LummaC2 infected around 10 million devices and systems, allowing for millions of follow-on attacks, before the information-stealing malware operation was dismantled through a coordinated global operation this week, Brett Leatherman, the FBI’s deputy assistant director for cyber operations, said during a media briefing Wednesday. “Since its inception in 2022, LummaC2’s malware-as-a-service platform rose to become...Read More
Within hours of a cyber incident that disrupted some of its services, Ohio-based Kettering Health said fraudsters were calling its patients and requesting credit card payments for medical expenses. WHY IT MATTERS A network cyber attack limiting access to patient care systems across Kettering’s 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities caused a...Read More
Exploring the Risks and Opportunities of AI Applications in Cybersecurity HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 14 May 2025 – Co-organised by Cyberport and the Hong Kong Cybersecurity Professionals Association, the “AI x Cybersecurity Forum” took place today at Cyberport. Under the theme “Navigate the Future of AI-Powered Cybersecurity,” the forum brought together...Read More
Kettering Health reported an apparent ransomware attack May 20 that caused a systemwide outage in its western Ohio facilities. The hospital system canceled elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, and instead focused on acute care.Although Kettering did not specify ransomware in its news update, it admitted to experiencing a “cybersecurity incident” caused by unauthorized access to...Read More
Visakhapatnam: In a major midnight crackdown on cyber fraudstersin Andhra Pradesh, Anakapalli police on Wednesday detained more than 100 people, including women, suspected of running organised cyber fraud operations from half a dozen buildings.Most of those arrested are from north and north-eastern states.Anakapalli police officials took the accused to an undisclosed location and questioned them...Read More
Kettering Health reported an apparent ransomware attack May 20 that caused a systemwide outage in its western Ohio facilities. The hospital system canceled elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, and instead focused on acute care.Although Kettering did not specify ransomware in its news update, it admitted to experiencing a “cybersecurity incident” caused by unauthorized access to...Read More
International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to get access to the infostealer. Lumma is a popular malware variant first noticed in 2022. It’s been used by Scattered Spider, a slew of...Read More
A “small percentage” of data stored on a council’s education network, including personal data, was stolen in a recent cyberattack, according to local authority bosses. On May 6, West Lothian Council experienced a “sophisticated” ransomware attack from a group of unknown cyber-assailants. This led to the authority’s education network being isolated from its wider systems....Read More
Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods. The crypto giant confirmed 69,461 users would be receiving direct communications from the company about the attack in a notification filed with Maine’s Attorney General on Tuesday. According to the...Read More
