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Cybersecurity related news headlines trending on Google
1.) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a nationwide alert regarding a hacking group known as “Phantom Hackers,” which is specifically targeting senior citizens. According to the FBI’s statement, these criminals impersonate bank representatives, convincing their victims to disclose sensitive information. This stolen information is subsequently exploited to drain bank accounts, deplete savings, […]
Ransomware news headlines trending on Google
North Korea’s Lazarus Group has reportedly designed new ransomware that is being targeted at M1 processors popularly running on Macs and Intel systems. And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. ESET claims the Lazarus campaign […]
North Korea hackers impersonating Coinbase to lure employees and customers
Lazarus Group that is being funded by North Korea Military Intelligence is reportedly using signed executable to mimic a Coinbase website in order to attract employees and customers. The aim behind the said social engineering attack is simple, one to trap employees with fake job offers and second to lure customers in signing up the […]
deBridge Finance confirms Lazarus hacking group behind Cyber Attack
DeBridge Finance, that acts as a cross chain protocol, issued an affirmation that North Korea funded ‘Lazarus’ Group of hackers were behind the infiltration of servers early this year. The confirmation was carried out after a detailed investigation carried out by the company’s IT staff in coordination with a forensic provider. Getting deep into the […]
Ransomware attack on Brazil Nuclear Power Facility via Vulnerability
Reuters’ published a news article saying Brazil’s electro-nuclear power plant was hit by a ransomware attack, bringing down the operations to a halt on a partial note. And an official confirmation says that the attack was launched by notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group that is known for its social engineering attacks such as the […]
Lazarus launches malware attack on Corona Virus vaccine research
Lazarus group, a much famous hacking group from North Korea, is reported to have launched malware attacks on two separate private entities involved in vaccine research to curb the spread of COVID-19 Pandemic. And in both incidents, the malware infected the entire network by sneaking through Windows software. In what is known to our Cybersecurity […]
Kaspersky confirms North Korea for launching two ransomware attacks this year
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered that the North Korean Hackers group dubbed ‘Lazarus’ that launched WannaCry Ransomware Attack in 2017 was behind the launch of two other ransomware attacks in this year involving VHD Ransomware strain. Kaspersky says that the attackers from Lazarus group could use sophisticated tools to launch more cyber attacks […]
US sanctions North Korea for Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel launched Global Cyber Attacks
North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-UN was left embarrassed last Friday when US authorities issued sanctions against 3 North Korean State-funded hacking groups named Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel for launching Global Cyber Attacks to fund Pyongyang’s illicit weapon and missile programs. A fresh media statement issued by the US says that the above said […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
Bristol Airport has issued an official statement a few hours ago saying that a cyber attack caused the information screens to go out of service on both Friday and Saturday. As a result of this glitch, the airport witnessed a meltdown for 3 full days making holidaymakers read their flight departure times off whiteboards spread […]
Cyber Attack news this week
Microsoft issued a public statement a few hours ago stating that it stopped a potential Russian Linked Cyber attack on prevalent political parties in the United States. The technology giant said that attack was launched to target few of the US midterm election probables and was possibly launched by Fancy Bear- A hacking group being […]
