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Attack on direct debit provider London & Zurich leaves customers with 6-figure backlogs
Source: TheRegister Author: Connor Jones A ransomware attack and resulting outages at direct debit collection company London & Zurich has forced at least one customer to take out a short-term loan as six-figure backlogs continue to cause cash flow mayhem. London...
Apple is testing an imminent iPhone update to squash more iOS 17 bugs
Get your iPhones ready: Apple is secretly working on a new iOS 17.1.2 update, based on results in a news site’s visitor data. reported Monday that it had spotted visits from browsers running iOS 17.1.2, which has not yet been released to the public or even beta...
How Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Exploit QRs, CAPTCHAs, and Steganography
Phishing attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated, with cybercriminals investing in new ways of deceiving victims into revealing sensitive information or installing malicious software. One of the latest trends in phishing is the use of QR codes, CAPTCHAs, and...
Russia’s LitterDrifter USB Worm Spreads Beyond Ukraine
A recently identified USB worm attributed to the Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group Gamaredon appears to have spread beyond Ukraine, its likely intended target, cybersecurity firm Check Point reports. Also tracked as Armageddon, Aqua Blizzard,...
Beware: Malicious Google Ads Trick WinSCP Users into Installing Malware
Threat actors are leveraging manipulated search results and bogus Google ads that trick users who are looking to download legitimate software such as WinSCP into installing malware instead. Cybersecurity company Securonix is tracking the ongoing activity under the...
MOVEit hackers leverage new zero-day bug to breach organizations (CVE-2023-47246)
Lace Tempest has previously exploited zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-34362) in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer installations to steal data from many enterprises and public sector organizations. The group has also similarly leveraged zero days in the Accellion...
Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers
A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills assessment portals as part of its social engineering campaigns. Microsoft attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Sapphire Sleet, describing it as a...
Microsoft fixes Outlook Desktop bug causing slow saving issues
Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing significant delays for Microsoft 365 customers when saving attachments in Outlook Desktop. The bug is known to impact Outlook users trying to save an attachment to a network share, according to a support document published...
LockBit ransomware leaks gigabytes of Boeing data
The LockBit ransomware gang published data stolen from Boeing, one of the largest aerospace companies that services commercial airplanes and defense systems. Before the leak, LockBit hackers said that Boeing ignored warnings that data would become publicly available...
Hacker Leaks 800,000 Scraped Chess.com User Records
The scraped Chess.com data was leaked on Breach Forums on November 8th, 2023 by a threat actor operating under the alias ‘DrOne.’ Update: Saturday, 11th November 2023 – In an exclusive statement to Hackread.com, Chess.com has acknowledged the incident and verified the...