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25 July 2022  — 2 min read
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25 July 2022  — 2 min read
Building materials firm Knauf hit by Black Basta ransomware
The Knauf Group, a German-based multinational producer of construction materials, has announced that it's been the target of a cyberattack. The incident took place on the night of June 29, forcing its global IT team to shut down email systems, although communications were still possible via mobile devices and Microsoft Teams.
25 July 2022  — 2 min read
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25 July 2022  — 2 min read
European data centers running hot
An ongoing heatwave in Europe has sent temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius / 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Among other problems, this has stressed cooling systems at various data centers across the continent. Oracle and Google have both had to contend with heat-related failures in their UK cloud data centers.
19 July 2022  — 2 min read
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19 July 2022  — 2 min read
U.S. healthcare organizations targeted with Maui ransomware
The FBI, CISA and U.S. Department of the Treasury have issued a joint advisory warning of alleged North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against healthcare and public health (HPH) organizations.
19 July 2022  — 2 min read
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19 July 2022  — 2 min read
Bandai Namco hit by BlackCat ransomware
The Japanese video game giant Bandai Namco, known for publishing franchises like Elden Ring, Pac-Man and Tekken, has been hit by BlackCat/AlphV ransomware.
19 July 2022  — 2 min read
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19 July 2022  — 2 min read
IT services giant SHI hit by cyberattack
SHI International, one of the world’s 15 largest IT service providers (with over 5,000 employees and annual sales of $12.3 billion in 2021), has fallen victim to a "coordinated and professional malware attack."
12 July 2022  — 2 min read
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12 July 2022  — 2 min read
Publishing giant Macmillan hit by cyberattack
The U.S. offices of Macmillan, a publishing company with an annual revenue of over $500 million, have been hit by a cyberattack. Macmillan editors have lost access to their systems, emails and files, while book retailers nationwide were left unable to place new orders from the publisher.
09 July 2022  — 2 min read
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09 July 2022  — 2 min read
RedAlert ransomware targets Windows, Linux VMware EXSi servers
A new ransomware operation called RedAlert, or N13V, encrypts both Windows and Linux VMWare ESXi servers in attacks on corporate networks. The Linux encryptor is created to target VMware ESXi servers, with command-line options that allow the threat actors to shut down any running virtual machines before encrypting files.
09 July 2022  — 1 min read
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09 July 2022  — 1 min read
Google releases several vulnerability fixes for Chrome browser
Google has released updates for its popular Chrome browser to remediate several vulnerabilities, including a high-severity vulnerability that has already been exploited in the wild. This marks the fourth zero-day vulnerability that had to be patched in Chrome this year.
06 July 2022  — 2 min read
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06 July 2022  — 2 min read
Ukrainian police arrest cybercrime gang behind more than 400 phishing sites
The Ukrainian police force arrested nine members of a cybercrime group that operated over 400 phishing websites. The group successfully abused stolen information in at least 5,000 cases, resulting in $3.36 million being stolen from victims in total.
06 July 2022  — 2 min read
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06 July 2022  — 2 min read
LockBit 3.0 released, as ransomware gang uses copyright infringement claims as lure
The LockBit gang is one of the most active ransomware groups at the moment. Last Sunday, they released LockBit 3.0, the latest strain of their malware — and also published the data of five new victims on their leak site.
06 July 2022  — 2 min read
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06 July 2022  — 2 min read
Raccoon Stealer malware is back with a new version
The Raccoon Stealer gang has just launched version 2.0 of their info-stealing malware, and is actively selling it as a service. Criminals can use the new Raccoon Stealer for $275 per month or $125 per week.
29 June 2022  — 2 min read
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29 June 2022  — 2 min read
Phishing campaign uses voicemail messages as lure
An ongoing wave of phishing emails is using missed voicemail messages as a lure. Multiple US companies in various sectors were targeted last week again. The goal of the attackers is to steal Microsoft 365 credentials in order to access their environments.