Russian authorities have arrested top cybersecurity executive Ilya Sachkov on Sept. 29 over charges of state treason. A court in Moscow said that it had ordered authorities to arrest Sachkov, the founder of one of Russia’s top cybersecurity companies Group-IB, …
Hackers have stolen the personal data of around 1.4 million people who were tested for COVID-19 in Paris last year from the Paris public hospital system, AP-HP. “All the people concerned, to whom AP-HP apologizes, will be individually informed in …
Threat actors have extracted Fortinet usernames and passwords and shared them publicly, the network security provider confirmed. Fortinet, a provider of network security solutions, confirmed that a malicious actor improperly disclosed the VPN login names and passwords associated with 87,000 …
California-based software company Business Efficiency Solutions LLC (BES) sued Huawei in the California federal court for allegedly robbing its trade secrets following their joint work on a project for the Pakistani government. BES accused Huawei of using a “backdoor” software …
The United States Department of State (DOS) has been the victim of a cyberattack while its perpetrators and damage it caused are still unknown. The US Department of Defense Cyber Command reportedly warned the DOS of the attack but no …
Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered that a secret FBI terrorist watchlist with 1.9 million records, including classified “no-fly” records was exposed after it was left unsecured at an Elasticsearch cluster that had no password on it. The terror list was …
Consulting firm Accenture has been targeted by Lockbit ransomware hackers who threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom has been paid. CNBC’s Eamon Javers first reported on the incident but there were already rumors circulating on social media. The …
Cybersecurity researchers from Armis reported that nine vulnerabilities known as “PwnedPiper” could leave pneumatic tube systems (PTS) used in hospitals vulnerable to attacks. The said PTS in question is the Translogic PTS system by Swisslog Healthcare which is used to …
Hackers have attacked the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region in Italy and prevented residents from making appointments. “A hacker attack on the regional data center is underway… all defense and verification …
Zoom Video Communications Inc has agreed to pay $85 million on Saturday to settle a lawsuit filed in San Jose, California claiming it violated users’ privacy rights. The class-action suit by several Zoom users alleged that Zoom has shared personal …