Category: CYBER SECURITY

A cyberattack on Saturday disrupted approximately ten official websites in Italy, including those of the Foreign Ministry and Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports.

Both companies confirmed the attacks on Saturday, stating that their networks are now secure and that they continue to collaborate with law enforcement and government officials to address the situation.

ZAGG Inc., a well-known manufacturer of mobile accessories, has revealed that a recent data breach compromised customer credit card information.

Volkswagen's software subsidiary, Cariad, unintentionally exposed sensitive data from approximately 800,000 electric vehicles, compromising customer information such as names and detailed location data.

Data-loss prevention startup Cyberhaven has disclosed a supply chain attack that compromised its Chrome extension, potentially exposing customer passwords and session tokens to hackers.

A Russian court has imposed a fine of three million roubles (approximately $29,000) on TikTok for allegedly violating the country's legal restrictions on sharing specific types of information.

The U.S. government is still assessing the fallout from the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the White House has identified a significant factor behind the breach: inadequate cybersecurity measures across telecom companies' IT infrastructure.

Japan Airlines (JAL) said Thursday that its network system has been restored after a cyberattack earlier in the day disrupted luggage services and delayed some flights.

The UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty in bolstering international cooperation in the fight against such crimes.

In May 2024, the North Korean state-backed hacker group known as TraderTraitor executed a major cryptocurrency heist, stealing 4,502.9 Bitcoin worth $308 million from Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) official online shop was the victim of a cyberattack.

Two WordPress plugins integral to the premium WPLMS theme, a popular Learning Management System (LMS) solution with over 28,000 sales, have been found to contain over a dozen critical vulnerabilities.

Adobe has rolled out urgent security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its ColdFusion software.

Crypto criminals have stolen over $1.71 billion worth of cryptos this year, pushing total thefts to shocking levels at $12.7 billion across more than 1,000 heists to date, data showed on Monday.

Officials said on Sunday that South Korea and the United States are conducting joint research to strengthen protection against cryptocurrency heist attempts amid growing concerns of such attacks by North Korea-linked hackers.

NSO Group, the maker of the infamous Pegasus spyware, has been held liable in a lawsuit filed by Meta’s WhatsApp, as reported by The Record.

Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the U.S., is alerting nearly 5.6 million patients and employees that their personal and health data were stolen in a cyberattack linked to the Black Basta ransomware group in May.

The U.S. government has charged a 51-year-old dual citizen of Russia and Israel, Rostislav Panev, with allegedly creating and maintaining the code for LockBit ransomware.

London-based tech firm Builder.ai, a leader in human-assisted AI for app development, has recently come under scrutiny after a significant data breach exposed over 3 million records totaling 1.29 TB.

The U.S. government is weighing a potential ban on TP-Link routers starting next year, pending the results of ongoing investigations into their alleged involvement in cyberattacks that could pose national security risks.