#hacking

#hacking

ShotSpotter may provide gunshot data to police even after contracts end, Change Healthcare paid $22 million ransom, North Korean animators working for Hollywood studios, Cisco devices targeted by state-sponsored hackers [ more ]

Insider attack drained $63 million from Munchables.

Negotiations led to recovery of stolen funds from insider. [ more ]

The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol believes North Korea hacked into the emails of one of its staff members.

The staff member violated security protocols by using a personal email account for official duties. [ more ]

North Korean hackers breached the personal emails of a South Korean President's staff member.

The cyberattack only affected the personal account of the employee and did not compromise the overall security system. [ more ]

The importance of cybersecurity measures and vigilance in protecting IT systems from malicious hackers. [ more ]

Hackers are mass exploiting a third vulnerability in Ivanti's VPN appliance, affecting thousands of organizations worldwide.

One of the newly discovered flaws is a server-side request forgery flaw, which is being actively exploited by hacking groups. [ more ]

Chinese cyber security firm claims ability to hack UK Foreign Office

Leaked documents reveal i-Soon's extensive data extraction activities in multiple countries [ more ]

Chinese security firm involved in extensive hacking efforts in Asia and targeting domestic surveillance targets.

Leaked documents reveal China's state-backed hackers cooperating with private sector for cyber espionage campaigns globally. [ more ]

China-backed hackers have had access to major US critical infrastructure for at least five years

China's hacking campaign signals an escalation in its willingness to seize US infrastructure [ more ]

China-backed hacking activities have reached a new level of complexity, and the U.S. must work with private-sector partners to deter cyber threats.

Chinese hackers are targeting critical U.S. infrastructure and other economic and military systems, and the U.S. must better prepare itself to defend against them. [ more ]

Russian government hackers target Microsoft's source code and internal systems.

Hackers aim to accumulate a picture of areas to attack by using information obtained from Microsoft's systems. [ more ]

Queens cab drivers sentenced to prison for working with Russian hackers to breach the JFK Airport taxi dispatch system.

The cabbies charged other drivers $10 to skip to the front of the pick-up line and sent part of their earnings to the hackers who helped them access the system. [ more ]

China-backed hackers are preparing to cause real-world harm to Americans in the event of a future conflict.

The FBI director described the China-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon as 'the defining threat of our generation.' [ more ]

A hacking campaign against Danish critical infrastructure last year believed to be conducted by Sandworm may not actually be the work of the infamous Russian hacking group.

The second campaign in Denmark did not have any IPs associated with Sandworm, leading to uncertainty about whether the two campaigns were related. [ more ]

Microsoft confirms infiltration by Russian-backed hacking group Midnight Blizzard

No evidence that the hackers had access to customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems [ more ]

Russian hackers broke into Microsoft's corporate email system and accessed accounts of company leadership and cybersecurity teams.

The same Russian hacking team responsible for the SolarWinds breach was behind the Microsoft intrusion. [ more ]

A Russian hacking group, Midnight Blizzard, gained access to Microsoft's corporate email system and targeted the accounts of senior executives.

Microsoft believes no customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems were accessed, and they will notify customers if any action is required. [ more ]

Microsoft has discovered a nation-state attack on its corporate systems by the Russian state-sponsored group of hackers known as Nobelium.

The hackers were able to access email accounts of some members of Microsoft's senior leadership team late last year. [ more ]

The SEC's Twitter account was hacked and a false announcement about approving bitcoin ETFs was posted, causing a temporary spike in the price of bitcoin.

The hackers used a relatively simple scam called SIM swapping to gain access to the SEC's Twitter account and post the fraudulent announcement. [ more ]

A hacker took over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's cell phone and falsely posted about the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs.

The hacker gained access through a SIM swap attack and reset the password for the SEC's Twitter account. [ more ]

The SEC announced approval of a new investment product tracking the price of Bitcoin, but it was later revealed that the agency's account had been hacked.

The security breach highlights the ongoing pursuit of a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), with many speculating about the timing of its approval. [ more ]

Bitcoin price briefly spiked after fake announcement of ETF approval

SEC describes social media post as unauthorized and hacked [ more ]