Category: CYBER SECURITY

A 20-year-old US Army soldier, Cameron John Wagenius, has been arrested and charged with participating in a hacking scheme to sell and distribute stolen phone records.

GitHub, the world’s largest code-hosting platform, is grappling with a growing problem: the misuse of its "star" feature to artificially boost the popularity of repositories.

For months, the precise location data of approximately 800,000 electric Volkswagen vehicles was accessible online due to a significant data leak, as reported by German news outlet Der Spiegel.

The US Treasury Department recently disclosed a significant security breach, attributing the attack to a state-sponsored hacking group from China.

A cyberattack on Saturday disrupted approximately ten official websites in Italy, including those of the Foreign Ministry and Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports.

Both companies confirmed the attacks on Saturday, stating that their networks are now secure and that they continue to collaborate with law enforcement and government officials to address the situation.

ZAGG Inc., a well-known manufacturer of mobile accessories, has revealed that a recent data breach compromised customer credit card information.

Volkswagen's software subsidiary, Cariad, unintentionally exposed sensitive data from approximately 800,000 electric vehicles, compromising customer information such as names and detailed location data.

Data-loss prevention startup Cyberhaven has disclosed a supply chain attack that compromised its Chrome extension, potentially exposing customer passwords and session tokens to hackers.

A Russian court has imposed a fine of three million roubles (approximately $29,000) on TikTok for allegedly violating the country's legal restrictions on sharing specific types of information.

The U.S. government is still assessing the fallout from the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the White House has identified a significant factor behind the breach: inadequate cybersecurity measures across telecom companies' IT infrastructure.

Japan Airlines (JAL) said Thursday that its network system has been restored after a cyberattack earlier in the day disrupted luggage services and delayed some flights.

The UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty in bolstering international cooperation in the fight against such crimes.

In May 2024, the North Korean state-backed hacker group known as TraderTraitor executed a major cryptocurrency heist, stealing 4,502.9 Bitcoin worth $308 million from Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) official online shop was the victim of a cyberattack.

Two WordPress plugins integral to the premium WPLMS theme, a popular Learning Management System (LMS) solution with over 28,000 sales, have been found to contain over a dozen critical vulnerabilities.

Adobe has rolled out urgent security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its ColdFusion software.

Crypto criminals have stolen over $1.71 billion worth of cryptos this year, pushing total thefts to shocking levels at $12.7 billion across more than 1,000 heists to date, data showed on Monday.

Officials said on Sunday that South Korea and the United States are conducting joint research to strengthen protection against cryptocurrency heist attempts amid growing concerns of such attacks by North Korea-linked hackers.