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Cyber Security News

$87 Million Lost to Crypto Drainer as Inferno Malware Fools Customers With Coinbase, Seaport Connection Protocols

January 18, 2024

The Inferno Drainer malware that plagued the crypto world throughout 2023 ultimately compromised about 130,000 victims and stole about $87 million in total, according to a new report from Group-IB. It was part of a broader movement of "crypto drainer" services that some security experts believe is poised to become the next big thing in cybercrime in 2024.

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Cyber Security News

UK Government Potentially Vulnerable to a Catastrophic Ransomware Attack on Critical Infrastructure

January 19, 2024

A joint parliamentary committee report warned that the UK government is risking a catastrophic ransomware attack that could cripple the country’s critical infrastructure.

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Cyber Security News

71 Million Leaked Credentials From Naz.API Stolen Account List Added to Have I Been Pwned

January 22, 2024

Leading data breach cross-checking service Have I Been Pwned has added about 71 million email addresses from "Naz.API," a new dataset circulating on the dark web that contains a massive collection of leaked credentials and plaintext passwords.

Hacker typing on keyboard showing zero-day on VPN appliances

Cyber Security News

Chinese Hackers and Others Are Exploiting Two Zero-Days, Compromising Over 1,700 Ivanti VPN Appliances

January 23, 2024

State-sponsored hackers have exploited two Ivanti zero-days to compromise over 1,700 ICS VPN appliances, cybersecurity firm Volexity has found.

Computer chips showing Foxconn subsidiary ransomware attack

Cyber Security News

LockBit Ransomware Attacks Foxconn Subsidiary Foxsemicon and Stole Terabytes of Data

January 24, 2024

Russian-speaking cyber gang LockBit ransomware has breached Taiwanese Foxconn subsidiary Foxsemicon, defaced its website, and allegedly stole five terabytes of data.

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Cyber Security News

Fidelity National Financial Cyber Attack Exposed 1.3 Million Customers

January 24, 2024

Fidelity National Financial disclosed that hackers compromised the data of 1.3 million customers during the November 2023 cyber attack that disrupted operations for a week.

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Cyber Security News

Russian State Sponsored Hackers Behind Microsoft’s Corporate Email Security Breach

January 25, 2024

Microsoft has named "Midnight Blizzard," an established team of Russian state sponsored hackers also referred to as NOBELIUM and Cozy Bear, as the culprit behind a recent security breach that compromised high-level corporate email accounts.

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Data Privacy News

Time for a New Privacy Paradigm

January 26, 2024

Today, data flows have become infinitely more complex in what has come to be known as surveillance capitalism. The challenge is how to future proof privacy legislation, learning the lesson of what worked with credit reporting laws as well as other more recent measures.

Hacker typing password on laptop showing data leak

Cyber Security News

“Mother of All Breaches” Data Leak Pulls Together 26 Billion Records From Thousands of Prior Breaches

January 26, 2024

The 1.2 terabyte MOAB file is broken up into over 3,800 folders, each one representing a prior data leak that saw personal information or credentials make their way to the open internet. In total there are over 26 billion records.

Russian hacker in front of a laptop showing HPE security breach of email

Cyber Security News

HPE Security Breach: Company Reports Russian Hackers in Its Email Environment

January 29, 2024

The HPE security breach is not known to be related to the recent announcement from Microsoft that Russian hackers had penetrated the inboxes of its senior leadership. It instead appears to have a connection to a May 2023 attack that the company had previously disclosed.

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$87 Million Lost to Crypto Drainer as Inferno Malware Fools Customers With Coinbase, Seaport Connection Protocols

UK Government Potentially Vulnerable to a Catastrophic Ransomware Attack on Critical Infrastructure

71 Million Leaked Credentials From Naz.API Stolen Account List Added to Have I Been Pwned

Chinese Hackers and Others Are Exploiting Two Zero-Days, Compromising Over 1,700 Ivanti VPN Appliances

LockBit Ransomware Attacks Foxconn Subsidiary Foxsemicon and Stole Terabytes of Data

Fidelity National Financial Cyber Attack Exposed 1.3 Million Customers

Russian State Sponsored Hackers Behind Microsoft’s Corporate Email Security Breach

Time for a New Privacy Paradigm

“Mother of All Breaches” Data Leak Pulls Together 26 Billion Records From Thousands of Prior Breaches

HPE Security Breach: Company Reports Russian Hackers in Its Email Environment

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

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure