Three hacking groups, Killnet, Anonymous Sudan, and REvil, have threatened to launch a “destructive” attack against the European financial system, starting with the SWIFT international communications system. The attack is expected to take place within the next 48 hours. The groups are reportedly motivated by political reasons, as they are …
Read More »The central bank of Bangladesh approved the digital bank guidelines
Bangladesh Bank has given approval to banks and financial service providers in the country to start digital banking services to provide technology-based financial services out of conventional service delivery methods. Digital Bank was approved in the board meeting on Wednesday (14 june). The Communications and Publications Department of the Central …
Read More »BreachForums Is Back, Led by ShinyHunters
After months of silence, the notorious cybercrime and hacking forum, BreachForums, has resurfaced under new management. ShinyHunters, a well-known hacking group, has seized control of the revived platform, sending shockwaves through the cybersecurity community and raising concerns among global law enforcement agencies. The announcement of BreachForums’ return came from Baphomet, …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, June -15, 2023
Ransomware is big business. How big, you ask? Well, just one notorious group appears to have extorted nearly a nine-figure sum. The group we are talking about is LockBit and a joint advisory by international cybersecurity agencies revealed some alarming statistics about it. A new campaign is underway wherein threat …
Read More »Trend Micro Unleashes the Power of Generative AI in Vision One Platform
Trend Micro, a leading cybersecurity provider, has been incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into its solutions for the past decade. However, it has now embraced the power of generative AI. The company recently unveiled its Vision One platform, which integrates various cybersecurity capabilities such as extended detection and response (XDR), attack …
Read More »LockBit Ransomware Extorts $91 Million from U.S. Companies
The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since at least January 2020, and has launched roughly 1,700 attacks in the United States, resulting in approximately $91 million in ransom payments. The gang operates under the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, which allows affiliates to use the malware and its infrastructure to target …
Read More »Delinea’s customer meetup at Dhaka, promising quality services
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Its solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of …
Read More »Mandiant Warns of VMware ESXi Zero-Day exploiting
Mandiant, a prominent cybersecurity firm now part of google cloud, has uncovered the activities of UNC3886, a Chinese cyberespionage group that has been actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in VMware ESXi. This vulnerability allows the group to escalate privileges on guest virtual machines, gaining unauthorized access and control. The initial …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, June 13- 2023
We have three more victims of the MOVEit vulnerability – government departments in two U.S. states and a U.K regulator. All leading to the compromise of sensitive data. Earlier this year, healthcare vendor Intellihartx had fallen victim to the GoAnywhere zero-day attack. It concluded the investigation, revealing hundreds of thousands …
Read More »Fortinet Warns Customers of Possible Zero-Day Exploited in Limited Attacks
Fortinet on Monday warned customers that a recently patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27997, could be a zero-day flaw that has been exploited in limited attacks. The vulnerability, which is a critical heap-based buffer overflow in the SSL-VPN module, can allow a remote hacker to execute arbitrary code or commands using …
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