24 Oct VMware warns admins of public exploit for vRealize RCE flaw VMware warned customers on Monday that proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code is now available for an authentication bypass flaw in vRealize Log Insight (now known as VMware Aria Operations for Logs). […]
24 Oct September was a record month for ransomware attacks in 2023 Ransomware activity in September reached unprecedented levels following a relative lull in August that was still way above regular standards for summer months. […]
23 Oct 1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach 1Password, a popular password management platform used by over 100,000 businesses, suffered a security incident after hackers gained access to its Okta ID management tenant. […]
23 Oct US energy firm shares how Akira ransomware hacked its systems In a rare display of transparency, US energy services firm BHI Energy details how the Akira ransomware operation breached their networks and stole the data during the attack. […]
23 Oct Spain arrests 34 cybercriminals who stole data of 4 million people The Spanish National Police have dismantled a cybercriminal organization that carried out a variety of computer scams to steal and monetize the data of over four million people. […]
23 Oct Cisco patches IOS XE zero-days used to hack over 50,000 devices Cisco has addressed the two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273) that hackers exploited to compromise tens of thousands of IOS XE devices over the past week. […]
23 Oct QNAP takes down server behind widespread brute-force attacks QNAP took down a malicious server used in widespread brute-force attacks targeting Internet-exposed NAS (network-attached storage) devices with weak passwords. […]
23 Oct City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months The City of Philadelphia is investigating a data breach after attackers “may have gained access” to City email accounts containing personal and protected health information five months ago, in May. […]
21 Oct American Family Insurance confirms cyberattack is behind IT outages Insurance giant American Family Insurance has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack and shut down portions of its IT systems after customers reported website outages all week. […]
21 Oct The Week in Ransomware – October 20th 2023 – Fighting Back This was a bad week for ransomware, with the Trigona ransomware suffering a data breach and law enforcement disrupting the RagnarLocker ransomware operation. […]