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ORBCOMM Ransomware Attack Causes Trucking Fleet Management Outage
Trucking and fleet management solutions provider ORBCOMM has confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind recent service outages preventing trucking companies from managing their fleets.
California Settles With Google Over Location Privacy Practices for $93 Million
The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature the company called “location history.”
Blackcat Ransomware Hits Azure Storage With Sphynx Encryptor
The BlackCat ransomware gang, suspected to be a rebrand of DarkSide/BlackMatter, has been using stolen Microsoft accounts and a new variant of the Sphynx encryptor to target Azure cloud storage.
More Russian Journalists Investigating Possible Spyware Infections
More Russian journalists have come forward this week expressing concern that they too may have been targeted with spyware, following the news that the prominent media figure Galina Timchenko was hacked with Pegasus.
Retool Falls Victim to SMS-Based Phishing Attack Affecting 27 Cloud Clients
Software development company Retool has disclosed that the accounts of 27 of its cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and SMS-based social engineering attack. The San Francisco-based firm blamed a Google Account cloud synchronization feature recently...
Financially Motivated UNC3944 Threat Actor Shifts Focus to Ransomware Attacks
The financially motivated threat actor known as UNC3944 is pivoting to ransomware deployment as part of an expansion to its monetization strategies, Mandiant has revealed. "UNC3944 has demonstrated a stronger focus on stealing large amounts of sensitive data for...
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Suspected in $31 Million CoinEx Heist
The North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has stolen nearly $240 million in cryptocurrency since June 2023, marking a significant escalation of its hacks. According to multiple reports from Certik, Elliptic, and ZachXBT, the infamous hacking group is said to be...
TikTok Faces Massive €345 Million Fine Over Child Data Violations in E.U.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) slapped TikTok with a €345 million (about $368 million) fine for violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to its handling of children's data. The investigation, initiated in...
Cuba Ransomware Gang Continues to Evolve With Dangerous Backdoor
Researchers have uncovered fresh malware samples attributed to ransomware group Cuba, representing new versions of BurntCigar malware, which offers next-level stealth to the group.
Cuba Ransomware Gang Continues to Evolve With Dangerous Backdoor
Researchers have uncovered fresh malware samples attributed to ransomware group Cuba, representing new versions of BurntCigar malware, which offers next-level stealth to the group.
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