In a startling discovery, scammers have been found exploiting Indian government websites by planting ads that redirect users to online betting platforms. According to a report by TechCrunch, approximately forty-eight domains ending with “gov.in” have been compromised across various Indian states,
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies has turned the tables on the notorious LockBit ransomware gang by reviving and repurposing its seized dark web site. Originally taken down in an operation earlier this year, the site is now being used to tease and announce upcoming revelations
Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) revealed a troubling boom in vulnerability exploitation throughout 2023. Instances of vulnerabilities being exploited surged by over 3x (180%) from the previous year. It also uncovered a troubling increase in the use of ransomware and
A critical bug in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS software, specifically affecting its GlobalProtect feature, has set the cybersecurity world on alert. Identified as CVE-2024-3400, this zero-day flaw was first spotted by Volexity on April 10, and it can be used by attackers to execute arbitrary code
Roku has confirmed that a credential-stuffing attack has compromised approximately 576,000 user accounts. This attack follows a similar incident that occurred last month, which affected over 15,000 accounts. The latest round of malicious activity was detected due to Roku’s close monitoring of
Proofpoint researchers have unveiled a sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by the notorious hacking group TA547, which uses a malicious PowerShell script that seems to be AI-written. The campaign, which specifically targeted German organizations, attempted to deliver Rhadamanthys malware,
The video game publisher Activision is currently investigating a sophisticated malware campaign designed to steal login credentials from gamers, particularly affecting players of its flagship title, Call of Duty. The malware, which also targets cryptocurrency wallets, has been implicated in the
A recent report by HUMAN's Satori team uncovered 28 free VPN applications available on Google Play that are covertly transforming devices into residential proxies. In other words, it allows malicious threat actors to route third-party traffic through user’s devices without their knowledge or
Over 100 organizations across the European Union and the United States have been targeted by a sophisticated malware known as StrelaStealer. This information-stealing malware, designed to harvest email credentials from popular email clients, has seen a surge in activity through large-scale phishing
A recent study by Palo Alto Networks and ABI Research revealed that one in four industrial enterprises in the past year have had to halt their operations temporarily due to cyberattacks. The survey, which encompassed nearly 2,000 executives and practitioners across 16 countries, sheds light on the