Iranian hackers target Israeli orgs with wiper masquerading as ransomware
Dubbed Agrius, the group has been active since early 2020 primarily targeting entities in the Middle East region, but in December 2020 the threat actor switched its focus to Israel.
May 26, 2021
Belgium interior ministry hit by a cyberattack
The intrusion, which was discovered in March 2021, was traced back to April 2019.
May 26, 2021
The operator of illicit hosting service Deer.io sentenced to 30 months in prison
Kirill Firsov has already spent 15 months in custody, and after serving the remaining 15 months, he will be deported to Russia.
May 26, 2021
Audio maker Bose hit by ransomware attack
The intruders gained access and possibly exfiltrated the internal administrative human resources files related to several former Bose employees.
May 25, 2021
Apple fixes three zero-day exploited in attacks on masOS, tvOS
One of the zero-days, CVE-2021-30713, was used by the XCSSET malware to circumvent Apple’s TCC protections designed to safeguard users' privacy.
May 25, 2021
Researchers link ongoing CryptoCore campaign to North Korea’s Lazarus APT
The campaign targeted crypto exchanges in Israel, Japan, Europe, and the U.S., resulting in the theft of millions of dollars worth of virtual currencies.
May 25, 2021
Air India data breach affects over 4 million passengers
Personal information of passengers registered between August 2011 and February 2021 was compromised in the attack.
May 24, 2021
Conti ransomware gang targeted over 400 organizations worldwide, including healthcare and first responder orgs
The FBI said it identified at least 16 Conti ransomware attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks.
May 24, 2021
A leading Japanese matchmaking app hack possibly exposed personal info of over 1.7M users
The intruders may have stolen customer information provided to the company between January 2018 and April 2021.
May 24, 2021
One of the US's top insurance companies reportedly paid $40 million to ransomware gang
The ransomware that targeted CNA’s systems was Phoenix Locker, a variant of malware called Hades.
May 21, 2021