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- Nissan North America has revealed that extortionists who demanded a ransom after breaking into its external VPN and disrupted systems last year also stole the social security numbers of over 53,000 staff. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
- Law enforcement agencies worldwide have coordinated to take down one of the world’s largest hacker forums, scoring a victory against cybercrime. BreachForums, a notorious marketplace for stolen data, was seized by the authorities on Wednesday, according to a message on its website. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
- Remember when a US mother was accused of distributing explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter's cheerleading rivals kicked off the team? Well, there has been a surprising development. And learn how cybercriminals have been stealing boomers' one-time-passcodes via a secretive online service. All this and more is discussed in […]
- Security agencies in the United States have issued a new warning about the Black Basta ransomware group, in the wake of a high-profile attack against the healthcare giant Ascension. The cyber attack last week forced the Ascension computer systems offline, and caused some hospital emergency departments to turn away ambulances "in order to ensure emergency […]
- A Korean cybersecurity expert has been sentenced to prison for illegally accessing and distributing private photos and videos from vulnerable "wallpad" cameras in 400,000 private households. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
- Boeing has confirmed that it received a demand for a massive $200 million after a ransomware attack by the notorious LockBit hacking group in October 2023. The company confirmed its link to the indictment of Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, who was identified this week by the US Department of Justice as the true identity of LockBitSupp, […]
- Do you know Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev? If you do, there's a chance that you might well on the way to receiving a reward of up to $10 million. Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.