Security News

U.S. Agencies Warn of Iranian Hacking Group's Ongoing Ransomware Attacks
2024-08-29 11:42

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have called out an Iranian hacking group for breaching multiple organizations across the country and coordinating with affiliates to deliver...

Man sentenced for hacking state registry to fake his own death
2024-08-21 22:11

A 39-year old man from Somerset, Kentucky, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for identity theft and faking his own death in government registry systems. [...]

New macOS Malware TodoSwift Linked to North Korean Hacking Groups
2024-08-21 11:00

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new macOS malware strain dubbed TodoSwift that they say exhibits commonalities with known malicious software used by North Korean hacking groups. "This application shares several behaviors with malware we've seen that originated in North Korea - specifically the threat actor known as BlueNoroff - such as KANDYKORN and RustBucket," Kandji security researcher Christopher Lopez said in an analysis.

Deadbeat dad faked his own death by hacking government databases
2024-08-21 07:35

A US man has been sentenced to 81 months in jail for faking his own death by hacking government systems and officially marking himself as deceased. In January 2023 Kipf used the credentials of a physician to access Hawaii's Death Registry System and create a "Case" that recorded his own death.

Hacking Wireless Bicycle Shifters
2024-08-20 11:08

This is yet another insecure Internet-of-things story, this one about wireless gear shifters for bicycles. These gear shifters are used in big-money professional bicycle races like the Tour de...

Toyota confirms breach after stolen data leaks on hacking forum
2024-08-19 20:51

Toyota confirmed that its network was breached after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from the company's systems on a hacking forum. [...]

Chinese hacking groups target Russian government, IT firms
2024-08-11 16:16

A series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT companies, are linked to Chinese hackers of the...

ADT confirms data breach after customer info leaked on hacking forum
2024-08-08 13:41

ADT Inc. disclosed via a Form 8-K filing at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that hackers have gained access to its systems, which hold customer order details. [...]

BreachForums v1 hacking forum data leak exposes members’ info
2024-07-23 19:24

The private member information of the BreachForums v1 hacking forum from 2022 has been leaked online, allowing threat actors and researchers to gain insight into its users. [...]

Email addresses of 15 million Trello users leaked on hacking forum
2024-07-16 17:57

A threat actor has released over 15 million email addresses associated with Trello accounts that were collected using an unsecured API in January. Emo created a list of 500 million email addresses and fed it into the API to determine if they were linked to a Trello account.