Friday , August 21 2026

Daily Cybersecurity update, July 12, 2023

Once again proving that the educational sector is a favorite target among threat actors, a Michigan community college fell victim to a data breach. The incident possibly exposed the personal information of over 750,000 people. Another day, another government attacked. The Ministry of Digital Transformation in Trinidad and Tobago suffered a cyberattack, resulting in outages since June 30. This one’s for gamers; be careful while you go out buying game hacks. A PUBG hack was found deploying the Legion info-stealer. Read along for more.

Lansing Community College in Michigan has recently discovered a data breach that took place between late 2022 and early 2023. This breach has affected a significant number of individuals, including 757,832 employees, students, and vendors. As a result of this incident, their personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and other sensitive data, may have been compromised.

Five new malware families actively targeting Asian Gov.t infra

Central Asian government agencies have been attacked in a cyber spy operation that used a small but different range of...
Read More
Five new malware families actively targeting Asian Gov.t infra

T-Mobile Cuts Cables to Remove Chiness Salt Typhoon Hackers from Network

T-Mobile’s cybersecurity team reportedly physically cut a network cable connecting compromised infrastructure to the outside world. According to Bloomberg, the move...
Read More
T-Mobile Cuts Cables to Remove Chiness Salt Typhoon Hackers from Network

Splunk, Zyxel Patch Multiple Flaws Enabling RCE and Root Command Execution

Splunk has issued security fixes for 17 weaknesses in different apps and add-ons, such as Splunk MCP Server, Splunk AI...
Read More
Splunk, Zyxel Patch Multiple Flaws Enabling RCE and Root Command Execution

“Zombie Card” attack revels expired Visa card may be used for contactless payments

Security experts have shown that expired credit cards can still be used. A study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
Read More
“Zombie Card” attack revels expired Visa card may be used for contactless payments

Critical Zimbra RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild

CERT Polska has alerted that bad actors are actively exploiting a security flaw in Zimbra Collaboration Suite to execute code...
Read More
Critical Zimbra RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild

Operation CameraSwarm
A single hacker compromise 1400+ Dahua camera worldwide 

Operation CameraSwarm compromised 14,500+ Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. The operation lasted for at least 35 days...
Read More
Operation CameraSwarm  A single hacker compromise 1400+ Dahua camera worldwide 

Cl0p Ransomware Listed 40+ Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign

The Cl0p ransomware group has listed over 40 organizations that they say they targeted in a recent attack. This attack...
Read More
Cl0p Ransomware Listed 40+ Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign

Oracle Issues 943 Security Patches, Including Critical WebLogic Flaw

Oracle has put out 943 new security updates in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. These updates fix problems...
Read More
Oracle Issues 943 Security Patches, Including Critical WebLogic Flaw

500+ critical infrastructure hit by Medusa ransomware

Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Tuesday that the Medusa...
Read More
500+ critical infrastructure hit by Medusa ransomware

Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw Exposes 600,000 Sites to Attacks

A big security flaw in the Forminator Forms WordPress plugin might let unapproved users upload harmful PHP files. This could...
Read More
Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw Exposes 600,000 Sites to Attacks

The cyberattack on the Ministry of Digital Transformation in Trinidad and Tobago has resulted in significant disruptions to operations and the unfortunate loss of court documents that were being served electronically since June 30.

Microsoft has issued a warning regarding a phishing campaign carried out by Storm-0978. This campaign specifically targets defense and government organizations in Europe and North America. The attackers exploit a remote code execution vulnerability to carry out their attacks.

The Cl0p ransomware attack on MOVEit Transfer is causing more damage, with 250 organizations now affected. Recently, Radisson Hotels, American National Insurance Company, and Sun Life disclosed data breaches due to the same.

Cyble detected a deceptive GitHub page that pretends to offer a PUBG hack, but actually installs the info-stealing malware known as Legion. The malware particularly targets Minecraft session files and steals credentials from application files associated with the game.

The impact of the Cl0p ransomware attack on MOVEit Transfer continues to grow, with a total of 250 organizations now affected. Recently, Radisson Hotels, American National Insurance Company, and Sun Life disclosed data breaches due to the same.

Three Twitter accounts connected to the Chinese government were discovered spreading propaganda in Latin American countries such as Paraguay, Costa Rica, Chile, and Brazil. This was part of a cyber espionage campaign.

ASEC has uncovered multiple variants of the Rekoobe backdoor that specifically target Linux environments, including certain strains that have been specifically designed to target Korean companies. The backdoor is usually used by the China-linked threat group APT31.

A report by Group-IB showed a significarease in phishing websites and scam pages pretending to be real brands in 2022.

SaaS security startup Savvy raised $20 million in a funding round led by Canaan. Previous investors Cyberstarts and Lightspeed also participated.

Check Also

Chromium

Security Update: RoguePlanet, BitLocker Bypass, Chromium Zero-Day, and More Critical Threats Uncovered

Cybersecurity experts found several serious flaws this week in Windows, Chromium, OpenSSL, Microsoft Exchange, and …