The BlackByte ransomware is back with version 2.0 of their operation, including a new data leak site utilizing new extortion techniques borrowed from LockBit. [...]

DigitalOcean is warning customers that a recent MailChimp security breach exposed the email addresses of some customers, with a small number receiving unauthorized password resets. [...]

Argentina's Judiciary of Córdoba has shut down its IT systems after suffering a ransomware attack, reportedly at the hands of the new 'Play' ransomware operation. [...]

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has disrupted a hacking and social engineering operation linked to a Russian threat actor tracked as SEABORGIUM that targets propland organizations in NATO countries. [...]

It was a very busy week for ransomware news and attacks, especially with the disclosure that Cisco was breached by a threat actor affiliated with the Yanluowang ransomware gang. [...]

The U.S. State Department announced a $10 million reward today for information on five high-ranking Conti ransomware members, including showing the face of one of the members for the first time. [...]

7-Eleven Denmark has confirmed that a ransomware attack was behind the closure of 175 stores in the country on Monday. [...]

Offensive Security has released ​Kali Linux 2022.3, the third version of 2022, with virtual machine improvements, Linux Kernel 5.18.5, new tools to play with, and improved ARM support. [...]

Today is Microsoft's August 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for the actively exploited 'DogWalk' zero-day vulnerability and a total of 121 flaws. [...]

Email marketing firm Klaviyo disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained access to internal systems and downloaded marketing lists for cryptocurrency-related customers. [...]

7-Eleven stores in Denmark shut down today after a cyberattack disrupted stores' payment and checkout systems throughout the country. [...]

For the most part, it has been a quiet week on the ransomware front, with a few new reports, product developments, and attacks revealed. [...]

Twitter has confirmed a recent data breach was caused by a now-patched zero-day vulnerability used to link email addresses and phone numbers to users' accounts, allowing a threat actor to compile a list of 5.4 million user account profiles. [...]

DuckDuckGo announced today that they will now be blocking all third-party Microsoft tracking scripts in their privacy browser after failing to block them in the past. [...]

Hackers attempted to extort the online survey platform QuestionPro after claiming to have stolen the company's database containing respondents' personal information. [...]

​An Australian man was charged for developing and selling the Imminent Monitor remote access trojan, used to spy on victims' devices remotely. [...]

A US managed service provider NetStandard suffered a cyberattack causing the company to shut down its MyAppsAnywhere cloud services, consisting of hosted Dynamics GP, Exchange, Sharepoint, and CRM services. [...]

The political situation in Europe and the rest of the world has degraded dramatically in 2022. This has affected the nature, intensity, and geography of DDoS attacks, which have become actively used for political purposes. Find out more in this summary of G-Core Lab's latest DDoS Trends report. [...]

New ransomware operations continue to be launched this week, with the new Luna ransomware found to be targeting both Windows and VMware ESXi servers. [...]

Twitter has suffered a data breach after threat actors used a vulnerability to build a database of phone numbers and email addresses belonging to 5.4 million accounts, with the data now up for sale on a hacker forum for $30,000. [...]

Digital security giant Entrust has confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack where threat actors breached their network and stole data from internal systems. [...]

Virtual pet website Neopets has suffered a data breach leading to the theft of source code and a database containing the personal information of over 69 million members. [...]

A scarily realistic-looking Google Search YouTube advertisement is redirecting visitors to tech support scams pretending to be security alerts from Windows Defender. [...]

An ongoing heatwave in the United Kingdom has led to Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud outages after cooling systems failed at the companies' data centers. [...]

Game publishing giant Bandai Namco has confirmed that they suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customers' personal data. [...]