Lighting and building management giant Acuity Brands has publicly disclosed two data breaches suffered by the company in recent years, including one that may have involved ransomware.
The Atlanta, Georgia-based firm employs roughly 13,000 people and has operations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Digital risk protection company CloudSEK claims that another cybersecurity firm is behind a recent data breach resulting from the compromise of an employee’s Jira account.
As part of the targeted cyberattack, an unknown party used session cookies for the employee’s Jira account to gain access to various types of internal data.
The leading hospital in India’s capital limped back to normalcy on Wednesday after a cyberattack crippled its operations for nearly two weeks.
A newly observed botnet capable of self-replicating and self-propagation is targeting multiple Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities for initial access, cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet warns.
The New Zealand government this week confirmed being impacted by a ransomware attack on managed service provider (MSP) Mercury IT, which has disrupted businesses and public authorities in the country.
A small business with only 25 employees, Mercury IT provides cybersecurity, IT, telecoms, and support services for multiple organizations in the country.
Four Nigerians arrested recently in Europe have been charged in the United States over their alleged role in a scheme that involved computer hacking and filing false tax returns.
Cloud company Rackspace has confirmed being targeted in a ransomware attack after it was forced to shut down its Hosted Exchange environment.
Rackspace’s hosted Microsoft Exchange service started experiencing problems on Friday, December 2. The company shut down the impacted environment and confirmed on Saturday that it was a security incident.
A threat actor tracked as ‘Scattered Spider’ is targeting telecommunications and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in an effort to gain access to mobile carrier networks and perform SIM swapping, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike warns.
The Canadian branch of Amnesty International said Monday it was the target of a cyberattack sponsored by China.
The human rights organization said it first detected the breach Oct. 5 and hired forensic investigators and cybersecurity experts to investigate.
Nicholas Truglia, of Florida, was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week for stealing more than $20 million in a SIM swapping scheme.
According to the indictment, in January 2018, Truglia, now aged 25, participated in a scheme to hack into online accounts in an effort to steal cryptocurrency. He pleaded guilty in late 2021.
