News in the Security category

BORN Ontario child registry data breach affects 3.4 million people

The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), a healthcare organization funded by the government of Ontario, has announced that it is among the victims of Clop ransomware's MOVEit hacking spree.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 01:31 PM
- 0
Google is retiring its Gmail Basic HTML view in January 2024

Google is notifying Gmail users that the webmail's Basic HTML view will be deprecated in January 2024, and users will require modern browsers to continue using the service.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 12:08 PM
- 0
Xenomorph Android malware now targets U.S. banks and crypto wallets

Security researchers discovered a new campaign that distributes a new version of the Xenomorph malware to Android users in the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 11:16 AM
- 0
Mixin Network suspends operations following $200 million hack

Mixin Network, an open-source, peer-to-peer transactional network for digital assets, has announced today on Twitter that deposits and withdrawals are suspended effective immediately due to a $200 million hack the platform suffered on Saturday.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 09:23 AM
- 0
Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes

TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online megastore.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 24, 2023
- 10:11 AM
- 3
New stealthy and modular Deadglyph malware used in govt attacks

A novel and sophisticated backdoor malware named 'Deadglyph' was seen used in a cyberespionage attack against a government agency in the Middle East.
- Bill Toulas
- September 23, 2023
- 05:00 PM
- 0
Evasive Gelsemium hackers spotted in attack against Asian govt

A stealthy advanced persistent threat (APT) tracked as Gelsemium was observed in attacks targeting a Southeast Asian government that spanned six months between 2022 and 2023.
- Bill Toulas
- September 23, 2023
- 11:09 AM
- 0
National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacts 890 schools

U.S. educational nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse has disclosed a data breach affecting 890 schools using its services across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 23, 2023
- 10:04 AM
- 0
Air Canada discloses data breach of employee and 'certain records'

Air Canada, the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, disclosed a cyber security incident this week in which hackers "briefly" obtained limited access to its internal systems. The incident resulted in the theft of a limited amount of personal information of some of its employees and "certain records."
- Ax Sharma
- September 23, 2023
- 07:16 AM
- 0
Dallas says Royal ransomware breached its network using stolen account

The City of Dallas, Texas, said this week that the Royal ransomware attack that forced it to shut down all IT systems in May started with a stolen account.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 22, 2023
- 04:59 PM
- 0
Nigerian man pleads guilty to attempted $6 million BEC email heist

Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a 29-year-old Nigerian national extradited from Canada to the United States last April, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC).
- Bill Toulas
- September 22, 2023
- 03:24 PM
- 2
Recently patched Apple, Chrome zero-days exploited in spyware attacks

Security researchers with the Citizen Lab and Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed today that three zero-days patched by Apple on Thursday were abused as part of an exploit chain to install Cytrox's Predator spyware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 22, 2023
- 02:16 PM
- 0
Government of Bermuda links cyberattack to Russian hackers

The Government of British overseas territory Bermuda has linked a cyberattack affecting all its departments' IT systems since Thursday to hackers based out of Russia.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 22, 2023
- 01:30 PM
- 0
Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach

Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at its authentication provider.
- Bill Toulas
- September 22, 2023
- 01:22 PM
- 1
T-Mobile denies new data breach rumors, points to authorized retailer

T-Mobile has denied suffering another data breach following Thursday night reports that a threat actor leaked a large database allegedly containing T-Mobile employees' data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 22, 2023
- 11:05 AM
- 0
Hotel hackers redirect guests to fake Booking.com to steal cards

Security researchers discovered a multi-step information stealing campaign where hackers breach the systems of hotels, booking sites, and travel agencies and then use their access to go after financial data belonging to customers.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 22, 2023
- 07:41 AM
- 0
‘Sandman’ hackers backdoor telcos with new LuaDream malware

A previously unknown threat actor dubbed 'Sandman' targets telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and South Asia, using a modular info-stealing malware named 'LuaDream.'
- Bill Toulas
- September 21, 2023
- 03:50 PM
- 0
GitHub passkeys generally available for passwordless sign-ins

GitHub has made passkeys generally available across the platform today to secure accounts against phishing and allow passwordless logins for all users.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 21, 2023
- 02:59 PM
- 1
Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks

Apple released emergency security updates to patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users, for a total of 16 zero-days patched this year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 21, 2023
- 01:57 PM
- 1
Pizza Hut Australia warns 193,000 customers of a data breach

Pizza Hut Australia is sending data breach notifications to customers, warning that a cyberattack allowed hackers to access their personal information.
- Bill Toulas
- September 21, 2023
- 11:50 AM
- 0