Data Breach News, Cyberattack
March 22, 2025
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Cyber Hackers Claim To Have Disrupted Communication Networks of 116 Iranian Ships

Marine Insight reports: A hacker group, Lab Dookhtegan, has claimed to have targeted 116 Iranian ships belonging to two major Iranian companies and disrupting their communication networks. The Group wrote on Telegram that the companies were involved in several illegal activities and supplied munitions to the Houthis. The cyber attack was carried out to coincide […]

Critical Infrastructure, Cyberattack, Data Breach News
March 13, 2025
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China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days

SecurityWeek reports that Dragos has published an interesting case study about an attack by the Chinese threat actors known as Volt Typhoon on the electric grid. The target was Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), a small public power utility in Massachusetts that serves Littleton and Boxborough. The utility had been in the process […]

Data Breach News, Cyberattack, News
February 20, 2025
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Venture capital giant Insight Partners hit by cyberattack

Bleeping Computer reports: New York-based venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners has disclosed that its systems were breached in January following a social engineering attack. The company manages over $90 billion in regulatory assets and has invested in over 800 software and technology startups and companies worldwide during its 30 years of activity. […]

Cyberattack, Miscellaneous News
February 19, 2025
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Pro-Russian hackers attack Italian websites after president compares invasion of Ukraine to Nazis

Associated Press reports: A pro-Russian hacker group attacked Italian government websites on Tuesday in what it said was a reaction to a speech by Italian President Sergio Mattarella that compared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the Nazis ‘ “wars of conquest.” The NoName57 hacker group, which announced the attacks on social media, hit the websites of the defense, interior and transport ministries, as […]

Data Breach News, Cyberattack, Vulnerabilities
February 16, 2025
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China-linked APT Salt Typhoon has breached more U.S. telecommunications providers via unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices.

Security Affairs reports: China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon is still targeting telecommunications providers worldwide, and according to a new report published by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, the threat actors has breached more U.S. telecommunications providers by exploiting unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices. Insikt Group researchers reported that the Chinese hacked have exploited two Cisco flaws, tracked […]

Cyberattack, News
February 14, 2025
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Virginia AG’s office says it was struck by ‘sophisticated cyberattack’

The Washington Post reports:  A “sophisticated cyberattack” struck the offices of Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares on Wednesday, forcing the agency to shut down computer systems and resort to paper court filings as Virginia State Police and the FBI investigate. “Unfortunately our agency has been the victim of what appears to be a sophisticated […]

Cyberattack, News
January 28, 2025
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DeepSeek halted new signups amid “large-scale” cyberattack

A Chinese AI platform DeepSeek sent tech stocks crashing yesterday when investors realized that DeepSeek was cheaper and maybe better than what U.S. tech has produced. It wasn’t long afterwards that DeepSeek got hit with a cyberattack. Bleeping Computer reported it: Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has disabled registrations on its DeepSeek-V3 chat platform due to […]

Cyberattack, Critical Infrastructure, Data Breach News, News
January 11, 2025
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Japan links Chinese hacker MirrorFace to dozens of cyberattacks targeting security and tech data

The Associated Press reports: Japan on Wednesday linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace, detailing their tactics and calling on government agencies and businesses to reinforce preventive measures. The National Police Agency said its analysis on the […]

Cyberattack, Data Breach News, News
January 09, 2025
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Russian ISP confirms Ukrainian hackers “destroyed” its network

Bleeping Computer reports: ​Ukrainian hacktivists, part of the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance group, announced on Tuesday they had breached Russian internet service provider Nodex’s network and wiped hacked systems after stealing sensitive documents. “The Russian internet provider Nodex in St. Petersburg was completely looted and wiped. Data exfiltrated, while the empty equipment without backups was left […]