Bleeping Computer reports: The data-theft extortion group known as Luna Moth, aka Silent Ransom Group, has ramped up callback phishing campaigns in attacks on legal and financial institutions in the United States. According to EclecticIQ researcher Arda Büyükkaya, the ultimate goal of these attacks is data theft and extortion. Luna Moth, known internally as Silent […]
404 Media reports: A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned. The data stolen by the hacker contains the contents of some direct messages and group chats sent using its […]
News18 reports: In a major cyber attack on the Jammu Municipal Corporation website on Friday, critical data was stolen by hackers, top intelligence sources said. All certificates and databases, likely containing citizen data like Aadhaar numbers, property records, tax details and administrative documents, and infrastructure plans, were reportedly lost in the data breach incident, sources […]
May 1, 2025. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California: LOS ANGELES – A Yemeni national was charged today in a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging he deployed the so-called “Black Kingdom” ransomware against computer servers owned organizations worldwide, including businesses, schools, and hospitals in the United States, […]
Someone’s hitting big UK retail firms. First it was M&S, then Co-Op, and now it’s Harrod’s. BBC reports: The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack. The firm said it had “restricted internet access at our sites” following an attempt to gain access to […]
Texas Health and Human Services Commission April 30, 2025 AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is notifying an additional 33,529 recipients of agency services and other affected individuals that their protected health, personal identifying or sensitive personal information may have been inappropriately accessed, used or disclosed. As a result of an internal […]
Bleeping Computer reports: Employee benefits administration firm VeriSource Services is warning that a data breach exposed the personal information of four million people. VeriSource is a Texas-based employee benefits administration and HR outsourcing solutions provider with diverse clients across the U.S. The firm has begun data breach notifications to impacted individuals about a cybersecurity incident […]
Bleeping Computer reports: Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted by a hacking collective known as “Scattered Spider” BleepingComputer has learned from multiple sources. Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a British multinational retailer that employs 64,000 employees and sells various products, including clothing, food, […]
Deccan Herald reports: A major data breach in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) application portal for water connection has exposed over 2.90 lakh customer records. The access to these records, including PAN, Aadhaar numbers, payment data and mobile numbers, was put on sale on an underground data leaks forum on the internet […]
Bleeping Computer reports: The ransomware scene is re-organizing, with one gang known as DragonForce working to gather other operations under a cartel-like structure. DragonForce is now incentivizing ransomware actors with a distributed affiliate branding model, providing other ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations a means to carry out their business without dealing with infrastructure maintenance cost and effort. […]
