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FBI alerts tie together threats of cybercrime, physical violence from The Com

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Officials said thousands of people, typically between 11 and 25 years old, are engaged in a growing and evolving online threat to commit crime for money, retaliation, ideology, sexual gratification and notoriety.

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Microsoft SharePoint attacks ensnare 400 victims, including federal agencies

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The Departments of Energy, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services have been impacted.

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Authorities in Ukraine nab alleged admin of Russian-language cybercrime forum

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Officials accuse the unnamed suspect of running XSS.is, a key and long-running marketplace with more than 50,000 registered users. The suspect allegedly made more than $8.2 million.

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Cisco network access security platform vulnerabilities under active exploitation

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The software defects, which have a maximum-severity rating, do not require authentication and allow remote attackers to execute code arbitrarily on the underlying system.

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Microsoft SharePoint zero-day attacks pinned on China-linked ‘Typhoon’ threat groups

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Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon and Storm-2603 are behind the initial attack spree that erupted over the weekend. Other threat groups are now following suit.

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Mass attack spree hits Microsoft SharePoint zero-day defect

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Attackers have already used the exploit dubbed “ToolShell” to intrude hundreds of organizations globally, including private companies and government agencies.

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United Natural Foods loses up to $400M in sales after cyberattack

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The food distributor and wholesaler completely shut down its systems upon discovering the attack last month, yet core systems were restored and normal operating capacity returned within three weeks.

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Ryuk ransomware operator extradited to US, faces five years in federal prison

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Karen Vardanyan and his co-conspirators allegedly deployed ransomware on hundreds of machines in 2019 and 2020, extorting more than $15 million from victims at the time.

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SonicWall customers hit by fresh, ongoing attacks targeting fully patched SMA 100 devices

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Google Threat Intelligence Group said a financially motivated threat group is abusing the outdated remote access VPN devices, underscoring a continued pattern of threats confronting SonicWall customers.

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Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others

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Cameron Wagenius faces a maximum of 27 years in prison. A researcher that helped with the investigation called this ‘one of the most significant wins in the fight against cybercrime.’

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