Category: CYBER SECURITY

The company received a "threat and ransom demand" from the attackers, who demanded payment in exchange for not releasing sensitive data. BrickLink decided to take the site offline "out of an abundance of caution" while they investigated the incident.

Discord, the popular chat and messaging app, is switching to temporary file links in an effort to block malware delivery. This change will make it more difficult for attackers to use Discord's content delivery network (CDN) to host and distribute malware.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious "WhatsApp spy mod", which has attacked messaging platform Telegram users more than 340,000 times in October alone, a new report said.

Boeing, the world's largest aerospace manufacturer, confirmed that it had been hit by a cyberattack.

The privacy policies and practices of online games contain dark design patterns that could be deceptive, misleading, or coercive to users, says a study, revealing potentially questionable data collection practices of online game providers.

HackerOne, the world's leading bug bounty platform, has announced that it has paid out over $300 million in bug bounties to ethical hackers since its inception in 2012.

CCleaner has acknowledged that hackers stole the personal information of some of its customers following a MOVEit massive data breach. No sensitive data was compromised, said the company.

Japanese watchmaker Seiko has confirmed that a ransomware attack earlier this year exposed sensitive customer data. The company says that the attack affected 60,000 individuals, including customers, employees, business partners, and job applicants.

Cloudflare, the global content delivery network and web security company, is reporting a surge in hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks.

Spanish police have arrested 34 people suspected of being members of a cybercrime ring that stole the personal data of over 4 million people.

The popular password manager 1Password has disclosed a security incident that was linked to the recent breach at Okta, a company that provides identity and access management services.

A data breach at a third-party contractor for the Irish National Police has exposed the records of seized vehicles. The breach, which was discovered in late October 2023, affected over 150,000 vehicles.

A malvertising campaign has emerged that takes advantage of Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to fictitious landing pages and distribute next-stage payloads, a new report has found.

Vietnam-based cybercrime groups are targeting digital marketing firms based in India, the US, and the UK by hijacking Facebook business accounts in a malicious campaign, a new report has found.

Twitch poses risks to minors who can interact with adult strangers and donate money to streamers without the supervision of a parent or guardian, according to new research.

Identity and access company Okta has identified “adversarial activity” that leveraged access to a stolen credential to access Okta's support case management system.

The International Criminal Court (ICC), headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, has determined that a cyberattack against its systems last month was attempted "espionage".

A notorious ransomware gang that has targeted critical infrastructure around the world has been taken down by an international police swoop.