December 2022 – Page 2

Ransomware attack at Louisiana hospital impacts 270,000 patients

The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) is sending out notices of a data breach affecting almost 270,000 people who have received care at one of its medical centers. […]

27 Dec

BTC.com lost $3 million worth of cryptocurrency in cyberattack

BTC.com, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining pools, announced it was the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of approximately $3 million worth of crypto assets belonging to both customers and the company. […]

27 Dec

Hackers steal $8 million from users running trojanized BitKeep apps

Multiple BitKeep crypto wallet users reported that their wallets were emptied during Christmas after hackers triggered transactions that didn’t require verification. […]

27 Dec

EarSpy attack eavesdrops on Android phones via motion sensors

A team of researchers has developed an eavesdropping attack for Android devices that can, to various degrees, recognize the caller’s gender and identity, and even discern private speech. […]

26 Dec

Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users

A threat actor claims to be selling public and private data of 400 million Twitter users scraped in 2021 using a now-fixed API vulnerability. They’re asking $200,000 for an exclusive sale. […]

24 Dec

New info-stealer malware infects software pirates via fake cracks sites

A new information-stealing malware named ‘RisePro’ is being distributed through fake cracks sites operated by the PrivateLoader pay-per-install (PPI) malware distribution service. […]

23 Dec

The Week in Ransomware – December 23rd 2022 – Targeting Microsoft Exchange

Reports this week illustrate how threat actors consider Microsoft Exchange as a prime target for gaining initial access to corporate networks to steal data and deploy ransomware. […]

23 Dec

Hackers exploit bug in WordPress gift card plugin with 50K installs

Hackers are actively targeting a critical flaw in YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium, a WordPress plugin used on over 50,000 websites. […]

23 Dec

Massive Twitter data leak investigated by EU privacy watchdog

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an inquiry following last month’s news reports of a massive Twitter data leak. […]

23 Dec

Ghost CMS vulnerable to critical authentication bypass flaw

A critical vulnerability in the Ghost CMS newsletter subscription system could allow external users to create newsletters or modify existing ones so that they contain malicious JavaScript. […]

Month: December 2022

Ransomware attack at Louisiana hospital impacts 270,000 patients

BTC.com lost $3 million worth of cryptocurrency in cyberattack

Hackers steal $8 million from users running trojanized BitKeep apps

EarSpy attack eavesdrops on Android phones via motion sensors

Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users

New info-stealer malware infects software pirates via fake cracks sites

The Week in Ransomware – December 23rd 2022 – Targeting Microsoft Exchange

Hackers exploit bug in WordPress gift card plugin with 50K installs

Massive Twitter data leak investigated by EU privacy watchdog

Ghost CMS vulnerable to critical authentication bypass flaw