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AMD investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum
2024-06-18 21:26

AMD is investigating whether it suffered a cyberattack after a threat actor put allegedly stolen data up for sale on a hacking forum, claiming it contains AMD employee information, financial documents, and confidential information. "We are aware of a cybercriminal organization claiming to be in possession of stolen AMD data," AMD told BleepingComputer in a statement.

Truist Bank confirms breach after stolen data shows up on hacking forum
2024-06-13 23:17

Leading U.S. commercial bank Truist confirmed its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company's data for sale on a hacking forum. While BleepingComputer could not independently verify these claims, the data also allegedly contains bank transactions with names, account numbers, balances, and IVR funds transfer source code.

Chinese hacking groups team up in cyber espionage campaign
2024-06-05 20:06

Chinese state-sponsored actors have been targeting a government agency since at least March 2023 in a cyberespionage campaign that researchers track as Crimson Palace. According to a report from cybersecurity company Sophos, the campaign relied on new malware variants and three different activity clusters that indicate a coordinated attack.

FBI seize BreachForums hacking forum used to leak stolen data
2024-05-15 14:44

The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals. The seizure occurred on Wednesday morning, soon after the site was used last week to leak data stolen from a Europol law enforcement portal.

INC ransomware source code selling on hacking forums for $300,000
2024-05-13 20:22

A cybercriminal using the name "Salfetka" claims to be selling the source code of INC Ransom, a ransomware-as-a-service operation launched in August 2023. Simultaneously with the alleged sale, the INC Ransom operation is undergoing changes that might suggest a rift between its core team members or plans to move to a new chapter that will involve using a new encryptor.

Prompt Hacking, Private GPTs, Zero-Day Exploits and Deepfakes: Report Reveals the Impact of AI on Cyber Security Landscape
2024-04-24 16:11

AI's newfound accessibility will cause a surge in prompt hacking attempts and private GPT models used for nefarious purposes, a new report revealed. Experts at the cyber security company Radware forecast the impact that AI will have on the threat landscape in the 2024 Global Threat Analysis Report.

DPRK hacking groups breach South Korean defense contractors
2024-04-23 16:56

The National Police Agency in South Korea issued an urgent warning today about North Korean hacking groups targeting defense industry entities to steal valuable technology information. The police discovered several instances of successful breaches of defense companies in South Korea involving the hacking groups Lazarus, Andariel, and Kimsuky, all part of the North Korean hacking apparatus.

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2024-04-23 12:00

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Ex-Amazon engineer gets 3 years for hacking crypto exchanges
2024-04-12 17:54

Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022 and stealing over $12 million. The breached entities are Nirvana Finance, a decentralized crypto exchange, and an unnamed exchange on the Solana blockchain platform that Ahmed hacked using his smart contract reverse engineering and blockchain audit skills.

Finland Blames Chinese Hacking Group APT31 for Parliament Cyber Attack
2024-03-28 16:50

The Police of Finland (aka Poliisi) has formally accused a Chinese nation-state actor tracked as APT31 for orchestrating a cyber attack targeting the country's Parliament in 2020. The intrusion,...