Albania cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country’s embassy staff over a major cyberattack nearly two months ago that was allegedly carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites, the prime minister said Wednesday.
US Agencies Warn of ‘Vice Society’ Ransomware Gang Targeting Education Sector
The FBI, CISA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are raising the alarm on a ransomware gang’s increased targeting of the education sector.
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Authorities Seize Online Marketplace for Stolen Credentials
Law enforcement authorities have seized the domains of an online marketplace for stolen login credentials and other personally identifying information (PII).
Israeli Defence Minister’s Cleaner Sentenced for Spying Attempt
A man employed as a cleaner in Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s home was sentenced to three years’ prison for attempting to spy for Iran-linked hackers, the justice ministry said Tuesday.
Source Code of New ‘CodeRAT’ Backdoor Published Online
The developer of the new ‘CodeRAT’ backdoor has released their malware’s source code online after being confronted by security researchers, cybersecurity firm SafeBreach reports.
The new remote access trojan (RAT) was seen being deployed via a malicious Word document carrying a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) exploit.
Huge Los Angeles Unified School District Hit by Cyberattack
The huge Los Angeles Unified School District’s information technology systems were targeted by an external cyberattack during the Labor Day weekend, officials said.
Google Patches Sixth Chrome Zero-Day of 2022
Google has released an emergency update to patch a high-severity vulnerability in its Chrome web browser that is already being exploited in the wild.
QNAP Warns of New ‘Deadbolt’ Ransomware Attacks Targeting NAS Users
Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) solutions provider QNAP Systems over the weekend issued a fresh warning of new Deadbolt ransomware attacks targeting its NAS users.
Samsung US Says Customer Data Compromised in July Data Breach
Just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, electronics giant Samsung US announced that the personal information of some customers was compromised in a July data breach.
As part of the incident, which was identified roughly a month ago, an unauthorized third party gained access to some of Samsung’s US systems and exfiltrated information stored on them.
