A report published by cybersecurity firm eSentire has found that hacker groups are using a new phishing scam that employs fake LinkedIn job offers. The attacks employ fake job offers on LinkedIn that are similar to jobs that the target …
A 22-year-old male Kansas resident has been indicted by the DOJ for hacking a public water facility’s computer system and jeopardizing the residents’ safety and health in the local community. “By illegally tampering with a public drinking water system, the …
The IRS warned of a tax-refund phishing scam targeting college students and staff Tuesday. In these fake emails, scammers impersonate the federal tax agency in the hopes of gaining the victim’s personal information. The messages display the IRS logo and …
A Japanese man has been fined US$80 (¥9,000) for cyberbullying Netflix reality star Hana Kimura, who took her own life last May, prosecutors said. An unnamed man, who reportedly posted increasingly abusive messages on Hana Kimura’s social media, has been …
A whistleblower who allegedly participated in the response to the Ubiquiti cyber attack claimed that the company downplayed a “catastrophic” incident to protect stock prices and that the 3rd party provider claim was fake. The anonymous whistleblower reported his claims …
An unknown actor has hacked the official PHP Git repository last and inserted a backdoor code disguised as an edit. The repository maintainer Nikita Popov said the hacker added two commits to the php-src repo which had a backdoor for …
Hackers have reportedly gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of homeland security (DHS) Chad Wolf and members of cybersecurity staff after the Solarwinds hack. According to the Associated Press(AP), the breach was not disclosed publicly, …
The Australian Parliament and Channel Nine News network allegedly fell victim to a cyber-attack last Sunday. The attack reportedly crippled the Federal Parliament’s IT network and left government employees without access to their emails. “We’ve had no emails or diaries …
Suspected Russian state-backed hackers who were known to have run disinformation campaigns against NATO have targeted German MPs. The campaign against the German parliament was dubbed “Ghostwriter,” and was believed to be influenced by Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU). According …
Purple Fox, a Windows malware deployed using exploit kits and phishing emails has gained a worm module that allows it to scan and infect vulnerable systems. Purple Fox was first discovered in 2018 which was distributed in the form of …