Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed the construction of a “strong cyber security barrier” around China's internet infrastructure, reinforcing the country's infamous Great Firewall. His call, issued during a recent two-day cybersecurity meeting in Beijing, comes as part of an ongoing
JumpCloud, a US-based identity and access management firm, recently made a disclosure regarding unauthorized access to its systems by a North Korean nation-state actor. The breach occurred a month ago and involved a spear-phishing attack against a targeted group of customers. The incident was
Cl0p, the Russian cybercrime group responsible for the recent MOVEit hack, has continued to add to its list of alleged victims. Several new entities have been added, including public and private companies, state and local governments, universities, and other organizations. As part of its malicious
According to a recent post by Ram Gall, a threat analyst at the WordPress security firm Wordfence, an undisclosed group of hackers have initiated a campaign targeting a recently disclosed vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payments plugin. The campaign began on July 14th, with the intensity of the
Cybercriminals have found a potent weapon in the form of WormGPT, a generative AI tool designed explicitly for malicious activities. WormGPT has emerged as an alternative to the well-known AI model ChatGPT, empowering hackers to launch more sophisticated cyber attacks, particularly in Business
All-In-One Security (AIOS), a widely-used WordPress plugin with over 1 million installations, has issued a security update to fix a bug which caused users' passwords to be stored in plaintext on the WordPress site’s database. AIOS confirmed that the bug, introduced in version 5.1.9, has been
Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained approximately 2.3 million records. Upon further investigation, it became clear that these records were associated with multiple dating applications contained in a
A reliable source has revealed that a Chinese group, recognized by Microsoft, recently launched a cyber attack on the email accounts of important American officials, such as the Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo. The consequences of this theft are still unfolding and are affecting a larger number
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign in China, where hackers utilize a Microsoft-signed rootkit to target the gaming sector. The investigation by security firm Trend Micro revealed that the malicious actor responsible for this campaign is believed to be
HCA, a prominent US healthcare company, has recently announced an alarming data breach that may have affected approximately 11 million patients. The disclosure followed an incident where a cybercriminal posted a message on a well-known cybercrime forum asserting possession of the pilfered data and