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Cybersecurity Advisory: Medusa Ransomware
From CISA.gov, a #StopRansomware advisory: Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) variant first identified in June 2021. As of February 2025, Medusa developers and affiliates have impacted over 300 victims from a variety of critical infrastructure sectors with affected industries including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. The Medusa ransomware variant is unrelated to the MedusaLocker variant […]
“Script kiddie” hackers behind cyberattack on Musk’s X, security researcher says
Dark Storm, the big scary-sounding group that took down X (formerly Twitter) in a DDoS attack was just an Egyptian college kid? Cybernews reports: A French security researcher on Tuesday claims to have uncovered the identity of the Dark Storm hacker behind the hours-long DDoS cyberattack on Elon Musk’s X social media platform – and […]
Attorney General James Sues National General and Allstate Insurance for Failing to Protect New Yorkers’ Personal Information
The following is a press release issued yesterday by NY Attorney General Letitia James: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against several insurance companies doing business as National General and Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate) for failing to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. In 2020 and 2021, National General […]
Iranian Hackers Leak Israeli Gun Owners’ Data in Breach and Leak That Puts Them at Risk
Since the Hamas attack in October 2023, more and more Israelis have armed themselves with guns. Now the Sri Lanka Guardian reports that Israeli gun owners are in a state of heightened alert, fearing for their safety due to a breach and leak of their personal information and details: In a severe cybersecurity breach with […]
North Korean hackers cash out £300,000,000 after billion-pound crypto heist
It was the biggest heist in history and hackers are already cashing out. MSN reports: North Korean hackers who orchestrated a billion-pound cryptocurrency heist have successfully cashed out over £232,000,000 of their loot. The hackers, known as the Lazarus Group, pulled off the biggest heist in history during a raid on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago, […]
Local and state governments continue to be targeted in cyberattacks
State and local governments continue to be targeted by threat actors. Here are three current situations in the news: Mission, Texas. Valley Central reports: The cybersecurity attack on the city of Mission has prompted the Mayor to declare a state of local disaster. Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, […]
Lost & Found tracking software site was exposing information on travelers’ lost devices and personal effects
Tech Radar reports on an exposed data set discovered by a researcher: A dataset contai,ning 820,750 records totaling 122GB has been discovered online, most likely belonging to German tracking software firm Lost & Found, which primarily services the aviation industry. As revealed by security researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, this was in an unprotected and publicly exposed dataset […]
$25M loanDepot data breach class action settlement
Top Class Actions reports: Mortgage lender loanDepot agreed to a $25 million settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a 2024 data breach that compromised the information of 16.9 million customers. The loanDepot settlement benefits individuals who received a data breach notice from loanDepot informing them their information may have been compromised in a data […]