Sep 29, 2023THNCyber Espionage / Malware The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been linked to a cyber espionage attack targeting an unnamed aerospace company in Spain in which employees of the firm were approached by the threat actor posing as a recruiter for Meta. "Employees of the targeted company were contacted by a fake recruiter via LinkedIn and tricked into opening a … [Read more...] about Lazarus Group Impersonates Recruiter from Meta to Target Spanish Aerospace Firm
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Chinese Tonto Team Hackers’ Second Attempt to Target Cybersecurity Firm Group-IB Fails
Feb 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat Intelligence The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Tonto Team carried out an unsuccessful attack on cybersecurity company Group-IB in June 2022. The Singapore-headquartered firm said that it detected and blocked malicious phishing emails originating from the group targeting its employees. It's also the second attack aimed … [Read more...] about Chinese Tonto Team Hackers’ Second Attempt to Target Cybersecurity Firm Group-IB Fails
LAPSUS$ Hackers Claim to Have Breached Microsoft and Authentication Firm Okta
Microsoft and authentication services provider Okta said they are investigating claims of a potential breach alleged by the LAPSUS$ extortionist gang. The development, which was first reported by Vice and Reuters, comes after the cyber criminal group posted screenshots and source code of what it said were the companies' internal projects and systems on its Telegram channel. The … [Read more...] about LAPSUS$ Hackers Claim to Have Breached Microsoft and Authentication Firm Okta
Israeli Firm Helped Governments Target Journalists, Activists with 0-Days and Spyware
Two of the zero-day Windows flaws patched by Microsoft as part of its Patch Tuesday update earlier this week were weaponized by an Israel-based company called Candiru in a series of "precision attacks" to hack more than 100 journalists, academics, activists, and political dissidents globally. The spyware vendor was also formally identified as the commercial surveillance company … [Read more...] about Israeli Firm Helped Governments Target Journalists, Activists with 0-Days and Spyware
Insurance Firm CNA Financial Reportedly Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom
U.S. insurance giant CNA Financial reportedly paid $40 million to a ransomware gang to recover access to its systems following an attack in March, making it one the most expensive ransoms paid to date. The development was first reported by Bloomberg, citing "people with knowledge of the attack." The adversary that staged the intrusion is said to have allegedly demanded $60 … [Read more...] about Insurance Firm CNA Financial Reportedly Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom
SolarWinds Hackers Also Breached Malwarebytes Cybersecurity Firm
Malwarebytes on Tuesday said it was breached by the same group who broke into SolarWinds to access some of its internal emails, making it the fourth major cybersecurity vendor to be targeted after FireEye, Microsoft, and CrowdStrike. The company said its intrusion was not the result of a SolarWinds compromise, but rather due to a separate initial access vector that works by … [Read more...] about SolarWinds Hackers Also Breached Malwarebytes Cybersecurity Firm
Facebook Sues Israeli NSO Spyware Firm For Hacking WhatsApp Users
Finally, for the very first time, an encrypted messaging service provider is taking legal action against a private entity that has carried out malicious attacks against its users.Facebook filed a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance firm NSO Group on Tuesday, alleging that the company was actively involved in hacking users of its end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp messaging … [Read more...] about Facebook Sues Israeli NSO Spyware Firm For Hacking WhatsApp Users
IT Firm Manager Arrested in the Biggest Data Breach Case of Ecuador’s History
Ecuador officials have arrested the general manager of IT consulting firm Novaestrat after the personal details of almost the entire population of the Republic of Ecuador left exposed online in what seems to be the most significant data breach in the country's history.Personal records of more than 20 million adults and children, both dead and alive, were found publicly exposed … [Read more...] about IT Firm Manager Arrested in the Biggest Data Breach Case of Ecuador’s History
Cryptocurrency Firm Itself Hacked Its Customers to Protect Their Funds From Hackers
Are you using Komodo's Agama Wallet to store your KMD and BTC cryptocurrencies?Were your funds also unauthorisedly transferred overnight to a new address?If yes, don't worry, it's probably safe, and if you are lucky, you will get your funds back.Here's what exactly happened…Komodo, a cryptocurrency project and developer of Agama wallet, adopted a surprisingly unique way to … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrency Firm Itself Hacked Its Customers to Protect Their Funds From Hackers