Gen Digital (NASDAQ: GEN), the company behind known cybersecurity brands such as Avast, Avira, AVG, Norton, and LifeLock, has confirmed that employee’s personal information was compromised in the recent MOVEit ransomware attack. The attack exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) software that Progress Software disclosed on May 31. Mass ..
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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) says some of its files were stolen in a ransomware attack on law firm HWL Ebsworth. One of the largest law firms in Australia, HWL Ebsworth says in an incident notice on its website that it became aware of the incident on April 28, after the Alphv/BlackCat ..
A new information stealer malware is quickly becoming popular among hackers on prominent underground forums, according to a warning from cybersecurity company Cyfirma. Dubbed Mystic Stealer, the malware was first spotted in April 2023 when it was made available to seasoned cybercriminals for testing purposes. Cyfirma’s researchers tracking the evolution of the malware discovered that ..
The Alphv/BlackCat ransomware gang has taken credit for the February 2023 cyberattack against social media site Reddit, claiming to have stolen 80 gigabytes of data. Reddit disclosed the breach shortly after being hacked earlier this year and described the incident as the result of a sophisticated and highly targeted phishing attack in which an employee’s ..
Nel 2022 1094 incidenti cyber trattati dall’Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale (ACN), che hanno visto coinvolte aziende private e Pubbliche amministrazioni. Il ransomware si è confermato tra le minacce più impattanti. L’Agenzia, nel corso del 2022, ha osservato 130 eventi ransomware in danno a Pubbliche Amministrazioni e operatori privati. Sono solo alcuni dei numeri che ..
In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service attacks. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft has now disclosed ..
SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present ..
Non c’è pace per gli utenti di Libero che a distanza di qualche mese devono fare ancora i conti questa mattina con il down della piattaforma che da qualche ora risulta inaccessibile. Problemi di accesso alla piattaforma vengono segnalati dai clienti da ogni parte d’Italia: impossibile accedere alle mail, fare il login o in alcuni ..
Two Russian nationals have been charged in the US with hacking the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and conspiring to launder the proceeds. The individuals, Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, allegedly attempted to launder 647,000 Bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox. According to court documents, the two and other co-conspirators hacked Mt. ..
A threat actor tracked as ‘Asylum Ambuscade’ has been engaging in both cybercrime and espionage campaigns for roughly three years, cybersecurity firm ESET reports. Also tracked as TA445, the group was initially detailed in March 2022, after it was observed targeting European government personnel involved in helping Ukrainian refugees. Asylum Ambuscade has been active since ..
