Attacks & Breaches
Data Breaches Reach All-Time High
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According to a new IBM security report, the global average cost of data breaches reached $4.35 million in 2022 which is an all time...
Hacker claims to have obtained data of 1 billion Chinese citizens
Even though China has vowed to improve the protection of online user data, instructing their tech companies to ensure safe storage of information, a...
Cyberattack Crashes Israeli Government Websites
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Users unable to reach sites with gov.il extension for an hour, as National Cyber Directorate reportedly declares state of emergency over incident.
Communications Minister Yoaz...
Email Which Claims to Come from Saudi Aramco Delivers Malware
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MalwareBytes research team found a targeted email campaign carrying two attachments, a pdf file and an excel file.
The email pretends to come from Saudi...
Retailer Blames Third-Party for the Data Breach of More than 100,000 Payment Cards
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Beauty product retailer Acro revealed that customers of two of its websites were impacted, exposing more than 100,000 payment cards. The attack compromised the...
War Between Russia and Ukraine Goes Cyber
The war between Russia and Ukraine goes "Cyber", with several ongoing cyber-attacks from the Russian side, targeting Ukraine's banks and government department websites.
A cyber...
Oil Port Terminal Operations Disrupted by Ransomware Attack
The ransomware attack affected dozens of terminals, oil storage and transport around the world, including Oiltanking in Germany, SEA-Invest in Belgium and Evos in...
Hacker Took Down the Internet in North Korea
An American hacker named P4x says he was behind a series of outages in North Korea's Internet a few weeks ago.
P4x told Wired...
$320 Million Stolen from Crypto Trading Platform
By exploiting a vulnerability in the software of a crypto trading platform, hackers stole 320 million in cryptocurrencies.
Wormhole Portal is a web-based application that...
Hackers Use PowerPoint Files to Deliver Malicious Files
A little-known PowerPoint add-on, the .ppam file, has been used by hackers to hide and deliver malicious files.
Security researchers from Avanan, observed that .ppam...
Actor’s Twitter Account Hacked and Used to Spam on NFT Giveaways
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On Thursday a verified twitter profile of Siobhan McSweeney, a well known Irish actor, was hacked and was used to spam on NFT giveaways....
North Korean APT Spreading Malware Through Spear Phishing Attacks
The "Lazarous Group", a North Korean APT conducted a spear phishing attack, weaponized with malicious documents that try to lure targets into clicking by...
