Cyber Attack

A study by Censys found that more than 145,000 Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are exposed online in 175 countries, highlighting a significant security risk. The findings are alarming for the United States, which has over one-third of global exposures (48,000 systems). This shows a pressing need for improved cybersecurity in …

Over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls have been compromised in a widespread attack using two recently patched vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474), according to Shadowserver Foundation’s internet scanning. Palo Alto Networks security researchers reported on Wednesday that they detected a “limited set of exploitation activity” involving two vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the …

Renowned cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a non-password-protected database having over 1.1 million records linked to Conduitor Limited (Forces Penpals). This platform provides dating services and social networking for US and UK military personnel and their supporters. Jeremiah Fowler revealed that the publicly accessible database lacked password protection and encryption. …

“Sarcoma” ransomware group attacked a well known Bangladeshi insurance company named “Popular life insurance company ltd”. The threat actor keeps an option to release the full data if their demand doesn’t meet up within 5 days. According to the threat actor, approximately 36 GB of data, including attachments and SQL …

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter that T-Mobile’s network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that successfully gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies. Hackers were able to breach T-Mobile as part of a monthslong campaign …

“Palo Alto Networks has observed threat activity exploiting an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability against a limited number of firewall management interfaces which are exposed to the Internet. We are actively investigating this activity,” reads the security bulletin by the cybersecurity provider Palo Alto Networks. On November 8, Palo Alto …

US authorities have revealed a major cyberespionage campaign by hackers, targeting information from Americans in government and politics. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint statement on Wednesday that actors affiliated with Beijing had “compromised networks at multiple telecommunications companies”. In a statement …

A cyberattack on an Israeli clearing company on Sunday left some people unable to use their credit cards for shopping for several hours. According to Times of Israel, The incident occurred less than two weeks after a similar attack briefly disrupted another credit services company. In Sunday’s incident, a DDoS …

Advertisement for selling the credentials of allegedly belonging to Indian government emails surfaced on the dark web marketplace. A hacker on a private forum claims that purchasing access to these government email accounts can make anyone willing to pay a few thousand rupees “become” a government officer. The forum post …

Bangladesh faced a 105% rise in cyber incidents from the second to the third quarter of 2024, making it one of the countries with the fastest increase in cyberattacks. It ranks second after Japan (108%) and is closely followed by France (130%), underscoring significant cybersecurity challenges. The “Quarterly Threat Intelligence …