American steel giant Nucor on Wednesday disclosed a cybersecurity incident that bears the hallmarks of a ransomware attack.
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Proofpoint to Acquire Hornetsecurity in Reported $1 Billion Deal
Enterprise cybersecurity giant Proofpoint is buying Germany-based Microsoft 365 security solutions provider Hornetsecurity.
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Pen Testing for Compliance Only? It’s Time to Change Your Approach
Imagine this: Your organization completed its annual penetration test in January, earning high marks for security compliance. In February, your development team deployed a routine software update. By April, attackers had already exploited a vulnerability introduced in that February update, gaining access to customer data weeks before being finally detected.
This situation isn’t theoretical: it
This situation isn’t theoretical: it
Chinese Hackers Hit Drone Sector in Supply Chain Attacks
The China-linked hacking group Earth Ammit has launched multi-wave attacks in Taiwan and South Korea to disrupt the drone sector.
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Ransomware Groups, Chinese APTs Exploit Recent SAP NetWeaver Flaws
Two ransomware groups and several Chinese APTs have been exploiting two recent SAP NetWeaver vulnerabilities.
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5 BCDR Essentials for Effective Ransomware Defense
Ransomware has evolved into a deceptive, highly coordinated and dangerously sophisticated threat capable of crippling organizations of any size. Cybercriminals now exploit even legitimate IT tools to infiltrate networks and launch ransomware attacks. In a chilling example, Microsoft recently disclosed how threat actors misused its Quick Assist remote assistance tool to deploy the destructive
Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers
A Russia-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber espionage operation targeting webmail servers such as Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, including a then-zero-day in MDaemon, according to new findings from ESET.
The activity, which commenced in 2023, has been codenamed Operation RoundPress by the Slovak cybersecurity company. It has
The activity, which commenced in 2023, has been codenamed Operation RoundPress by the Slovak cybersecurity company. It has
Malicious npm Package Leverages Unicode Steganography, Google Calendar as C2 Dropper
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package named “os-info-checker-es6” that disguises itself as an operating system information utility to stealthily drop a next-stage payload onto compromised systems.
“This campaign employs clever Unicode-based steganography to hide its initial malicious code and utilizes a Google Calendar event short link as a dynamic dropper for its final
“This campaign employs clever Unicode-based steganography to hide its initial malicious code and utilizes a Google Calendar event short link as a dynamic dropper for its final
Canadian Electric Utility Lists Customer Information Stolen by Hackers
Nova Scotia Power says a wide range of personal and financial information was stolen in the recent cyberattack.
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Australian Human Rights Commission Discloses Data Breach
The Australian Human Rights Commission says data submitted through the complaint form on its website was inadvertently exposed.
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