Hackers broke into databases, snatch their content, hold it for ransom for 9 days, and then sell it to the highest bidder. If the DB owner does not want to pay the ransom demand. For a price of just $550/database, more than 85,000 SQL databases are listed for sale on Continue Reading
After hackers penetrated its internal network and encrypted the company’s files, helicopter maker Kopter became the victim of a ransomware attack. The ransomware gang published some of the company’s files on the internet on Friday after Kopter declined to engage with the hackers. As part of their tactics, many ransomware Continue Reading
ESET’s security experts have found a new malware that Russian cyber-espionage group Turla has been using in carrying out attacks against governments. Turla, which has been active since at least 2006, was recently seen targeting a European government with a combination of backdoors. Called Crutch, the lately recognized backdoor too was found Continue Reading
A cybercriminal is at the moment selling access to the email accounts of a large number of C-level executives at organizations globally. The data is being sold on a closed-access covert forum for Russian-speaking threat actors called Exploit.in. The following are high-level executives occupying functions such as: CEO – chief executive Continue Reading
On late Friday, European football club Manchester United divulged a cybersecurity event that affected its internal systems. The football club said it was still probing the incident and was not able to say if the break let the attackers access data linked with fans or store customers. While the club Continue Reading
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