Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles


Data Breach Lawsuit Alleges Mismanagement of 3rd-Party Risk

23 June 2023
A proposed federal class action lawsuit alleges that patient debt collection software firm Intellihartx was negligent in its handling of third-party risk, contributing to a breach affecting nearly 490,000 individuals.

John Hopkins University suffers data breach

23 June 2023
Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System suffered a cyberattack that may have impacted sensitive personal and financial information.

MULTI#STORM Campaign Targets India and U.S. with Remote Access Trojans

23 June 2023
"The attack chain ends with the victim machine infected with multiple unique remote access trojan malware instances, such as Warzone RAT and Quasar RAT," Securonix researchers Den Iuzvyk, Tim Peck, and Oleg Kolesnikov said.

French Ad Tech Firm Fined 40M Euros for GDPR Violations

23 June 2023
The top French privacy regulator has imposed a fine of 40 million euros against a Parisian advertising technology company for its use of website tracking cookies and failure to process users' personal data in compliance with privacy laws.

BlackCat Ransomware Gang Threatens to Leak Plastic Surgery Photos

23 June 2023
The notorious extortion crew, aka ALPHV, added the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery to its list of compromised organizations, and bragged about swiping people's personal information and healthcare records.

​​High-Profile Spear-Phishing Attack Against Ukrainian Entities

23 June 2023
The Russian APT28 group has launched a spear-phishing campaign that has affected a regional prosecutor's office, an undisclosed executive authority, a military aviation company, and other government entities in Ukraine. It is suggested that users update the vulnerable Roundcube webmail servers to its latest version.

US Auto Insurance Price Comparison Site RateForce Leaks Massive PII Data

23 June 2023
The breach was initially discovered by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that the primary insurer associated with all the policies listed in the exposed database was USA Underwriters.

Chinese APT15 Re-emerges with New Graphican Malware

23 June 2023
Security experts came across a new campaign—from late 2022 to early 2023—by the Chinese state-sponsored threat group APT15, which used a novel backdoor called Graphican that possesses several capabilities. Symantec has published the IOCs for a better understanding of the threat to protect against it. 

Largest Public Pension Fund in US Affected by MOVEit Breach

23 June 2023
The organization said Wednesday that it was informed on June 6 by a third-party vendor – PBI Research Services/Berwyn Group – that data was accessed by hackers exploiting the MOVEit file transfer tool.

Increased spending doesn’t translate to improved cybersecurity posture

23 June 2023
According to a survey by Panaseer, automation is considered more effective than vendor consolidation in easing industry concerns, and 96% of organizations automate at least one aspect of their cybersecurity.

APT37 Found Using FadeStealer to Eavesdrop on Victims

23 June 2023
The North Korean APT37 (aka ScarCruft and RedEyes) group was found using a new info-stealer with wiretapping features, named FadeStealer, along with a backdoor written in GoLang that abuses the Ably platform. Apart from the ability to listen to private conversations of victims, the malware can steal a wide variety of information from Windows systems.

The Power of Browser Fingerprinting: Personalized UX, Fraud Detection, and Secure Logins

23 June 2023
The case for browser fingerprinting: personalizing user experience, improving fraud detection, and optimizing login security Have you ever heard of browser fingerprinting? You should! It's an online user identification technique that collects information about a visitor's web browser and its configuration preferences to associate individual browsing sessions with a single website visitor.  With

Cloud-native security hinges on open source

23 June 2023
Open source is key to the success of cloud-native security as it facilitates collaboration amongst developers, architects, and users, brings strength in numbers, and allows for diverse innovation.

Powerful JavaScript Dropper PindOS Distributes Bumblebee and IcedID Malware

23 June 2023
A new strain of JavaScript dropper has been observed delivering next-stage payloads like Bumblebee and IcedID. Cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct is tracking the malware as PindOS, which contains the name in its "User-Agent" string. Both Bumblebee and IcedID serve as loaders, acting as a vector for other malware on compromised hosts, including ransomware. A recent report from Proofpoint 

Update: Dole says February ransomware attack breached data of almost 3,900 US workers

23 June 2023
Dole said the hackers accessed the names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, and other employment information, according to a filing with the Maine Attorney General.

CISA orders govt agencies to patch bugs exploited by Russian hackers

23 June 2023
According to research by Insikt Group and CERT-UA, Russian hackers exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-35730, CVE-2020-12641, and CVE-2021-44026) in Roundcube Webmail software to gain unauthorized access to unpatched servers.

Chinese Hackers Targeted G7 Summit Through MS Office Flaw

23 June 2023
Suspected Chinese APT groups exploited a 17-year-old Microsoft Office vulnerability in May to launch malware attacks against foreign government officials who attended a G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.

NSA Releases Guide to Combat Powerful BlackLotus Bootkit Targeting Windows Systems

23 June 2023
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Thursday released guidance to help organizations detect and prevent infections of a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackLotus. To that end, the agency is recommending that "infrastructure owners take action by hardening user executable policies and monitoring the integrity of the boot partition." BlackLotus is an advanced 

NIST wants to help prevent a major cyberattack on the water sector

23 June 2023
The project is expected to feature a reference design and an implementation guide addressing four main cybersecurity challenges across the water and wastewater sector, namely asset management, data integrity, remote access, and network segmentation.

Military Satellite Access Sold on Russian Hacker Forum for $15,000

23 June 2023
Although the authenticity of these claims remains uncertain, the fact that the hacker is offering to use Escrow—a trusted third-party payment service—adds a level of credibility to the offer.