Last week, a notorious group of cyber criminals, known as ALPHV or BlackCat, made an announcement on their website declaring their successful acquisition of 70 terabytes of internal documents from the Barts Health NHS Trust. The predominantly Russian-speaking gang has issued a serious ultimatum,
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Charming Kitten campaign utilizing a newly identified malware named NokNok. The campaign, which commenced in May, demonstrates the group's adaptation to different infection chains and their growing focus on targeting macOS systems. Charming Kitten
Last week, cybersecurity experts at Pradeo made a disconcerting revelation: two spyware applications had managed to infiltrate Google Play. Disguised as innocent file management tools, these malicious apps have jeopardized the security of up to 1.5 million users. The experts promptly alerted Google
In a major breakthrough, Interpol announced the arrest of a suspected senior member believed to be the leader of the notorious cybercrime group known as OPERA1ER. The arrest resulted from a successful joint operation named Nervone, involving Interpol, AFRIPOL, Group-IB, and the Côte d’Ivoire’s
A tool named TeamsPhisher, developed and released by a U.S. Navy's Red team member, exploits an unaddressed security vulnerability within Microsoft Teams. This tool allows users to bypass restrictions on incoming files from external tenants, which are users outside the organization. By
Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter that was released on July 6th, has sparked privacy concerns around the platform’s business model of tracking web users for advertising. These concerns raise doubts about the app's potential launch in the EU, where Meta's claimed legal basis for processing Facebook
The Uptycs Threat Research team has recently uncovered a formidable malware called Meduza Stealer, which poses a significant threat to Windows users and organizations worldwide. In a recently published report, Uptycs says, "The Meduza Stealer has a singular objective: comprehensive data theft.
A vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-3460 with a CVSS score of 9.8 has been discovered in all versions of the Ultimate Member plugin, including the most recent release (2.6.6), on June 29. This allowed the hackers to exploit a zero-day vulnerability, exposing WordPress websites to potential
A recent analysis by NordVPN has revealed a worrying VPN trend. The study found that around half of VPN users in most countries choose free VPN services, potentially exposing themselves to privacy and security risks. Gen Z is particularly high-risk, with most users of this generation choosing free
The research team at Niebezpiecznik (a Polish security blog) uncovered the hack that stole messages, call logs, and locations intercepted by a widely used phone monitoring app. LetMeSpy published a notice stating that the incident occurred on June 21, and “as a result of the attack, the