Category: security
New York Times warns freelancer journalists their data may have been stolen in cyberattack
The New York Times has warned a number of its freelance associates that their data may have been stolen in a recent attack on its GitHub repositories. News recently broke of a hacker posting source code belonging to the New York Times Company on the anonymous imageboard, 4chan. The archive…
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Panera warns employees their data may have been leaked following cyberattack
Panera Bread has confirmed suffering a ransomware attack earlier this year. The company sent out a data breach notification letter to affected customers earlier this week, confirming some sensitive customer information was stolen from company servers. As per the notification letter, the company discovered the attack on March 23, 2024,…
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US government agency warns scammers are spoofing it — so make sure you don’t pick up this call
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the government agency looking after cybersecurity protections, has issued a warning it is being impersonated by scammers. In an alert, the organization said impersonation scams were on the rise, and that they often use the names and titles of government employees. “The…
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Watch out – downloading that web app could infect your whole device with malware
Progressive Web Apps (PWA), a type of application delivered via a web browser, can be hijacked to be used for phishing, creating authentic-looking, convincing data-harvesting platforms, experts have warned. Researcher mr.d0x, a notable figure in the cybersecurity community, particularly known for creating and sharing tools and techniques that are useful…
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This dangerous new form of malware is attacking Windows and Linux systems alike
For almost a decade, different Chinese threat actor groups used a piece of weaponized code that was mistakenly categorized as a variant of another malware, security experts have admitted. In a report, Trend Micro revealed since 2016, groups such as Iron Tiger and Calypso used a piece of malware that…
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Black Basta ransomware gangs exploit patched Windows flaw to launch zero-day attacks
The Cardinal cybercrime group (also known as UNC4393, or Storm-1811), an affiliate of the notorious Black Basta gang, has been found exploiting a recently-patched Windows vulnerability to deploy the encryptor, while the flaw was still a zero-day. A report from cybersecurity researchers Symantec changes what was so far known about…
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