U.S. Judiciary confirms breach of court electronic records service

The U.S. Federal Judiciary confirms that it suffered a cyberattack on its electronic case management systems hosting confidential court documents and is strengthening cybersecurity measures. The organization stated that, while most documents in the system are public, certain sealed filings contain sensitive information that is now protected with stricter access controls aimed at blocking hackers. […]

US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack

CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers. The attackers also stole other information from the companies’ compromised systems, including information related to customer call records and law enforcement requests. “Specifically, we have identified that PRC-affiliated actors have […]

Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine

Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The security flaw (CVE-2024-43451) is an NTLM Hash Disclosure spoofing vulnerability reported by ClearSky security researchers, which can be exploited to steal the logged-in user’s NTLMv2 hash by forcing connections to a remote attacker-controlled server. […]

New ShrinkLocker ransomware decryptor recovers BitLocker password

Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the ‘ShrinkLocker’ ransomware strain, which uses Windows’ built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim’s files. Discovered in May 2024 by researchers at cybersecurity company Kaspersky, ShrinkLocker lacks the sophistication of other ransomware families but integrates features that can maximize the damage of an attack. According to Bitdefender’s analysis, the malware appears […]