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Critical vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, vRealize Automation, Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager enable data theft

On: May 20, 2022

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), exploits, Hacking, incidents, Proof of Concept (PoC), technology, VMware, vulnerability

In a recent alert, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommends VMware users update or even delete their deployments due to the detection of critical vulnerabilities, exploited justRead More →

How police recovered $15 million USD from Swiss bank accounts of ad fraud scammers

On: May 19, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: advertising, botnet, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, electronic fraud, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, scam, security flaws, technology, US Department of Justice (DOJ), website security

The government of Switzerland has transferred to the United States a total of $15,111, 1453.84, representing the illicit proceeds obtained by an Internet advertising fraud scheme orchestrated by Kazakh citizensRead More →

How Brazilian scammers easily robbed millions from UBER, Door Dash, Lyft?

On: May 19, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Door Dash, electronic fraud, Hacking, IDENTITY THEFT, incidents, Information Security, Lyft, money laundering, Security breach, security flaws, Uber, US Department of Justice (DOJ)

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that Brazilian citizen Gustavo De Avila Moreira Farinha has pleaded guilty to participating in a wire fraud scheme, accepting charges of money laundering,Read More →

Researchers scanned the Internet for Kubernetes API servers; roughly 380k implementations allow some form of access

On: May 18, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cybersecurity, hackers, Hacking, Hacking Tools, incidents, Information Security, Internet, IP addresses, IPv4, Kubernetes, research, security flaws, Shadowserver Foundation

Shadowserver Foundation, a non-profit security organization dedicated to collecting and analyzing data on malicious Internet activities, undertook a project to scan the Internet for Kubernetes API servers, finding some 380kRead More →

Conti ransomware group attacks Peruvian government computer systems; confidential information leaked

On: May 16, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Conti ransomware, Costa Rica, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, data breach, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malware, Peru, ransomware, Security breach, security flaws

Hackers from the Conti ransomware group claim to have attacked members of the General Intelligence Directorate of Peru’s Ministry of the Interior (DIGIMIN), leading to the leak of confidential detailsRead More →

Woman accused of hiring a dark web hitman to kill her parents

On: May 13, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Australia, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, law enforcement, security flaws

Australian authorities announced that multiple charges of incitement to murder have been filed against a woman accused of hiring a hitman via the dark web in order to kill herRead More →

IceApple, a new .NET-based post-exploitation framework for hacking Microsoft Exchange email servers

On: May 11, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: China, CrowdStrike, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, IceApple, incidents, Information Security, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft, MICROSOFT EXCHANGE, security flaws, technology

Cybersecurity specialists reported the detection of a new post-exploitation framework that would allow the compromise of Microsoft Exchange servers. Identified as IceApple, this framework was developed by threat actors capableRead More →

Costa Rica became the first country to declare national emergency after ransomware attack. Most of its government agencies affected

On: May 9, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Conti ransomware, Costa Rica, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, government agencies, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malware, ransomware, Security breach, security flaws, technology

Rodrigo Chaves, president of Costa Rica, confirmed the declaration of a national emergency due to the dangerous cyberattacks deployed by the Conti ransomware operation against government agencies. Recently it wasRead More →

Russian hacker group threatens to shut down ventilators in UK hospital over arrest of one of its members

On: May 6, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, hackers, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Killnet, National Crime Agency (NCA), Russia, security flaws, Ukraine, United Kingdom

A hacking group allegedly linked to Russian government is threatening to disrupt the proper functioning of ventilators in British hospitals after one of its alleged leaders was arrested by UKRead More →