Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach that impacted 18,000 companies

A data breach suffered by the Japanese telecom giant NTT exposed information of nearly 18,000 corporate customers. Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach that exposed information of nearly 18,000 corporate customers. On February 5th, the security team detected suspicious activity in its ‘Order Information Distribution System,’ and immediately restricted access to device A. […]

March 8, 2025
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Mirai-based botnets exploit CVE-2025-1316 zero-day in Edimax IP cameras

Mirai-based botnets are exploiting a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-1316, in Edimax IP cameras, to achieve remote command execution. US CISA warns that multiple botnets are exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-1316 (CVSS score of 9.8), in Edimax IC-7100 IP cameras. The issue is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an […]

March 7, 2025
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The Role of Differential Privacy in Protecting Sensitive Information in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Differential privacy (DP) protects data by adding noise to queries, preventing re-identification while maintaining utility, addressing Artificial Intelligence -era privacy challenges. In the era of Artificial Intelligence, confidentiality and security are becoming significant challenges. Traditional anonymization techniques, such as pseudonymization and k-anonymity, have proven inadequate against sophisticated re-identification attacks. A robust privacy-preserving mechanism called differential […]

March 7, 2025
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International law enforcement operation seized the domain of the Russian crypto exchange Garantex

The U.S. Secret Service and global law enforcement seized the domain of sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex. An international law enforcement operation led by U.S. Secret Service seized the website (“garantex[.]org”) of the sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex. In April 2022, the US Treasury Department sanctioned the virtual currency exchange. Garantex has been active since 2019, […]

March 7, 2025
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Medusa Ransomware targeted over 40 organizations in 2025

Medusa ransomware has claimed nearly 400 victims since January 2023, with attacks increasing by 42% between 2023 and 2024. The Symantec Threat Hunter Team reported that the Medusa ransomware operators have claimed nearly 400 victims since January 2023. Experts observed a 42% increase in attacks carried out by the group between 2023 and 2024. Experts […]

March 7, 2025
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Qilin Ransomware gang claims the hack of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Qilin Ransomware group claims to have breached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, marking a significant cybersecurity attack. The Russian-speaking Qilin Ransomware group claims responsibility for an attack on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The group stated that it stole sensitive data such as private correspondence, personal information, and official decrees. The […]

March 7, 2025
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Elastic patches critical Kibana flaw allowing code execution

Elastic fixed a critical flaw in the Kibana data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Elastic released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25012 (CVSS score of 9.9), impacting the Kibana data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch. Kibana provides visualization capabilities on top of the content indexed on an Elasticsearch cluster. Users can create bar, line […]

March 7, 2025
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The U.S. DoJ charges 12 Chinese nationals for state-linked cyber operations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) charges 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in state-linked cyber operations. The U.S. DoJ charged 12 Chinese nationals, including PRC security officers, employees of the hacking firm i-Soon, and members of the APT27 group (aka Emissary Panda, TG-3390, Bronze Union, and Lucky Mouse), for data theft and suppressing dissent worldwide. “The Justice […]

March 6, 2025
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Hunters International gang claims the theft of 1.4 TB of data allegedly stolen from Tata Technologies

Ransomware group Hunters International claims to have hacked Tata Technologies, threatening to leak 1.4 TB of stolen data. The Hunters International ransomware group claimed to have breached the Indian multinational technology company Tata Technologies, a Tata Motors subsidiary. The group claims the theft of 1.4 terabytes of data and is threatening to leak it. The […]

March 5, 2025
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New Eleven11bot botnet infected +86K IoT devices

The Eleven11bot botnet has infected over 86,000 IoT devices, mainly security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs). Researchers from Nokia Deepfield Emergency Response Team (ERT) discovered a new botnet named Eleven11bot that has already infected over 86,000 IoT devices. Most infected devices are security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs), which are used to launch […]

March 5, 2025
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