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French Hospital Group Disconnects from the Internet After Cyberattack
French Hospital Group Disconnects from the Internet After Cyberattack
The GHT Coeur Grand Est. Hospitals and Health Care group disconnected all incoming and outgoing Internet connections after falling victim to a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of sensitive administrative and patient data. GH...
New Zero-Click iPhone Exploit Used in Latest NSO Spyware Attacks
New Zero-Click iPhone Exploit Used in Latest NSO Spyware Attacks
Digital threat researchers at Citizen Lab discovered a new zero-click exploit used to install NSO Group spyware on iPhones belonging to Catalan politicians, journalists, and activists. The previously unknown iOS zero-click securit...
FBI Warns of Increased Ransomware Attacks Against US Agriculture Sector
FBI Warns of Increased Ransomware Attacks Against US Agriculture Sector
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned Food and Agriculture (FA) sector organizations on Wednesday of an increased risk of ransomware attacks during the harvest and planting seasons. Although ransomware groups regular...
Apple iCloud Account Attack Results in Victim Losing Over $650,000 from Cryptocurrency Wallet
Apple iCloud Account Attack Results in Victim Losing Over $650,000 from Cryptocurrency Wallet
Cryptocurrency wallet maker MetaMask warned its 21 million monthly users to be cautious of Apple iCloud backing up their app’s data by default after attackers successfully stole $650,000 worth of funds and NFTs. MetaMask user Dome...
LinkedIn Becomes Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks
LinkedIn Becomes Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point warned that LinkedIn has become the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks, accounting for more than 52% of all incidents globally. According to the cybersecurity company, LinkedIn hel...
New SMS Phishing Campaign Goes After T-Mobile Customers
New SMS Phishing Campaign Goes After T-Mobile Customers
The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) issued a warning on Thursday of a new SMS phishing campaign targeting T-Mobile customers. Phishing attacks are usually sent out via spam email and use convinc...
Ransom DDoS Attacks Have Dropped Significantly in 2022
Ransom DDoS Attacks Have Dropped Significantly in 2022
Extortion denial-of-service activity, also known as RDDoS (ransom distributed denial-of-service) attacks, have fallen significantly in the first quarter of 2022, according to statistics from Cloudflare. During a RDDoS attack, the...
Popular Hacking Site RaidForums Shut Down by Police
Popular Hacking Site RaidForums Shut Down by Police
RaidForums, one of the world’s largest hacking forums, was taken down by police earlier this week. This hacking site, in operation since 2015, helped cybercriminals sell and purchase the hacked personal data of millions of innocen...
Meta Prohibits Users for Posting Pictures of Houses in Effort to Prevent Doxxing
Meta Prohibits Users for Posting Pictures of Houses in Effort to Prevent Doxxing
Meta (formerly Facebook) took some privacy measures last week to dissuade people from posting images that contain private residential information, while leaving room for some exceptions. These measures were taken by Meta in an eff...
Interview With Michael Sonne – Software AG
Interview With Michael Sonne – Software AG
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Sonne, CIO of Software AG, and asked him how phishing attacks are concerning every industry. Safety Detectives: What has your journey to your current job been? Michael Sonne...