cyber crime

UK outsourcing services provider Capita suffered a cyber incident

UK outsourcing services provider Capita confirmed that the outage suffered on Friday was caused by a cyberattack. Capita, the UK outsourcing giant, confirmed that its staff was locked out of their accounts on Friday after a cyber incident. Capita is one of the government’s biggest suppliers, with £6.5bn of public sector contracts, reported The Guardian. […]

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April 4, 2023
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Moobot botnet spreads by targeting Cacti and RealTek flaws

The Moobot botnet is actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Cacti, and Realtek in attacks in the wild. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti (CVE-2022-46169) and Realtek (CVE-2021-35394) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications. The […]

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April 3, 2023
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LockBit leaks data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service

The LockBit ransomware gang announced the publishing of data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service. On March 29, 2023, The Lock Bit ransomware gang announced the hack of the South Korean National Tax Service. The group added the South Korean agency to its Tor leak site and announced the release of stolen data […]

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April 2, 2023
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Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested members of a gang that defrauded EU citizens of $4.33M

The Cyber Police of Ukraine, with law enforcement officials from Czechia, has arrested several members of a gang responsible for $4.33 million scam. The Cyber Police of Ukraine, with the support of law enforcement officials from the Czech Republic, has arrested several members of a cybercriminal ring that defrauded EU citizens of $4.33 million with […]

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March 31, 2023
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New AlienFox toolkit harvests credentials for tens of cloud services

AlienFox is a novel comprehensive toolset for harvesting credentials for multiple cloud service providers, SentinelLabs reported. AlienFox is a new modular toolkit that allows threat actors to harvest credentials for multiple cloud service providers. AlienFox is available for sale and is primarily distributed on Telegram in the form of source code archives. Some modules are […]

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March 30, 2023
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Australia’s Casino Giant Crown Resorts disclosed data breach after Clop ransomware attack

Australia’s gambling and entertainment giant Crown Resorts, disclosed a data breach caused by the exploitation of recently discovered GoAnywhere zero-day. Australian casino giant Crown Resorts disclosed a data breach after the attack of the Cl0p ransomware group. The group claims to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-0669) […]

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March 29, 2023
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