LockBit ransomware gang claims the attack on Capital Health
The LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on the Capital Health hospital network. The LockBit ransomware operation…
Security
PIN-Stealing Android Malware
This is an old piece of malware—the Chameleon Android banking Trojan—that now disables biometric authentication in order to steal the…
Syrian group Anonymous Arabic distributes stealthy malware Silver RAT
A hacker group that calls itself Anonymous Arabic is distributing a stealthy remote access trojan called Silver RAT. Cyfirma researchers…
Swiss Air Force sensitive files stolen in the hack of Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Documents belonging to the Swiss Air Force were leaked on the dark web as a result of cyberattack on a…
Saudi Ministry exposed sensitive data for 15 months
Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM) had an environment file exposed, opening up sensitive details for anybody willing…
DoJ charged 19 individuals in a transnational cybercrime investigation xDedic Marketplace
19 individuals worldwide were charged in a transnational cybercrime investigation of the now defunct xDedic marketplace. The U.S. DoJ charged…
Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy
Last month, I convened the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2023) at the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center.…
Long-existing Bandook RAT targets Windows machines
A new variant of the Bandook remote access trojan (RAT) was spotted in attacks aimed at Windows machines. Reseachers from…
A cyber attack hit the Beirut International Airport
A cyber attack hit the Beirut International Airport, Rafic Hariri (Lebanon), threat actors breached the Flight Information Display System (FIDS).…
Iranian crypto exchange Bit24.cash leaks user passports and IDs
Bit24.cash has inadvertently exposed sensitive data belonging to nearly 230,000 users, as revealed by Cybernews research. Due to its limited…