REvil ransomware attacks MSP solution provider Kaseya
Late on the last Friday evening, on the eve of July 4th, the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware attacked and gained access to the infrastructure of...
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News · July 2, 2021
Problem PrintNightmare received a new CVE ID but did not receive a patch
This week, reports arrived that a PoC exploit for a dangerous Windows Print Spooler problem (spoolsv.exe), which researchers dubbed PrintNightmare, was found on the...
News · July 1, 2021
One of the developers of Gozi malware arrested in Colombia
Colombian police in the country's capital, Bogota, have arrested Romanian citizen Mihai Ionut Paunescu, supposedly one of the developers of Gozi malware. December 2012,...
News · June 30, 2021
Hackers Erased Data from WD My Book Live Devices through 0-Day Vulnerability
Last week, attacks on Western Digital NAS removed all files from WD My Book Live devices, while users could not log in through a...
News · June 29, 2021
Mercedes-Benz reports data breach of 1.6 million customers
The American division of Mercedes-Benz has reported a data breach affecting some of the company's customers. incident affected 1.6 million records, which included customer...
News · June 25, 2021
Someone Erases Data from WD My Book Live and Manufacturer Advises Unplugging Devices
Western Digital NAS owners worldwide complain that all files have been deleted from their WD My Book Live devices, and they can no longer...
News · June 24, 2021
Dangerous vulnerability in SonicWall products was not fully fixed
In the fall of 2020, Tripwire experts spoke about the dangerous vulnerability CVE-2020-5135 found in SonicOS, which runs the SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA)...
News · June 23, 2021
Scammers impersonate DarkSide hack group
Scammers impersonate the already defunct DarkSide hack group and are sending ransom letters to companies in the energy and food sectors, Trend Micro reports....
News · June 22, 2021
Ransomware offers stolen data to competitors of their victims
Bleeping Computer reports about the unusual activity of the underground marketplace Marketo, which offers stolen data to competitors of ransomware victims and generally specializes...
News · June 18, 2021
Audi and Volkswagen customer data put on sale
Recently, the American division of Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., VWGoA) warned of a customer data breach by a third-party vendor working...
News · June 16, 2021
Volkswagen reports data breach affecting over 3.3 million Audi owners
The American division of Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., VWGoA) reported a data breach by one of the third-party vendors working with...
News · June 15, 2021
US authorities liquidate Slilpp marketplace that traded with stolen credentials
The US Department of Justice reported that the joint efforts of law enforcement agencies from the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and Romania allowed...
