Bill Toulas
Author Bio
Bill Toulas is a tech writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications, covering open-source, Linux, malware, data breach incidents, and hacks.
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Ransomware payments drop to record low of 28% in Q1 2024
Ransomware actors have had a rough start this year, as stats from cybersecurity firm Coveware show that the trend of victims declining to pay the cybercriminals continues and has now reached a new record low of 28%.
- April 21, 2024
- 10:21 AM
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Critical Forminator plugin flaw impacts over 300k WordPress sites
The Forminator WordPress plugin used in over 500,000 sites is vulnerable to a flaw that allows malicious actors to perform unrestricted file uploads to the server.
- April 20, 2024
- 11:19 AM
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HelloKitty ransomware rebrands, releases CD Projekt and Cisco data
An operator of the HelloKitty ransomware operation announced they changed the name to 'HelloGookie,' releasing passwords for previously leaked CD Projekt source code, Cisco network information, and decryption keys from old attacks..
- April 19, 2024
- 03:20 PM
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22,500 Palo Alto firewalls "possibly vulnerable" to ongoing attacks
Approximately 22,500 exposed Palo Alto GlobalProtect firewall devices are likely vulnerable to the CVE-2024-3400 flaw, a critical command injection vulnerability that has been actively exploited in attacks since at least March 26, 2024.
- April 19, 2024
- 11:27 AM
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Fake cheat lures gamers into spreading infostealer malware
A new info-stealing malware linked to Redline poses as a game cheat called 'Cheat Lab,' promising downloaders a free copy if they convince their friends to install it too.
- April 18, 2024
- 08:46 PM
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840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack
The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely impacting its operations and forcing staff to go back to pen and paper.
- April 18, 2024
- 02:29 PM
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Cybercriminals pose as LastPass staff to hack password vaults
LastPass is warning of a malicious campaign targeting its users with the CryptoChameleon phishing kit that is associated with cryptocurrency theft.
- April 18, 2024
- 10:56 AM
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LabHost phishing service with 40,000 domains disrupted, 37 arrested
The LabHost phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform has been disrupted in a year-long global law enforcement operation that compromised the infrastructure and arrested 37 suspects, among them the original developer.
- April 18, 2024
- 05:52 AM
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SoumniBot malware exploits Android bugs to evade detection
A new Android banking malware named 'SoumniBot' is using a less common obfuscation approach by exploiting weaknesses in the Android manifest extraction and parsing procedure.
- April 17, 2024
- 05:38 PM
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FIN7 targets American automaker’s IT staff in phishing attacks
The financially motivated threat actor FIN7 targeted a large U.S. car maker with spear-phishing emails for employees in the IT department to infect systems with the Anunak backdoor.
- April 17, 2024
- 04:40 PM
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Russian Sandworm hackers pose as hacktivists in water utility breaches
The Sandworm hacking group associated with Russian military intelligence has been hiding attacks and operations behind multiple online personas posing as hacktivist groups.
- April 17, 2024
- 01:08 PM
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Multiple botnets exploiting one-year-old TP-Link flaw to hack routers
At least six distinct botnet malware operations are hunting for TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) routers vulnerable to a command injection security issue reported and addressed last year.
- April 17, 2024
- 09:03 AM
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Cerebral to pay $7 million settlement in Facebook pixel data leak case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with telehealth firm Cerebral in which the company will pay $7,000,000 over allegations of mishandling people's sensitive health data.
- April 16, 2024
- 05:37 PM
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Google to crack down on third-party YouTube apps that block ads
YouTube announced yesterday that third-party applications that block ads while watching YouTube videos violates its Terms of Service (ToS), and it will soon start taking action against the apps.
- April 16, 2024
- 02:01 PM
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Cisco warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against VPN services
Cisco warns about a large-scale credential brute-forcing campaign targeting VPN and SSH services on Cisco, CheckPoint, Fortinet, SonicWall, and Ubiquiti devices worldwide.
- April 16, 2024
- 12:11 PM
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