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Hackers have gained and released data center login credentials of more than 2,000 businesses, including Fortune 500 companies like Walmart, Apple, and Amazon. This allowed hackers to masquerade as authorized users on the customer support sites for these data centers. According to the report from

Husain Parvez First published on February 22, 2023

GoDaddy, a domain registrar and web hosting service with over 20 million customers, disclosed last Friday that an unknown group of cybercriminals has gained access to customer accounts three times in the last three years. In an SEC filing, GoDaddy said, "These incidents are part of a multi-year

Keira Waddell First published on February 21, 2023

The City of Oakland, California, has declared a state of emergency after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems. The attack was discovered on February 8, but the emergency was only brought into effect several days after the cyberattack was confirmed. The local government has not revealed the

Husain Parvez First published on February 19, 2023

Clop, a ransomware group with ties to Russia, has asserted it was behind recent attacks that exploited a zero-day flaw in the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool. One of the biggest victims was Community Health Systems (CHS), one of the largest healthcare providers in the US. They confirmed

Keira Waddell First published on February 17, 2023

Several complaints have been made against Twitter in Europe, leading to investigations being carried out by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) regarding Twitter’s data retention. The ICO and DPC are working with Twitter to investigate

Keira Waddell First published on February 15, 2023

The notorious hacktivist group Killnet, known for its close ties with the Russian government, has launched a cyber offensive against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A full-blown distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack disrupted several NATO communication channels that were being

Husain Parvez First published on February 15, 2023

In one of the most significant medical data breaches in California’s recent history, Heritage Provider Network (HPN) was targeted by a ransomware attack, exposing the sensitive data of more than 3 million patients. Among the largest private healthcare networks in the United States, HPN confirmed

Husain Parvez First published on February 13, 2023

Instances of “malvertising” have spiked significantly over the last few months, to the point where downloading software via Google poses a high risk. Cybercriminals have been using Google Ads to push fake download pages for popular software to the top of Google search results. The alarm was

Keira Waddell First published on February 10, 2023

Check Point Research has found that ChatGPT, the AI chatbot created by OpenAI, poses several cybersecurity risks. Since its release in November, Check Point has been experimenting with ChatGPT and researching its possible cybersecurity implications. In their tests with the software, they

Keira Waddell First published on February 09, 2023

A large-scale ransomware attack has impacted thousands of organizations worldwide, according to Italy's National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN). The hackers exploited a two-year-old vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers, targeting servers across Europe and North America. Roberto Baldoni, the Director

Husain Parvez First published on February 08, 2023