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The company faced blackmail and threats after a data breach. A large betting company 1win has faced a serious leak of user data. According to the company's founder, the attackers managed to gain access to a part of the database containing the email addresses and phone numbers of about 100...

The company is faced with a choice - buyout or the risk of leakage. Schneider Electric, an international company specializing in energy management, confirmed the fact of hacking of its systems. The hacker group HellCat demanded a ransom of 125 thousand dollars, jokingly calling the amount...

The schedules of the planned hearings have been violated, new dates are still unknown. The Washington State Administrative Office of Courts (AOC) reported the detection of "unauthorized activity" in the network of judicial institutions, which led to temporary disruptions in the courts of King...

The malicious code remained undetected on the site for more than 8 months. More than 200,000 buyers of blinds and window decorations have experienced a data breach - hackers stole their credit card details and personal information using malware implanted on the website of a major online...

Bengal cats have become a target for a new cyberattack. Sophos has uncovered an unusual cyberattack in which criminals used the Gootloader malware to infect the computers of Bengal cat lovers from Australia. Gootloader has been known since 2014 and can steal information or serve as a downloader...

The law will protect those who close cyber vulnerabilities. The German Federal Ministry of Justice is developing a bill to modernize computer-based criminal law, which will remove ethical hacking from criminal prosecution. The new initiative aims to reduce legal risks for cybersecurity...

The story of how 6000 pharmacies were almost left without medicines. German pharmaceutical distributor AEP, based in Bavaria, has fallen victim to a ransomware cyberattack that could disrupt the supply of medicines to thousands of pharmacies. A statement on the company's official website...

Evasive Panda hunts for cloud services in complete stealth mode. In Taiwan, a government structure and a religious organization fell victim to the Evasive Panda hacker group associated with China. The attackers used a previously unknown set of CloudScout tools designed to compromise cloud...

The competitors set a record at Pwn2Own Ireland. The fourth day of the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 competition ended with more than a million dollar prize money for discovering over 70 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in fully updated devices. During the competition, cybersecurity specialists checked...

What is behind the attempted attack on the Trump and Harris campaigns. Chinese hackers tried to access data on the phones of former US President Donald Trump and his campaign partner J.D. Vance, as well as people associated with the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. This is reported by...

The incident showed weaknesses in the protection of US assets. This week, there was a mysterious attack on a wallet controlled by the US government, as a result of which more than $20 million was stolen, but by the morning of the next day, the bulk of the funds were returned. However, about...

The State Department has allocated millions to catch cyber saboteurs. The U.S. State Department has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information about hackers involved in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure at the behest of foreign governments. The initiative was...

ESET Reveals the Dangerous Tandem of MDeployer and MS4Killer. Researchers from ESET have discovered a new piece of malware created by the Embargo group to deploy the ransomware of the same name. The programs are written in the Rust language, which allows Embargo developers to create universal...

How a 0day vulnerability in Chrome became the key to other people's wealth. The North Korean Lazarus group used a zero-day vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser to steal cryptocurrency under the guise of a malicious online game. This was announced by Kaspersky Lab experts at the Security...

The city authorities have not been able to cope with the consequences of the cyberattack for three months. The Department of Technology of the City of Columbus continues to recover from a large-scale hacker attack that occurred at the end of July. Three months later, a quarter of the city's...

How did a seemingly empty email turn out to be the key to compromising the network? In cyberspace, an attempt by attackers to exploit a vulnerability in Roundcube, a popular open-source web-based email client, has been recorded. Positive Technologies specialists discovered that in June 2024, a...

Hackers cynically compromise the safety of children for their own purposes. Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP), an organization that brings together more than 300 doctors in 60 regional offices in New York and Connecticut, USA, confirmed the data breach that occurred in September. The...

An inside look at the ecosystem of hacking contests in China. The Chinese Capture the Flag (CTF) competition ecosystem is considered one of the most developed in the world, uniting hundreds of teams annually. On the basis of such a system, national and industry competitions are held, which...

The group's new arsenal weaves a network of cyber espionage in Eastern Europe. Cisco Talos specialists have identified a new wave of attacks by the UAT-5647 (RomCom) group, which has been targeting Ukrainian government agencies and unnamed Polish organizations since the end of 2023. The latest...

The interface of Ambient Finance – a decentralized trading protocol – was hacked on October 17, and the team warned users not to interact with the site, connect wallets, or sign transactions during this time. According to Ambient Finance, the site's domain was hacked, but the hacked site is an...