BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children’s Health Physicians

The BianLian ransomware group has claimed the cyberattack on Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP) and threatens to leak stolen files unless a ransom is paid. BHCP is a network of over 300 pediatric physicians and specialists operating over 60 locations across New York’s Hudson Valley and Connecticut, offering patient care in clinics, community hospitals, and […]

Iranian hackers act as brokers selling critical infrastructure access

Iranian hackers are breaching critical infrastructure organizations to collect credentials and network data that can be sold on cybercriminal forums to enable cyberattacks from other threat actors. Government agencies in the U.S., Canada, and Australia believe that Iranian hackers are acting as initial access brokers and use brute-force techniques to gain access to organizations in […]

Google: 70% of exploited flaws disclosed in 2023 were zero-days

Google Mandiant security analysts warn of a worrying new trend of threat actors demonstrating a better capability to discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in software. Specifically, of the 138 vulnerabilities disclosed as actively exploited in 2023, Mandiant says 97 (70.3%) were leveraged as zero-days. This means that threat actors exploited the flaws in attacks before […]

US disrupts Anonymous Sudan DDoS operation, indicts 2 Sudanese brothers

The United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment today against two Sudanese brothers suspected of being the operators of Anonymous Sudan, a notorious and dangerous hacktivist group known for conducting over 35,000 DDoS attacks in a year. Since launching in 2023, Anonymous Sudan has been behind numerous high-profile DDoS attacks, causing widespread outages and the inability […]

Finland seizes servers of ‘Sipultie’ dark web drugs market

The Finnish Customs office took down the website and seized the servers for the darknet marketplace ‘Sipulitie’ where criminals sold illegal narcotics anonymously. The agency’s announcement earlier today says that the site catered to both Finnish and English-speaking users, and that its operator claimed a turnover of 1.3 million Euros (approximately $1.42 million). The operation was possible […]