A joint four-month operation coordinated by Interpol, the international criminal police organization, has culminated in the arrests of more than 1,000 cybercriminals and the recovery of $27 million in illicit proceeds. Codenamed “HAECHI-II,” the crackdown enabled law enforcement units from across 20 countries, as well as Hong Kong and Macao, Continue Reading
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Over 9 Million Android Phones Running Malware Apps from Huawei’s AppGallery – Tempemail
At least 9.3 million Android devices have been infected by a new class of malware that disguises itself as dozens of arcade, shooter, and strategy games on Huawei’s AppGallery marketplace to steal device information and victims’ mobile phone numbers. The mobile campaign was disclosed by researchers from Doctor Web, who Continue Reading
GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million WordPress Customers’ Data – Tempemail
Web hosting giant GoDaddy on Monday disclosed a data breach that resulted in the unauthorized access of data belonging to a total of 1.2 million active and inactive customers, making it the third security incident to come to light since 2018. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Continue Reading
Experts Expose Secrets of Conti Ransomware Group That Made 25 Million from Victims – Tempemail
The clearnet and dark web payment portals operated by the Conti ransomware group have gone down in what appears to be an attempt to shift to new infrastructure after details about the gang’s inner workings and its members were made public. According to MalwareHunterTeam, “while both the clearweb and Tor Continue Reading
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on DarkSide Ransomware Group – Tempemail
The U.S. government on Thursday announced a $10 million reward for information that may lead to the identification or location of key individuals who hold leadership positions in the DarkSide ransomware group or any of its rebrands. On top of that, the State Department is offering bounties of up to Continue Reading
Two NPM Packages With 22 Million Weekly Downloads Found Backdoored – Tempemail
In what’s yet another instance of supply chain attack targeting open-source software repositories, two popular NPM packages with cumulative weekly downloads of nearly 22 million were found to be compromised with malicious code by gaining unauthorized access to the respective developer’s accounts. The two libraries in question are “coa,” a Continue Reading
U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker for Kaseya Attack; Seizes $6 Million from REvil Gang – Tempemail
The U.S. government on Monday charged a Ukrainian suspect, arrested in Poland last month, with deploying REvil ransomware to target multiple businesses and government entities in the country, including perpetrating the attack against software company Kaseya, marking the latest action to crack down on the cybercrime group and curb further Continue Reading
Robinhood Trading App Suffers Data Breach Exposing 7 Million Users’ Information – Tempemail
Robinhood on Monday disclosed a security breach affecting approximately 7 million customers, roughly a third of its user base, that resulted in unauthorized access of personal information by an unidentified threat actor. The commission-free stock trading and investing platform said the incident happened “late in the evening of November 3,” Continue Reading
Robinhood Trading App Suffers Data Breach Exposing 7 Million Users’ Information – Tempemail
Robinhood on Monday disclosed a security breach affecting approximately 7 million customers, roughly a third of its user base, that resulted in unauthorized access of personal information by an unidentified threat actor. The commission-free stock trading and investing platform said the incident happened “late in the evening of November 3,” Continue Reading
U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker for Kaseya Attack; Seizes $6 Million from REvil Gang – Tempemail
The U.S. government on Monday charged a Ukrainian suspect, arrested in Poland last month, with deploying REvil ransomware to target multiple businesses and government entities in the country, including perpetrating the attack against software company Kaseya, marking the latest action to crack down on the cybercrime group and curb further Continue Reading