Category: CYBER SECURITY

Microsoft has revealed a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38200, affecting several versions of its Office suite, including Office 2016, Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.

This decision comes after initial findings indicated that Advanced failed to implement adequate measures to protect the personal information of 82,946 individuals, including sensitive data.

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have confirmed that the infamous Royal ransomware has rebranded to BlackSuit, amassing over $500 million in ransom demands since its inception more than two years ago.

The tech giant is offering a staggering $1,000,000 reward for researchers who can successfully demonstrate a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability on the Galaxy's secure vault.

A global stop-payment mechanism developed by INTERPOL has enabled Singapore authorities to recover the largest amount of funds ever lost in a business email compromise scam.

Electronic manufacturing services provider Keytronic has reported over $17 million in losses due to a ransomware attack in May.

This month, Android's security updates address 46 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw exploited in targeted attacks.

The IRS-Criminal Investigation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Attorney General’s Office in Frankfurt, have seized the domain of Cryptonator, an online cryptocurrency wallet.

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Vinoth Ponmaran has been sentenced to seven years in prison for leading a fraud conspiracy targeting elderly victims.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the shutdown of Russian Coms, a platform used by criminals worldwide to defraud victims.

Users attempting to download the popular Google Authenticator app via Google search in the past few days may have inadvertently installed malware on their devices.

A Fortune 50 company has paid a record-breaking $75 million ransom to the Dark Angels ransomware gang, as reported by Zscaler ThreatLabz.

A new malicious campaign targets Android devices worldwide, leveraging thousands of Telegram bots to infect devices with SMS-stealing malware.

A recent cyberattack has targeted the Baim Institute for Clinical Research, a prominent non-profit academic research organization based in Boston.

The United States government has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of a North Korean hacker linked to the notorious Maui ransomware attacks.

Meta has taken significant action against financial sextortion scams by shutting down 63,000 Instagram accounts based in Nigeria.