The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Minoborony) and stole sensitive documents. […]
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The attack that took down a large portion of the City of Hamilton’s digital network is only the latest weapon in a global fight against cybersecurity, claims one of Canada’s leading cybersecurity experts. Regarding the unprecedented attack on the municipality’s network that affected emergency s…
The generative AI systems of the present are becoming more advanced due to the rise in their use, such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Tech firms and startups are making AI bits and ecosystems that can do mundane tasks on your behalf, think about blocking a calendar or product shopping. But…
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Authorities in Germany last week announced the takedown of the cybercrime marketplace ‘Crimemarket’ and the arrest of six people believed to be linked with its operations. Crimemarket, authorities say, was the “biggest illegal, German-speaking online trading platform”, enabling miscreants to trade n…
GitHub, a cornerstone for programmers worldwide, faces a severe threat as an unknown attacker deploys an automated assault, cloning and creating malicious code repositories. The attack, involving sophisticated obfuscation and social engineering, poses a significant challenge to GitHub’s security inf…
Cybercriminals are using a network of hired money mules in India using an Android-based application to orchestrate a massive money laundering scheme.
The malicious application, called XHelper, is a “key tool for onboarding and managing these money mules,” CloudSEK researchers Sparsh Kulshrestha, Abhishek Mathew, and Santripti Bhujel said in a report.
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Chinese video surveillance equipment manufacturer Hikvision has announced patches for two vulnerabilities in its security management system HikCentral Professional. The most important of these flaws is CVE-2024-25063, a high-severity bug that could lead to unauthorized access to certain URLs. The bu…
GitHub and cyberattackers are waging a quiet, automated war over malicious repos.
In the realm of cybersecurity, understanding the various data types within an infrastructure is essential for effective defense and management. These data types serve as the foundation for identifying, analyzing, and responding to potential threats. Let’s delve into the four critical data types: tra…
The Linux Foundation last week announced the launch of an open source digital financial transaction monitoring platform. The new platform, Tazama, is meant to provide powerful, scalable, and cost-effective monitoring of digital payments, to make advanced financial monitoring more broadly available,…
Pharmacies and hospitals nationwide are experiencing disruptions as a result of ransomware attacks, which leaves patients with difficulties filling prescriptions or obtaining medical care. UnitedHealth Group, a healthcare provider in the United States, announced on Thursday that it had been hacked b…
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) employees and cryptocurrency platforms have been targeted in mobile device phishing attacks employing a novel and advanced kit, cybersecurity firm Lookout warns. Using the new kit, attackers create carbon copies of single sign-on (SSO) pages that trick victims…
A team of researchers has developed malware designed to target modern programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in an effort to demonstrate that remote Stuxnet-style attacks can be launched against such industrial control systems (ICS). The researchers are from the Georgia Institute of Technology and th…
A company’s lifecycle stage, size, and state have a significant impact on its security needs, policies, and priorities. This is particularly true for modern mid-market companies that are either experiencing or have experienced rapid growth. As requirements and tasks continue to accumulate and malicious actors remain active around the clock, budgets are often stagnant at best. Yet, it is crucial