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13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks
2025-01-21 12:46

A global network of about 13,000 hijacked Mikrotik routers has been employed as a botnet to propagate malware via spam campaigns, the latest addition to a list of botnets powered by MikroTik...

MirrorFace Leverages ANEL and NOOPDOOR in Multi-Year Cyberattacks on Japan
2025-01-09 10:44

Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) and National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NCSC) accused a China-linked threat actor named MirrorFace of orchestrating a...

Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs
2025-01-09 03:56

‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which is worrying Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed...

Database tables of student, teacher info stolen from PowerSchool in cyberattack
2025-01-09 00:44

Class act: Biz only serves 60M people across America, no biggie A leading education software maker has admitted its IT environment was compromised in a cyberattack, with students and teachers'...

US Treasury Department Sanctions Chinese Company Over Cyberattacks
2025-01-07 12:00

From the Washington Post: The sanctions target Beijing Integrity Technology Group, which U.S. officials say employed workers responsible for the Flax Typhoon attacks which compromised devices...

The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024
2025-01-01 16:03

2024 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. Below are fourteen of what...

Deloitte says cyberattack on Rhode Island benefits portal carries 'major security threat'
2024-12-16 18:01

Personal and financial data probably stolen A cyberattack on a Deloitte-managed government system in Rhode Island carries a "high probability" of sensitive data theft, the state says.…

Auto parts giant LKQ says cyberattack disrupted Canadian business unit
2024-12-13 23:31

Automobile parts giant LKQ Corporation disclosed that one of its business units in Canada was hacked, allowing threat actors to steal data from the company. [...]

Lynx ransomware behind Electrica energy supplier cyberattack
2024-12-11 16:28

​The Romanian National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) says the Lynx ransomware gang breached Electrica Group, one of the largest electricity suppliers in the country. [...]

Krispy Kreme cyberattack impacts online orders and operations
2024-12-11 14:44

US doughnut chain Krispy Kreme suffered a cyberattack in November that impacted portions of its business operations, including placing online orders. [...]