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Ascension: Health data of 5.6 million stolen in ransomware attack
2024-12-20 12:05

​Ascension, one of the largest private U.S. healthcare systems, is notifying over 5.6 million patients and employees that their personal and health data was stolen in a May cyberattack linked to...

Rspack npm Packages Compromised with Crypto Mining Malware in Supply Chain Attack
2024-12-20 08:39

The developers of Rspack have revealed that two of their npm packages, @rspack/core and @rspack/cli, were compromised in a software supply chain attack that allowed a malicious actor to publish...

Ongoing phishing attack abuses Google Calendar to bypass spam filters
2024-12-18 23:16

An ongoing phishing scam is abusing Google Calendar invites and Google Drawings pages to steal credentials while bypassing spam filters. [...]

Russian hackers use RDP proxies to steal data in MiTM attacks
2024-12-18 21:53

The Russian hacking group tracked as APT29 (aka "Midnight Blizzard") is using a network of 193 remote desktop protocol proxy servers to perform man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks to steal data and...

Hackers Use Microsoft MSC Files to Deploy Obfuscated Backdoor in Pakistan Attacks
2024-12-17 14:11

A new phishing campaign has been observed employing tax-themed lures to deliver a stealthy backdoor payload as part of attacks targeting Pakistan. Cybersecurity company Securonix, which is...

FBI spots HiatusRAT malware attacks targeting web cameras, DVRs
2024-12-16 22:22

The FBI warned today that new HiatusRAT malware attacks are now scanning for and infecting vulnerable web cameras and DVRs that are exposed online. [...]

Windows kernel bug now exploited in attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges
2024-12-16 19:50

CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a high-severity Windows kernel vulnerability. [...]

Rhode Island confirms data breach after Brain Cipher ransomware attack
2024-12-16 16:51

Rhode Island is warning that its RIBridges system, managed by Deloitte, suffered a data breach exposing residents' personal information after the Brain Cipher ransomware gang hacked its systems. [...]

Clop ransomware claims responsibility for Cleo data theft attacks
2024-12-15 20:15

The Clop ransomware gang has confirmed to BleepingComputer that they are behind the recent Cleo data-theft attacks, utilizing zero-day exploits to breach corporate networks and steal data. [...]

390,000 WordPress accounts stolen from hackers in supply chain attack
2024-12-14 15:17

A threat actor tracked as MUT-1244 has stolen over 390,000 WordPress credentials in a large-scale, year-long campaign targeting other threat actors using a trojanized WordPress credentials checker. [...]