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Monday, 29 May 2023

MCNA Dental data breach impacts 8.9 million people after ransomware attack

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Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental has published a data breach notification on its website, informing almost 9 million patients that their personal data were compromised.

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Bill Toulas

Monday, 29 May 2023

Lazarus hackers target Windows IIS web servers for initial access

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The notorious North Korean state-backed hackers, known as the Lazarus Group, are now targeting vulnerable Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers to gain initial access to corporate networks.

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Lawrence Abrams

Sunday, 28 May 2023

Clever ‘File Archiver In The Browser’ phishing trick uses ZIP domains

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A new 'File Archivers in the Browser' phishing kit abuses ZIP domains by displaying fake WinRAR or Windows File Explorer windows in the browser to convince users to launch malicious files.

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Sergiu Gatlan

Saturday, 27 May 2023

CISA warns govt agencies of recently patched Barracuda zero-day

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CISA warned of a recently patched zero-day vulnerability exploited last week to hack into Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances.

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Lawrence Abrams

Saturday, 27 May 2023

QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices

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The QBot malware operation has started to abuse a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad program to infect computers, using the legitimate program to evade detection by security software.

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Bill Toulas

Saturday, 27 May 2023

Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data

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A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called "Hot Pixels," which can retrieve pixels from the content displayed in the target's browser and infer the navigation history.

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Bill Toulas

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

IT employee impersonates ransomware gang to extort employer

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A 28-year-old United Kingdom man from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and blackmailing his employer.

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Bill Toulas

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Cuba ransomware claims cyberattack on Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Cuba ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for this month's cyberattack on The Philadelphia Inquirer, which temporarily disrupted the newspaper's distribution and disrupted some business operations.

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Lawrence Abrams

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts

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Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google's new ZIP and MOV Internet domains, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing attacks and malware delivery.

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Bill Toulas

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Hackers use Azure Serial Console for stealthy access to VMs

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A financially motivated cybergang tracked by Mandiant as 'UNC3944' is using phishing and SIM swapping attacks to hijack Microsoft Azure admin accounts and gain access to virtual machines.

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Bill Toulas

Monday, 15 May 2023

Ransomware gang steals data of 5.8 million PharMerica patients

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Pharmacy services provider PharMerica has disclosed a massive data breach impacting over 5.8 million patients, exposing their medical data to hackers.

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Bill Toulas

Sunday, 14 May 2023

Hackers use public exploit to attack vulnerable WordPress sites

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Hackers are actively exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability in the WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin roughly 24 hours after a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was made public.

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Sergiu Gatlan

Saturday, 13 May 2023

Capita warns customers they should assume data was stolen

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Business process outsourcing firm Capita is warning customers to assume that their data was stolen in a cyberattack that affected its systems in early April.