Windows devices started displaying a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) late last week after receiving a faulty […]
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