A huge attack surface for a vulnerability with various PoCs available The volume of Fortinet boxes exposed to the public internet and vulnerable to a month-old critical security flaw in FortiOS is still extremely high, despite a gradual increase in patching.... [...]

Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means Updated Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.... [...]

Wave of Okta attacks mark what researchers are calling the biggest security trend of the year IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as "the most noteworthy" of the past year.... [...]

Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into A French government department - responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people - is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information of up to 43 million citizens.... [...]

Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling Change Healthcare is being investigated over the alleged 6 TB data theft by the ALPHV ransomware group as it continues recovery efforts.... [...]

Akira ransomware crooks brag of stealing thousands of ID documents during break-in Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems – perhaps by the Akira ransomware …

Akira ransomware crooks brag of swiping thousands of ID documents during break-in Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems – perhaps by the Akira ransomware …

Bitcoin Fog washed hundreds of millions for criminals The operator of the world's longest-running Bitcoin money laundering service faces a 50-year prison sentence after being found guilty in a US court.... [...]

27,000 individuals had data stolen, which for some included names and social security numbers Stanford University says the cybersecurity incident it dealt with last year was indeed ransomware, which it failed to spot for more than four months.... [...]

War of words wages on between vendors divided Last week, we wrote about how security outfit Rapid7 threw JetBrains, the company behind the popular CI/CD platform TeamCity, under the bus over allegations of silent patching. Now, JetBrains has gone on the offensive.... [...]

Targeting recovery this week, officials still trying to 'dentify the nature of the incident' Leicester City Council says IT systems and a number of its critical service phone lines will remain down until later this week at the earliest following a "cyber incident".... [...]

Five months in and the mammoth post-ransomware recovery has barely begun The British Library says legacy IT is the overwhelming factor delaying efforts to recover from the Rhysida ransomware attack in late 2023.... [...]

Remaining services are expected to return in the coming weeks after $22M ALPHV ransom Change Healthcare has taken the first steps toward a full recovery from the ransomware attack in February by bringing its electronic prescription services back online.... [...]

Classified docs, readable passwords, and thousands of personal information nabbed in Xplain breach The Swiss government had around 65,000 files related to it stolen by the Play ransomware gang during an attack on an IT supplier, its National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) says.... [...]

More than 1,000 servers remain unpatched and vulnerable Security researchers are increasingly seeing active exploit attempts using the latest vulnerabilities in JetBrains' TeamCity that in some cases are leading to ransomware deployment.... [...]

Biz reassures quaffers it has enough beer, expects quick recovery before weekend Belgian beer brewer Duvel says a ransomware attack has brought its facility to a standstill while its IT team works to remediate the damage.... [...]

Two flaws fixed, one knee bent to the EU, and a budding cybersecurity star feature in iOS 17.4 Apple's latest security patches address four vulnerabilities affecting iOS and iPadOS, including two zero-days that intel suggests attackers have already exploited.... [...]

Additional cuts announced, sparking fears of further layoffs Outsourcing giant Capita today reported a net loss of £106.6 million ($135.6 million) for calendar 2023, with the costly cyberattack by criminals making a hefty dent in its annual financials.... [...]

Where better to expose confidential data than on a dating app? Yet another US military man is facing a potentially significant stretch in prison after allegedly sending secret national defense information (NDI) overseas.... [...]

Exploits began within hours of the original disclosure, so patch now Updated Security shop Rapid7 is criticizing JetBrains for flouting its policy against silent patching regarding fixes for two fresh vulnerabilities in the TeamCity CI/CD server.... [...]

Officials can't tell whether the tape was edited, but fear Kremlin has more juicy bits to release in the future The German Ministry of Defense (Bundeswehr) has confirmed that a recording of a call between high-ranking officials discussing war efforts in Ukraine, leaked by Russian media, is legitimate.... [...]

Increasingly clear number of permanent solutions is narrowing Global law enforcement authorities' attempts to shutter the LockBit ransomware crew have sparked a fresh call for a ban on ransomware payments to perpetrators.... [...]

Investigating LockBit’s finances has blown previous estimates of the operation’s wealth out of the water Authorities digging into LockBit's finances believe the group may have generated more than $1 billion in ransom fees over its four-year lifespan.... [...]

NCA still left enough for onlookers to wonder if there's anything more to come The grand finale of the week of LockBit leaks was slated to expose the real identity of LockBitSupp – the alias of the gang's public spokesperson – but the reveal has fallen short of expectations.... [...]

New features aimed to stamp out problems of the past Law enforcement's disruption of the LockBit ransomware crew comes as the criminal group was working on bringing a brand-new variant to market, research reveals.... [...]