Video game comoany, Blizzard Entertainment, has been the vicitm of a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack. The DDoS attack was launched against the company on June 25,...
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IOTW: A full timeline of the MOVEit cyber attack
Ransomware gang Clop, which has taken responsibility for the cyber attack launched against document transfer service MOVEit, has announced that it has not stolen data from...
PwC and EY impacted by MOVEit cyber attack
Multinational accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young (EY) are among the seemingly ever-growing list of victims linked to a cyber security incident that originated with...
BlackCat threatens to leak 80GB of Reddit data
Ransomware gang ALPHV, most commonly known as BlackCat, is allegedly responsible for the theft of 80GB of data from social media site Reddit. The allegation comes...
British watchdog Ofcom latest victim of MOVEit attack
British television watchdog Ofcom is the latest victim of a supply chain attack against document transfer service MOVEit. The cyber attack against MOVEit saw Russian ransomware...
DDoS attacks launched against Swiss websites ahead of Zelensky address
Swiss government websites were taken offline through the use of targeted distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks ahead of a video address by Ukranian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. DDoS attacks...
Health Service Ireland latest victim of MOVEit cyber attack
Health Service Ireland (HSE) has become the latest victim of a supply chain cyber attack launched against document transfer service MOVEit. The attack was launched by...
Key role targeted cyber attacks are on the rise
Research by Ponemon Institute and cyber security company BlackCloak has found that hackers have been directly targeting C-suite executives and their family members with cyber attacks...
IOTW: Clop ransomware gang threatens BBC, Boots and BA
Ransomware gang Clop, who was responsible for a cyber attack on data transfer service MOVEit, has issued a threat to all those affected by the breach....
BBC, Boots and British Airways affected by malware gang attack
A cyber attack against document transfer app MOVEit has resulted in data breaches of several high-profile UK organizations and businesses. Those affected includes the British Broadcasting...
RomCom ransomware is being spread via poisoned Google ads
RomCom ransomware is being spread via poisoned Google adverts for legitimate software companies including Chat-GPT, PDF Reader Pro and Devolutions’ Remote Desktop Manager. According to researchers...
IOTW: MCNA Dental suffers data breach affecting 8.9 million patients
American dental insurer, MCNA Dental, has suffered a ransomware-related data breach that has exposed the data of more than 8.9 million patients. In a notice published...
CommonSpirit Health reports that ransomware attack cost $160 million
Catholic health system and nonprofit hospital chain CommonSpirit Health has said that a ransomware attack it suffered in October 2022 cost the company US$160 million. Ransomware...
Data of more than 470,000 hacking site members leaked
More than 470,000 members of dark web hacking site RaidForums have had their data leaked by Exposed, another hacking forum. Members of the forums would put...
When will AI be fully integrated into cyber security? – Source: www.cshub.com
Source: www.cshub.com – Author: Olivia Powell ChatGPT, a machine learning (ML)-powered chatbot, is rapidly growing across all sectors. The app’s developer, OpenAI, reported that it gained...
The ultimate guide to malware – Source: www.cshub.com
Source: www.cshub.com – Author: Olivia Powell Malware is a fast-growing, ever-evolving threat to cyber security. In the first six months of 2022, over 2.8 billion malware...
What is business email compromise? – Source: www.cshub.com
Source: www.cshub.com – Author: Olivia Powell In this article, Cyber Security Hub explores how cyber attackers use threat vectors like phishing, social engineering and ransomware to...
Elon Musk’s social security number allegedly leaked in Tesla data breach
Car manufacturer Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, may have had his social security number leaked in a data breach that saw 100GB of confidential information accessed. The...
IOTW: Luxottica confirms 2021 data leak of 70 million customers’ information
Italian eyewear brand Luxottica, parent company of Ray-Ban and Oakley, has confirmed that the data of more than 70 million customers was accessed in 2021. The...
Hackers attempt to sell personal data of 1.5 million women
The personal information of more than 1.5 million women has been put up for sale on the dark web following an alleged data breach of Indian...
US government seizes 13 domains linked to DDoS attacks
The United States (US) federal government has seized 13 domains linked to ‘booter’ websites that offered distributed denial of service (DDoS)-attacks-for-hire services. So-called ‘booter’ sites allow...
IOTW: Location data of two million customers exposed in Toyota data breach
A cloud misconfiguration in car manufacturer Toyota’s servers may have leaked sensitive information belonging to more than two million customers. The cloud misconfiguration meant that sensitive...
IOTW: Sysco confirms data breach impacting company, supplier and employee data
Food distribution company Sysco has confirmed that customer, business and employee data was stolen in a cyber attack it suffered earlier this year. The cyber attack is...
IOTW: Former Uber CSO charged with concealing data breach
Former Uber CSO, Joe Sullivan, has been sentenced to three years’ probation for his involvement in covering up a data breach in 2016 that affected 57...
IOTW: American Bar Association accused of data breach affecting 1.4 million peop…
In a class action lawsuit, the American Bar Association (ABA) has been accused of “grossly fail[ing] to comply with security standards” and causing a data breach...
Google ads are being used to spread malware
Malicious actors are using Google advertisements and SEO tactics to entice victims into clicking on links poisoned with malware. According to cyber security company Secureworks, malicious...
Hundreds of members of congress affected by data breach
DC Health Link, the provider of health insurance for those in the United States (US) Government, has suffered a data breach that affects over 50,000 people. ...
KFC owner suffers data breach following ransomware attack
Note: This article was updated on April 12, 2023, to reflect the fact that employee data, not customer data, was accessed during the cyber attack against...
Italy bans ChatGPT over data privacy concerns
In a move that one Italian minister has called “disproportionate”, Italy has temporarily banned ChatGPT due to data privacy concerns. Italy has made the decision to...
IOTW: Latitude Financial data breach affects 14 million people
Australian financial services company, Latitude Financial, has suffered a large-scale data break that exposed the personal information for more than 14 million customers. The breach was...