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Hacker in dark room showing LockBit ransomware attack on government agency network

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Threat Actors Lurked on a Government Agency Network for 6 Months Before Deploying LockBit Ransomware

April 25, 2022

A novice hacker lingered on a government agency network for five months before transferring control to an experienced threat actor who deployed LockBit ransomware.

Hand holding phone with Metamask crypto wallet mobile app showing phishing scam

Cyber Security News

Phishing Scam Targeting MetaMask Crypto Wallet Holders Nets $650,000; Default Settings Stored Seed Phrases in iCloud

April 22, 2022

MetaMask, a popular crypto wallet app, has a default setting, apparently unbeknownst to many users, that automatically writes the recovery seed phrase for the wallet to the user's iCloud backups.

GitHub website page close up showing OAuth tokens used to breach private repositories

Cyber Security News

GitHub: Stolen OAuth Tokens Used to Breach Private Repositories, Dozens of Organizations Impacted

April 22, 2022

GitHub says that the OAuth tokens were not stolen via a breach of its own systems, but that dozens of private repositories were accessed. OAuth tokens that were issued to two third-party integrators, Heroku and Travis-CI.

Hacker hunting for cryptocurrency showing flash loan attack on DeFi platform

Cyber Security News

Flash Loan Attack Takes Beanstalk Defi Platform for $182 Million, Largest Yet of Its Type

April 21, 2022

The Beanstalk attacker managed to get away with $80 million in illicit crypto funds, though the DeFi platform is looking at a total $182 million loss due to remediation and a sharp value drop that sent the token from $1 to 11 cents in value overnight.

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Panasonic Admits Suffering a Second Cyber Attack in 6 Months With Conti Ransomware Gang Claiming Responsibility

April 21, 2022

Panasonic's Canadian operation suffered a targeted cyber attack with the Conti Ransomware gang taking responsibility and claiming to have stolen 2.8 GB of corporate documents.

Apple store in Thailand showing impact of Apple privacy update for 2022

Data Privacy News

New Study of Apple Privacy Update Finds Costs To Impacted Companies Expected To Increase, Could Hit $16 Billion in 2022

April 20, 2022

The Apple privacy update has had the anticipated negative impact on revenues for some tech companies and has even been notably worse for others, particularly Facebook.

Official Axie Infinity website displayed on monitor showing suspected crypto theft by Lazarus hacking group

Cyber Security News

North Korea’s Lazarus Hacking Group Named as Potential Culprit Behind Record-setting Crypto Theft

April 19, 2022

The US Treasury Department has linked North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus hacking group to the $625 million breach of the Ronin network. The crypto theft was the largest to ever happen to a DeFi platform in terms of unrecovered funds.

T-Mobile retail shop showing T-Mobile hack and stolen customer data

Cyber Security News

Secret Attempt to “Buy Back” Customer Data From T-Mobile Hack Failed, Criminals Sold Information in Spite of $200,000 Payment

April 19, 2022

The company arranged a payment of $200,000 through a third party, but customer data from the T-Mobile hack was subsequently seen for sale on dark net forums.

Data Protection News

Danske Bank Fined for GDPR Violations, Customer Data Held for Longer Than Legally Allowed

April 18, 2022

A statement from Danske Bank indicates that the GDPR violations are tied to an inability to build data deletion functionality into its complex interlocked IT systems despite beginning efforts in 2016.

High factory structure and tower cranes showing malware targeting industrial control systems

Cyber Security News

US Intelligence Agencies: New Malware Kit Specifically Targets Industrial Control Systems, Crafted by State-Backed APT Groups

April 18, 2022

US intelligence agencies have issued a public warning indicating that APT groups have developed a "mutli-tool" malware kit that targets a commonly used range of industrial control systems.

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Threat Actors Lurked on a Government Agency Network for 6 Months Before Deploying LockBit Ransomware

Phishing Scam Targeting MetaMask Crypto Wallet Holders Nets $650,000; Default Settings Stored Seed Phrases in iCloud

GitHub: Stolen OAuth Tokens Used to Breach Private Repositories, Dozens of Organizations Impacted

Flash Loan Attack Takes Beanstalk Defi Platform for $182 Million, Largest Yet of Its Type

Panasonic Admits Suffering a Second Cyber Attack in 6 Months With Conti Ransomware Gang Claiming Responsibility

New Study of Apple Privacy Update Finds Costs To Impacted Companies Expected To Increase, Could Hit $16 Billion in 2022

North Korea’s Lazarus Hacking Group Named as Potential Culprit Behind Record-setting Crypto Theft

Secret Attempt to “Buy Back” Customer Data From T-Mobile Hack Failed, Criminals Sold Information in Spite of $200,000 Payment

US Intelligence Agencies: New Malware Kit Specifically Targets Industrial Control Systems, Crafted by State-Backed APT Groups

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos