Spyware maker Paragon terminates contract with Italian government: media reports | TechCrunch
Following allegations of potential abuse, Paragon Solutions has cut off Italy from its spyware systems.
Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers
The Taiwanese hardware maker says it has no plans patch the flaws impacting legacy router models
Tata Technologies says ransomware attack hit IT assets, investigation ongoing
India's Tata Technologies has disclosed a ransomware attack affecting its IT assets.
Swiss tax authority forced to buy Bahamas domain name after URL typo
What do you do if a web address you printed on a physical flyer contains a typo, and you send that flyer to more than 100,000 households? Well, if you're
UK domain giant Nominet confirms cybersecurity incident linked to Ivanti VPN hacks | TechCrunch
Nominet, the U.K. domain registry that maintains .co.uk domains, has experienced a cybersecurity incident that it confirmed is linked to the recent
UN aviation agency ‘investigating’ security breach after hacker claims theft of personal data
ICAO says the incident was allegedly linked to a hacker 'known for targeting international organizations'
Casio says hackers stole personal data of 8,500 people during October ransomware attack
The Japanese electronics giant says it did not negotiate with the hackers responsible for the attack.
US sanctions Chinese cyber firm linked to Flax Typhoon hacks | TechCrunch
U.S. officials say the sanctioned Chinese firm provided botnet infrastructure for the China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon
US Treasury says China accessed government documents in 'major' cyberattack
Treasury officials attributed the December theft of unclassified documents to China. The Treasury said it was notified on December 8 by BeyondTrust, a company that provides identity access and remote support tech for large organizations and government departments, that hackers had “gained access to a key used by the vendor” for providing remote access technical support to Treasury employees. BeyondTrust disclosed the incident at the time, but did not say how the key was obtained.
Cyber firm's Chrome extension hijacked to steal user passwords
The data-loss startup says it was targeted as part of a "wider campaign to target Chrome extension developers."
Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab
Cybersecurity experts, who work with human rights defenders and journalists, agree that Apple is doing the right thing by sending notifications to victims of mercenary spyware — and at the same time refusing to forensically analyze the devices.
Meta fined $263M over 2018 security breach that affected ~3M EU Facebook users
Meta has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) in the European Union for a Facebook security breach that affected millions of users, which the
Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist's phone | TechCrunch
Amnesty said it found NoviSpy, an Android spyware linked to Serbian intelligence, on the phones of several members of Serbian civil society following police stops.
Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks
Two NHS trusts in England have been hacked in recent weeks, the latest attacks to hit the national health service.
Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe
The former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was forced to appear in front of a parliamentary committee investigating the alleged abuse of Pegasus spyware in the country.
AWS launches an incident response service to combat cybersecurity threats | TechCrunch
Amazon has launched AWS Security Incident Response, a service to help triage and respond to cybersecurity threats.
Snowflake hackers identified and charged with stealing 50 billion AT&T records | TechCrunch
The U.S. Department of justice indicted two hackers for breaking into the systems of AT&T and several other companies.
Researchers link Polyfill supply chain attack to huge network of copycat gambling sites
A supply chain hack targeting 100,000 websites was launched to redirect internet users to a massive online gambling network.
MoneyGram says hackers stole customers' personal information and transaction data | TechCrunch
The money transfer giant said hackers also stole some customer Social Security numbers during the September cyberattack.
Hackers targeted Android users by exploiting zero-day bug in Qualcomm chips
EXC: Security researchers at Google and Amnesty International discovered hackers exploiting the bug in an active hacking campaign.
The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite
China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law.
How the FBI and Mandiant caught a 'serial hacker' who tried to fake his own death
Jesse Kipf was a prolific hacker who sold access to systems he hacked, had contacts with a notorious cybercrime gang, and tried to use his hacking skills to get off the grid for good.
Paris court explains why it's arrested Telegram founder, Pavel Durov
When Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on August 24, French authorities did not respond to requests for comment. The
Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms
The vulnerabilities allowed one security researcher to peek inside the leak sites without having to log in.
How a cybersecurity researcher befriended, then doxed, the leader of LockBit
Jon DiMaggio used sockpuppet accounts, then his own identity, to infiltrate LockBit and gain the trust of its alleged admin, Dmitry Khoroshev.
How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable
A scathing rebuke by the U.K. data protection watchdog reveals what led to the compromise of tens of millions of U.K. voters' information.
Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware
The Minnesota-based spyware maker Spytech snooped on thousands of devices before it was hacked earlier this year.
Banks, airlines, brokerage houses report widespread outages across the globe
Businesses worldwide are experiencing outages, including Windows "blue screen of death" errors on their computers, in what has already become one of the
Apple warns iPhone users in 98 countries of spyware attacks
Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks. It's the Apple issued threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of spyware attacks.
Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users
Twilio says "threat actors were able to identify" phone numbers of people who use the two-factor app Authy.