GuidePoint Security has released the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team’s (GRIT) Q1 2023 Ransomware Report. Within it, GRIT tracked 849 publicly posted ransomware victims claimed by 29 different threat groups in Q1 2023, which is a 25% increase compared to Q4 2022. Manufacturing,
NCR Global, the American software and technology company, has suffered an outage of its Aloha point-of-sale (POS) platform across several restaurants. After a few days of radio silence, NCR disclosed the outage was caused by a ransomware attack on a data center responsible for powering the service.
Spyware from Israeli cyber mercenary company QuaDream has been used to target journalists, political opposition figures, and advocacy organizations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, according to research published by Microsoft and internet watchdog Citizen Lab. The spyware was
Cybercriminals are hacking websites to show fake Google Chrome errors that push users to install a malicious file to update. Initiated in November 2022, this campaign's intensity increased after February 2023, as NTT security analyst Rintaro Koike noted. The operation has since broadened its scope
Microsoft’s April 2023 Patch Tuesday released several security updates, which included a patch for a zero-day vulnerability affecting all supported Windows versions. This vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) could give hackers access to an unpatched system. Microsoft confirmed
The UK's national law enforcement agency responsible for managing criminal record information, the Criminal Records Office (ACRO), has confirmed that a cyber security incident has been the cause of its online portal issues since March 21st. After delaying issuing a comment on the matter, ACRO
The FBI, in cooperation with international law enforcement agencies, have successfully seized Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace, in an operation dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster". The operation took place on April 4th, involving law enforcement agencies from the United States,
Twitter has recently taken steps to remove leaked source code for its platform. It is now searching for the person behind the account that uploaded it, along with anyone who downloaded a copy, to pursue possible legal action. The leaked code was posted on Github, and it’s thought to have remained
The security team at Guardio Labs has discovered a malicious ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome on the Chrome Web Store. The extension is a copy of the legitimate “ChatGPT for Google” add-on, which offers ChatGPT integration on search results. However, the malicious version includes additional
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known by his handle “Pompompurin”, made his initial court appearance today on a criminal charge related to the creation and administration of the notorious “BreachForums” dark web site. BreachForums hosted the stolen databases of almost 1,000 companies and websites,