A widespread phishing campaign ongoing since May 2023 has been targeting organizations in various industries, including a major US energy company, threat intelligence firm Cofense reports. Aimed at harvesting the Microsoft account credentials of the targeted organizations’ employees, the attacks rely on malicious QR codes embedded inside PNG images or PDF documents. The phishing links, ..
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Cleaning products manufacturer and marketer Clorox Company says it has taken certain systems offline in response to a cyberattack. “The Clorox Company recently identified unusual activity on our IT systems. Upon detection, we immediately took steps to stop the activity and took certain systems offline,” the company said in response to a SecurityWeek inquiry. Clorox ..
Ago 16, 2023 Marina Londei Attacchi, In evidenza, Minacce, News, Phishing, RSS 0 L’Interpol ha annunciato di aver fermato l’attività di 16shop, una piattaforma di “phishing-as-a-service”, e di aver arrestato l’amministratore della piattaforma insieme a due dei principali moderatori. La chiusura della piattaforma è il risultato di una collaborazione con le autorità dell’Indonesia, del Giappone ..
Nel secondo trimestre del 2023 è stato registrato un incremento dell’8% nella media globale dei cyberattacchi settimanali rispetto all’anno precedente. Il numero medio di incidenti settimanali ha raggiunto la punta di 1258 eventi per organizzazione, il valore più alto rilevato da Check Point Research nell’ultimo biennio. Cyberattacchi per settore: Scuola / Ricerca il comparto più ..
US authorities have announced the seizure of LolekHosted.net, the domain used by the bulletproof hosting service LolekHosted, as well as charges against its alleged operator. According to court documents, the domain had been used for roughly a decade to provide customers with secure web hosting services that facilitated cybercriminal activities, including the distribution of ransomware ..
Un nuovo strumento – gratuito e open-source – per contrastare gli attacchi informatici a base di ransomware: si chiama Ranflood e lo ha messo a punto un gruppo di ricercatori dell’Università di Bologna e di ARPAE Emilia-Romagna. Il software funziona come una “trappola dinamica” che insegue il virus e gli somministra dei file-esca, guadagnando così tempo per svelare l’attacco in corso e prendere contromisure. La soluzione ..
CrowdStrike on Tuesday released its 2023 Threat Hunting Report, warning that threat actors have doubled down on identity-based attacks over the past year. The new report is based on data collected over a 12-month period — between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023 — and it covers several major topics, including identity threats, cybercrime ..
A cyberattack has disrupted hospital computer systems in several states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted, and many primary care services remained closed on Friday as security experts worked to determine the extent of the problem and resolve it. The “data security incident” began Thursday at facilities operated by Prospect ..
A married couple from New York dubbed “Bitcoin Bonnie and Crypto Clyde” pleaded guilty on Thursday to laundering billions of dollars in stolen bitcoin, prosecutors announced. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and Heather Morgan, 33, were arrested in February last year after the US government seized 95,000 bitcoin then valued at $3.6 billion. Prosecutors said the pair ..
Bedding products giant Tempur Sealy (NYSE: TPX) has shut down certain systems after falling victim to a cyberattack, the company revealed in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Based in Lexington, Kentucky, Tempur Sealy manufactures and sells mattresses, pillows, and other bedding products under brands such as Cocoon, Sealy, Stearns & ..
