A financially motivated threat group posing as IT support has intruded the systems of about 20 organizations by duping employees into installing a malicious, illegitimate version of Salesforce’s Data Loader and granting broader access to cloud-based environments, Google Threat Intelligence Group said in a threat report released Wednesday. The attacks, which Google attributes to UNC6040, […]

Lee Enterprises (LEE, Financial) has disclosed a significant data breach incident where cyber attackers obtained documents with sensitive personal information. The breach, occurring in February, compromised the data of 39,779 people, as outlined in a filing with the Attorney General’s Office in Maine. The investigation by Lee Enterprises revealed that unauthorized access and potential acquisition […]

Onslought Also Paved Way for Rise of English-Speaking Hackers Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 4, 2025     Image: Shutterstock An international law enforcement crackdown on the LockBit ransomware group caused fragmentation and distrust among Russian-speaking cybercrime groups, paving the way for English-speaking hacking groups to gain prominence, experts said Tuesday during a London conference. […]

Fake AI tools climb search rankings to spread ransomware and malware Cybercriminals are targeting tech marketing and B2B users with cloned installers Talos has uncovered threats that are using branding tricks and search manipulation tactics Cybercriminals are already using AI to make phishing emails more convincing, and now they’re manipulating search engine results to spread […]

Nearly 40,000 people had their Social Security numbers exposed during a cyberattack in February on Lee Enterprises, one of the largest owners of local newspapers in the U.S. The company notified regulators in Maine of the incident on Wednesday, telling them that it discovered the leak of sensitive information on May 28.  Lee Enterprises spent […]

CHENNAI: In separate incidents, cyber crime units of the city police arrested four persons in connection with online scams in which the public were cheated of several lakhs. In one case, the North Zone cyber crime unit arrested R Sitaraman (37) and P Senthilnathan (28) – both from Cuddalore – for cheating a man of […]

Cybersecurity is undergoing a seismic shift.   As I discussed in January, and as highlighted in this MSSP Alert article, the rise of AI-driven threats has made Anti-Ransomware through Preemptive Cyber Defense an absolute necessity rather than an option. Traditional detect-and-respond strategies are no longer sufficient to counter the speed and sophistication of adversaries exploiting AI […]

A large-scale operation planting malicious code in open-source projects on GitHub has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. The scheme, centered on a developer using the alias ischhfd83, involves over 130 backdoored repositories disguised as malware tools or game cheats. A Booby-Trapped Malware Toolkit The investigation began when a Sophos customer queried the safety of a […]