Category: CYBER SECURITY

Today, with the release of the monthly Pixel software update, Google has officially removed Showcase.apk. The release notes for the September patch confirm that the update "removes third-party APK to address security vulnerability."

RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that emerged in February 2024, has breached more than 200 victims across various critical U.S. infrastructure sectors.

Google has significantly increased payouts for security vulnerabilities in Google Chrome, with the maximum reward for a single bug now exceeding $250,000.

The U.S. Department of State and the Secret Service have announced a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya, who is wanted for his involvement in various cybercrime activities.

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has firmly denied allegations that its systems were breached by the Hunters International ransomware gang, despite the group's recent claim on a dark web leak site.

Young Consulting, now known as Connexure, is sending data breach notifications to 954,177 people who had their information exposed in a BlackSuit ransomware attack on April 10, 2024.

Google announced that it has patched the tenth zero-day vulnerability of 2024, which was actively exploited in the wild.

AT&T has agreed to pay a $950,000 civil penalty to settle a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation into a 911 outage that occurred on August 22, 2023.

The breach, by Fowler to WebsitePlanet, revealed that nearly 32 million records were exposed in a non-password-protected database, posing serious security risks for the affected companies and individuals.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has flagged potential hacking attempts targeting the WhatsApp accounts of U.S. officials from both the Biden and Trump administrations.

The Argentine Federal Police (PFA) have apprehended a 29-year-old Russian national in Buenos Aires on charges of laundering cryptocurrency funds linked to the notorious North Korean hacker group, Lazarus.

Just one day after detailed technical information about a critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin was made public, cybercriminals have begun actively exploiting it.

Google has issued an emergency security update for Chrome, addressing a zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild.

A severe security flaw has been discovered in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin, which could allow attackers to take control of millions of websites by creating unauthorized admin accounts.

Microchip Technology Incorporated, a major American chipmaker, suffered a cyberattack that disrupted operations across several of its manufacturing facilities.

In the first half of 2024, ransomware victims have paid a staggering $459.8 million to cybercriminals, positioning this year to potentially surpass previous records if this trend continues.

Toyota has acknowledged that its network was compromised after a threat actor released a 240GB archive of data stolen from the company's systems on a hacking forum.

National Public Data (NPD), a company known for reselling personal information for background checks, has confirmed a significant data breach that compromised a wide range of personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and physical addresses.