Cyber Attack

Indonesia’s temporary National Data Center (PDN) was attacked by ransomware last Thursday, leading to delays in airport immigration services and new student registration. The hackers are asking for an $8 million ransom, about Rp 131 billion, to give back the stolen data. The ransomware used in this incident is “Brain …

Evolve Bank & Trust experienced a cybersecurity incident. The bank confirmed that cybercriminals obtained and shared customers’ personal information on the dark web. This data breach affected both retail bank customers and customers of Evolve’s financial technology partners. Evolve Bank was hacked by a cybercriminal group that stole and shared …

According to digital risk management firm Athenian Technology, BSNL, India’s state-owned telecom provider, suffered a significant data breach. A cybercriminal named “kiberphant0m” performed the attack, resulting in the exposure of a large amount of sensitive data. This puts millions of users at risk. Zee news reported, Kanishk Gaur, CEO of …

Over 100,000 websites were compromised in a recent supply chain attack. The attack injected malware into the popular Polyfill JS project. It was discovered by the Sansec Forensics Team and shows the increased risks of using open-source software. The Polyfill JS library, which helps older web browsers, has been targeted …

A hacker changed the code of five plugins on WordPress.org to add harmful PHP scripts that make new admin accounts on websites using the plugins. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team found the attack yesterday, but the injections happened between June 21 and June 22, last week. Wordfence found a breach …

LockBit claimed that it breached Federal Reserve Board (Federalreserve.gov), the central banking system of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.” “The group announced to release the stolen data on 25 June, 2024 20:27:10 UTC.” According to the post by the LockBit ransomware …

Cyber attack compromised Indonesia’s national data center, causing trouble with immigration checks at airports. Attacker demanded an $8 million ransom, Reuters reported. The attack caused problems for government services, especially at airports, with long lines at immigration desks. The communications ministry said that automated passport machines are now working. Minister …

DataDog Security Labs found a worrying campaign targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS), showing a new wave of harmful activity aimed at compromising important cloud resources. The attackers are using various methods, focusing on finding and possibly stealing data from AWS Secrets Manager, S3 buckets, and S3 Glacier vaults. Between May …

In late 2023, Sygnia researchers investigated a cyber incident involving a major organization that was reportedly caused by a threat group known as ‘Velvet Ant.’ The cyberspies deployed custom malware on F5 BIG-IP appliances to gain persistent access to the internal network of the target organization and steal sensitive data. …

A threat actor has announced selling a 0day vulnerability for Dahua cameras. The bad actor claimed this vulnerability supposedly works with all versions of the device. The threat actor announced the vulnerability allowed unrestricted access and control of the camera and describing it as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) exploit. …