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 […]
WGTC reports: Attorney General William Tong has announced that Connecticut is joining several other states in filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration and the overreach of his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency. Tong is one of 19 Democratic attorneys general who have sued Trump in an effort to block Musk from accessing the systems […]
Bleeping Computer reports: A global law enforcement operation targeting the Phobos ransomware gang has led to the arrest of four suspected hackers in Phuket, Thailand, and the seizure of 8Base’s dark web sites. The suspects are accused of conducting cyberattacks on over 1,000 victims worldwide. The arrested individuals, two men and two women, are Europeans […]
Agencies Ghack reports: One of the largest data leaks in recent history has exposed a staggering 1.5 billion records, affecting major Chinese platforms, financial institutions, and even government-related entities. The unprotected dataset, discovered by Cybernews researchers, contains sensitive details, including full names, government ID numbers, phone numbers, financial records, and healthcare data. The leaked records originate from […]
The Record reports: Federal agencies are warning hospitals of a backdoor discovered in a popular line of patient monitors sold by Chinese company Contec. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released warnings on Thursday about an embedded function they found in the firmware of the Contec CMS8000 — […]
Some long-standing hacking forums are standing no more. They have been seized by law enforcement in an international cooperative operation. PC Mag reports: The FBI has seized a pair of internet forums dedicated to computer hacking and forced the affected domains offline. The crackdown ensnared Cracked[.]io and Nulled[.]to, two forums known for hosting and selling […]
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 […]
Need a well-written phishing email but your English is not up to snuff? For a mere $50.00, you can get a chatbot to write malicious code for you. Abnormal Security reports: Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have changed the way we tackle day-to-day tasks, but cybercriminals are twisting that same technology for illegal activities. In 2023, WormGPT made […]
Researchers from Microsoft Threat Intelligence alerted the company to suspected threat activity. Cybersecurity Dive reports: SonicWall issued an alert Friday that a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its SMA appliances is under active exploitation by malicious hackers and urged customers to immediately update any vulnerable firmware. Researchers from Microsoft Threat Intelligence had warned SonicWall about the […]
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports: UnitedHealth Group says the impact from the cyberattack last year at its Change Healthcare subsidiary is much wider than previously understood, affecting roughly 190 million patients — up from previous estimates of about 100 million people. The updated tally extends the scope beyond what was previously described by company Chief Executive Andrew […]
