More than three-quarters of healthcare survey respondents said their organizations were targeted by ransomware in the past 12 months, and 53% of those attacks were successful, highlighting the ongoing challenge of combatting healthcare cyberattacks. The survey was commissioned by cybersecurity company Semperis and conducted by the market research firm Censuswide. Censuswide surveyed 1,500 IT […]
Hackers linked to Vietnamese-speaking cybercriminal groups have stolen sensitive data from thousands of victims across the world as part of an ongoing cybercrime campaign that uses the messaging platform Telegram to automate the resale of compromised information, researchers have found. According to new reports by Beazley Security Labs and SentinelLabs, the attackers have used a […]
Cheranmahadevi police have detained five minors for attacking a 15-year-old boy with sickle as the victim was reportedly in love with a girl from a different caste. The police said a 15-year-old boy from a village near Cheranmahadevi used to speak with his classmate. Since the boy is from a different caste, her brother opposed […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) scolded a trio of federal agencies on Monday because their CIOs haven’t implemented IT-related recommendations designed to safeguard national cybersecurity. The GAO flagged failures at the General Services Administration (GSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the three reports, with each guilty of not implementing […]
Almost a million people had sensitive healthcare information stolen during a ransomware attack on dialysis company DaVita in April. The company began filing breach notification letters in several states this week, informing regulators in Oregon, Texas, South Carolina, Washington and Massachusetts that a total of 915,952 U.S. residents were affected by the incident. DaVita said […]
SonicWall said Monday that it is investigating whether a recent surge in attacks targeting its Gen 7 firewalls is related to a possible zero-day vulnerability or exploitation of an existing flaw. The warnings follow an Aug. 1 Arctic Wolf report about hackers deploying the Akira ransomware variant in attacks that began on July 15. Researchers saw […]
Popup message example. Credit: International Journal of Information Management (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102919 In recent years, the most common kind of cybercrime has been phishing, a form of online fraud. In phishing, an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text, and then clicking a malicious link, […]
The FBCSO operation used chat platforms to expose suspects attempting to solicit minors. FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — In a two-day undercover operation aimed at protecting children from online exploitation, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office arrested four individuals accused of soliciting sexual acts from minors. The proactive operation, conducted on July 30 and 31 […]
Unit 42 saw 4L4MD4R being deployed via ToolShell The crooks are asking for $500 worth of Bitcoin ToolShell is a Microsoft SharePoint Server bug patched in late July The risk for businesses who haven’t patched the ToolShell vulnerability keeps growing after new reports suggest ransomware actors are also joining the exploitation party. Researchers from Palo […]
Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has launched a six-month nationwide campaign to combat online misinformation, fake news, and digital fraud. Dubbed “Futa Delete Kabisa”, the initiative seeks to raise public awareness on the dangers of sharing unverified online content, particularly as digital platforms become breeding grounds for misleading and harmful information. […]
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